RECON: TNO occultation with 468861

Event between (468861) 13LU28 and star GA0760:00372820 with event index number of 2706929

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/02/02 05:21:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:31:32.9 -12:29:52
Equinox of date position of star is 04:32:41.5 -12:26:48
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon. Moon is 88% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.6

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Object is 12.7 AU from the Sun and 12.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 54 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2319 km.
The sky-plane scale is 8961.4 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=128.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Diameter=52.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 468861, (2029/02/02 05:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:56.2 -08:10:13  0.1 11.41  94
67Bet Eri      05:09:16.9 -05:03:03  2.8 11.63  96
PPM 214397     04:30:28.1 -12:59:11  5.6  0.81 105
PPM 214454     04:33:18.6 -12:34:21  7.6  0.17 104
468861         04:32:54.4 -12:26:14 16.3       104
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 5.0 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 14.4 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=1.4%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 05:21:33 -47.9 Dark Up 17.1 220.3 Really Low 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 7145
Kamloops 05:21:51 -41.6 Dark Up 23.2 206.6 Low 05:16:52 - 05:26:51 6936
Kelowna 05:21:46 -42.5 Dark Up 23.7 207.6 Low 05:16:47 - 05:26:46 6915
Peachland 05:21:47 -42.4 Dark Up 23.8 207.3 Low 05:16:48 - 05:26:47 6907
Summerland 05:21:45 -42.5 Dark Up 24.0 207.5 Low 05:16:46 - 05:26:45 6902
Penticton 05:21:45 -42.6 Dark Up 24.0 207.6 Low 05:16:46 - 05:26:45 6901
Oliver 05:21:45 -42.8 Dark Up 24.3 207.7 Low 05:16:45 - 05:26:44 6886
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 05:21:44 -43.0 Dark Up 24.4 207.9 Low 05:16:45 - 05:26:44 6883
Okanogan 05:21:43 -43.1 Dark Up 25.0 207.8 Low 05:16:44 - 05:26:43 6852
Brewster 05:21:42 -43.1 Dark Up 25.3 207.6 Low 05:16:42 - 05:26:41 6837
Manson/Chelan 05:21:43 -43.0 Dark Up 25.6 207.3 Low 05:16:44 - 05:26:43 6823
Victoria 05:21:56 -40.8 Dark Up 26.0 203.9 Low 05:16:56 - 05:26:55 6804
Wenatchee 05:21:43 -43.1 Dark Up 26.1 207.2 Low 05:16:43 - 05:26:42 6800
Ellensburg 05:21:42 -43.2 Dark Up 26.5 207.1 Low 05:16:43 - 05:26:42 6778
Yakima 05:21:42 -43.3 Dark Up 26.9 207.2 Low 05:16:42 - 05:26:41 6759
PNWRO 05:21:34 -44.6 Dark Up 26.9 209.0 Low 05:16:35 - 05:26:34 6756
Toppenish/White Swan 05:21:41 -43.5 Dark Up 27.0 207.4 Low 05:16:42 - 05:26:41 6752
The Dalles 05:21:41 -43.3 Dark Up 28.0 206.8 Low 05:16:42 - 05:26:41 6703
Maupin 05:21:39 -43.6 Dark Up 28.3 207.0 Low 05:16:40 - 05:26:39 6685
Sisters 05:21:40 -43.6 Dark Up 29.3 206.7 Low 05:16:40 - 05:26:39 6634
Bend 05:21:38 -43.8 Dark Up 29.4 207.0 Low 05:16:39 - 05:26:38 6626
Dunrhomin 05:20:32 -56.0 Dark Up 25.6 223.9 Low 05:15:32 - 05:25:31 6624
Oregon Observatory 05:21:38 -43.8 Dark Up 29.6 206.9 Low 05:16:38 - 05:26:37 6615
Nikitin 05:20:30 -56.0 Dark Up 25.8 223.9 Low 05:15:31 - 05:25:30 6614
CU-SBO 05:20:30 -56.0 Dark Up 25.9 223.8 Low 05:15:31 - 05:25:30 6610
Chiloquin 05:21:37 -44.0 Dark Up 30.9 206.8 Up 05:16:37 - 05:26:36 6540
Klamath Falls 05:21:35 -44.2 Dark Up 31.2 207.0 Up 05:16:36 - 05:26:35 6523
Cedarville 05:21:33 -45.5 Dark Up 31.3 208.9 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6512
Fall River/Burney 05:21:33 -44.8 Dark Up 32.1 207.7 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6465
Gimple 05:21:33 -45.5 Dark Up 32.7 208.6 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6423
Greenville 05:21:33 -45.4 Dark Up 32.8 208.5 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6422
Portola 05:21:33 -45.9 Dark Up 32.9 209.1 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6412
Quincy 05:21:33 -45.5 Dark Up 32.9 208.5 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6411
Reno 05:21:33 -46.4 Dark Up 32.9 209.9 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6409
Yerington 05:21:33 -47.1 Dark Up 33.1 210.8 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6391
Carson City 05:21:33 -46.6 Dark Up 33.2 210.0 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6390
Gardnerville 05:21:33 -46.7 Dark Up 33.3 210.1 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6377
Hawthorne 05:21:33 -47.6 Dark Up 33.3 211.5 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6375
Lee Vining 05:21:33 -47.5 Dark Up 33.9 211.1 Up 05:16:34 - 05:26:33 6334
Bishop 05:21:10 -48.1 Dark Up 34.2 212.0 Up 05:16:11 - 05:26:10 6298
Beatty 05:21:02 -49.5 Dark Up 33.9 213.9 Up 05:16:03 - 05:26:02 6295
Patrick 05:20:48 -52.1 Dark Up 33.8 217.4 Up 05:15:48 - 05:25:47 6243
Laughlin/Bullhead City 05:20:49 -51.7 Dark Up 34.3 216.8 Up 05:15:50 - 05:25:49 6217
Lake Havasu City 05:20:47 -52.1 Dark Up 34.7 217.3 Up 05:15:47 - 05:25:46 6178
George/Scottsdale 05:20:35 -54.2 Dark Up 34.1 220.1 Up 05:15:36 - 05:25:35 6161
Idyllwild 05:20:54 -50.4 Dark Up 36.5 215.2 Up 05:15:55 - 05:25:54 6094
Wildwood 05:21:03 -48.8 Dark Up 37.0 213.0 Up 05:16:03 - 05:26:02 6087
Calipatria 05:20:48 -51.5 Dark Up 36.4 216.7 Up 05:15:48 - 05:25:47 6070
Yuma 05:20:43 -52.3 Dark Up 36.3 217.8 Up 05:15:44 - 05:25:43 6054

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 468861, (2029/02/02 05:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 11.41  94
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.8 -05:05:13  2.8 11.63  96
PPM 214397     04:29:06.9 -13:02:54  5.6  0.81 105
PPM 214454     04:31:57.2 -12:37:58  7.6  0.17 104
468861         04:31:32.9 -12:29:52 16.3       104
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:31:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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