RECON: TNO occultation with 459865

Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0720:23746415 with event index number of 2286562

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/15 17:32:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:31:16.2 -16:53:52
Equinox of date position of star is 18:32:41.3 -16:52:43
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 106 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.5

Object is 11.4 AU from the Sun and 11.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 69 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 639 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 459865, (2027/10/15 17:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:07.0 -26:29:28  0.9 29.79 134
Nunki          18:56:59.2 -26:15:34  2.0 10.92 102
PPM 234652     18:33:04.0 -18:22:52  5.0  1.51 106
PPM 234690     18:34:38.4 -16:32:15  7.3  0.54 105
PPM 234658     18:33:21.3 -16:56:13 10.0  0.13 106
459865         18:32:52.8 -16:52:34 15.9       105
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, (2027/10/15 17:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 29.79 134
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 10.92 102
PPM 234652     18:31:26.3 -18:24:10  5.0  1.51 106
PPM 234690     18:33:02.1 -16:33:37  7.3  0.54 105
PPM 234658     18:31:44.6 -16:57:32 10.0  0.13 106
459865         18:31:16.2 -16:53:52 15.9       106
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:28:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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