RECON: TNO occultation with 459865

Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0620:07790362 with event index number of 2281967

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/09 06:47:11 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:01:00.7 -27:31:36
Equinox of date position of star is 16:02:30.7 -27:35:38
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 10 degrees from the moon. Moon is 31% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.8

Object is 9.5 AU from the Sun and 9.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 9.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 27 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 358 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 459865, (2024/09/09 06:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.5 -26:29:05  0.9  6.42  15
7Del Sco       16:01:47.9 -22:41:24  2.3  4.91   8
PPM 265058     16:04:50.5 -25:55:56  4.2  1.74   9
PPM 264994     16:02:34.8 -27:06:57  8.1  0.48   9
PPM 264987     16:02:13.8 -27:32:21 10.0  0.09   9
459865         16:02:31.6 -27:35:40 16.8        10
Positions are for equinox of date

Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.

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Star training set for 459865, (2024/09/09 06:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  6.42  15
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  4.91   8
PPM 265058     16:03:20.5 -25:51:56  4.2  1.74   9
PPM 264994     16:01:04.2 -27:02:53  8.1  0.48   9
PPM 264987     16:00:42.9 -27:28:16 10.0  0.09   9
459865         16:01:00.7 -27:31:36 16.8        10
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:50:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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