RECON: TNO occultation with 468861

Event between (468861) 13LU28 and star GA0880:00702535 with event index number of 2656243

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/31 01:03:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:33:16.8 -01:08:00
Equinox of date position of star is 05:34:31.4 -01:07:04
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.0

Object is 11.1 AU from the Sun and 10.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 33.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 15.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 29 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1352 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 468861, (2027/10/31 01:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:52.6 -08:10:18  0.1  8.47 139
34Del Ori      05:33:25.8 -00:16:51  2.2  0.89 142
PPM 175905     05:34:56.3 -01:08:20  5.0  0.07 141
PPM 175897     05:34:28.4 -01:13:24  8.1  0.12 141
PPM 175905     05:34:56.3 -01:08:20  5.0  0.07 141
468861         05:34:41.7 -01:06:56 16.8       141
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, (2027/10/31 01:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  8.47 139
34Del Ori      05:32:00.4 -00:17:57  2.2  0.89 142
PPM 175905     05:33:31.5 -01:09:22  5.0  0.07 141
PPM 175897     05:33:03.7 -01:14:28  8.1  0.12 141
PPM 175905     05:33:31.5 -01:09:22  5.0  0.07 141
468861         05:33:16.8 -01:08:00 16.8       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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