RECON: TNO occultation with 459865

Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0700:30592871 with event index number of 2285785

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/03/27 23:29:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:52:58.2 -18:25:31
Equinox of date position of star is 18:54:24.0 -18:23:37
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 30 degrees from the moon. Moon is 69% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.4

Object is 11.1 AU from the Sun and 11.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 75 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 801 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, (2027/03/27 23:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:04.9 -26:29:24  0.9 34.01   4
Nunki          18:56:57.1 -26:15:37  2.0  7.89  28
PPM 235314     19:00:59.9 -19:14:24  6.5  1.74  31
PPM 235159     18:54:31.5 -18:13:26  7.6  0.17  30
PPM 235175     18:55:04.4 -18:21:24  9.2  0.13  30
459865         18:54:33.7 -18:23:24 15.2        30
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, (2027/03/27 23:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 34.01   4
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  7.89  28
PPM 235314     18:59:23.9 -19:16:46  6.5  1.74  31
PPM 235159     18:52:56.0 -18:15:33  7.6  0.17  30
PPM 235175     18:53:28.9 -18:23:32  9.2  0.13  30
459865         18:52:58.2 -18:25:31 15.2        30
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:27:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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