RECON: TNO occultation with 459865

Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0620:16778133 with event index number of 2282542

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/03/05 22:11:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:22:00.6 -27:36:57
Equinox of date position of star is 17:23:32.7 -27:38:16
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 42% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.8

Object is 9.7 AU from the Sun and 9.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 51 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 404 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 459865, (2025/03/05 22:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.3 -26:29:08  0.9 11.77 176
26Eps Sco      16:51:48.1 -34:20:11  2.3  9.55 168
43 Oph         17:24:56.8 -28:09:54  5.1  0.61 164
PPM 266726     17:22:40.2 -27:26:28  7.6  0.28 164
PPM 266771     17:24:02.8 -27:48:42  9.7  0.20 164
459865         17:23:35.4 -27:38:18 16.8       164
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, (2025/03/05 22:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.77 176
26Eps Sco      16:50:08.8 -34:17:41  2.3  9.55 168
43 Oph         17:23:21.6 -28:08:35  5.1  0.61 164
PPM 266726     17:21:05.6 -27:25:05  7.6  0.28 164
PPM 266771     17:22:27.8 -27:47:22  9.7  0.20 164
459865         17:22:00.6 -27:36:57 16.8       164
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:43:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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