RECON: TNO occultation with 459865

Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0660:24459464 with event index number of 2284130

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/04/14 16:30:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:14:05.3 -22:45:14
Equinox of date position of star is 18:15:34.2 -22:44:43
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 74 degrees from the moon. Moon is 10% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.0

Object is 10.4 AU from the Sun and 10.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 4.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 139 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 817 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.5 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 459865, (2026/04/14 16:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:01.4 -26:29:17  0.9 24.04  98
Nunki          18:56:53.6 -26:15:42  2.0 10.01  65
14 Sgr         18:15:50.7 -21:42:14  5.4  1.04  74
PPM 268070     18:14:55.4 -22:49:29  8.5  0.19  74
PPM 268101     18:16:09.0 -22:43:24  9.7  0.11  74
459865         18:15:40.8 -22:44:40 16.9        74
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, (2026/04/14 16:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.04  98
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 10.01  65
14 Sgr         18:14:15.9 -21:42:48  5.4  1.04  74
PPM 268070     18:13:19.8 -22:50:02  8.5  0.19  74
PPM 268101     18:14:33.5 -22:44:00  9.7  0.11  74
459865         18:14:05.3 -22:45:14 16.9        74
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:26:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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