RECON: TNO occultation with 468861

Event between (468861) 13LU28 and star GA0900:00814567 with event index number of 2656208

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/09/12 15:18:11 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:42:58.9 +01:53:37
Equinox of date position of star is 05:44:15.2 +01:54:12
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 129 degrees from the moon. Moon is 90% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.1

Object is 10.9 AU from the Sun and 11.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 9.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 70 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 630 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.5 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 468861, (2027/09/12 15:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:40.3 +07:24:35  0.4  6.29 134
34Del Ori      05:33:25.4 -00:16:51  2.2  3.51 126
51 Ori         05:43:54.7 +01:29:09  4.9  0.44 129
PPM 149355     05:44:25.6 +01:30:10  8.3  0.40 129
PPM 149341     05:43:49.1 +01:53:18  9.1  0.15 129
468861         05:44:25.3 +01:54:16 16.8       129
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 468861, (2027/09/12 15:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  6.29 134
34Del Ori      05:32:00.4 -00:17:57  2.2  3.51 126
51 Ori         05:42:28.5 +01:28:28  4.9  0.44 129
PPM 149355     05:42:59.4 +01:29:31  8.3  0.40 129
PPM 149341     05:42:22.7 +01:52:37  9.1  0.15 129
468861         05:42:58.9 +01:53:37 16.8       129
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:28:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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