RECON: TNO occultation with 469333

Event between (469333) 00PE30 and star GA0720:33657606 with event index number of 2250700

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/08/09 18:28:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:26:23.4 -16:25:30
Equinox of date position of star is 23:27:32.5 -16:18:12
Stellar brightness G=11.2, use SENSEUP=8 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 110 degrees from the moon. Moon is 56% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3

TNO is 43.3 AU from the Sun and 42.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 145 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2111 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.5 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469333, (2027/08/09 18:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:10.0 -29:28:30  1.2 14.75  98
97 Aqr         23:24:05.8 -14:53:15  5.5  1.65 110
PPM 241737     23:32:20.6 -15:49:48  8.2  1.17 112
PPM 241631     23:28:01.6 -16:07:37  8.8  0.15 111
469333         23:27:49.9 -16:16:23 11.2       111
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 469333, (2027/08/09 18:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 14.75  98
97 Aqr         23:22:39.3 -15:02:22  5.5  1.65 110
PPM 241737     23:30:54.4 -15:58:57  8.2  1.17 112
PPM 241631     23:26:35.2 -16:16:44  8.8  0.15 111
469333         23:26:23.4 -16:25:30 11.2       110
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/28 00:05:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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