RECON: TNO occultation with 463368

Event between (463368) 12VU85 and star GA1040:02510900 with event index number of 2279198

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/28 14:06:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:57:42.5 +14:19:38
Equinox of date position of star is 06:59:05.7 +14:17:35
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 56 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 22.0 AU from the Sun and 22.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 488 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3157 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 463368, (2025/04/28 14:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:32.6 +07:24:35  0.4 16.83  44
Alhena         06:39:10.5 +16:22:32  1.9  5.25  51
PPM 123373     07:01:45.0 +15:29:52  6.4  1.36  56
PPM 123284     06:58:05.4 +13:59:41  8.4  0.39  56
PPM 123324     06:59:38.0 +14:38:45  9.8  0.37  56
PPM 123308     06:58:53.0 +14:10:14 10.2  0.14  56
463368         06:59:08.7 +14:17:30 15.6        56
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 463368, (2025/04/28 14:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 16.83  44
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9  5.25  51
PPM 123373     07:00:18.1 +15:32:06  6.4  1.36  56
PPM 123284     06:56:39.3 +14:01:47  8.4  0.39  56
PPM 123324     06:58:11.6 +14:40:54  9.8  0.37  56
PPM 123308     06:57:26.9 +14:12:21 10.2  0.14  56
463368         06:57:42.5 +14:19:38 15.6        56
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:46:01 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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