RECON: TNO occultation with 469361

Event between (469361) 01HY65 and star GA0840:04698873 with event index number of 2801053

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/07/07 19:10:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:53:50.8 -05:47:05
Equinox of date position of star is 14:55:03.5 -05:52:38
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 158 degrees from the moon. Moon is 15% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7

Object is 41.9 AU from the Sun and 41.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1218 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2819 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.4
Diameter=317.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.2 sec chord
Diameter=129.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469361, (2029/07/07 19:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:45.2 -11:18:52  1.0 22.56 143
27Bet Lib      15:18:36.0 -09:29:24  2.6  6.77 164
16 Lib         14:58:43.7 -04:27:53  4.4  1.66 157
PPM 198022     14:55:34.3 -05:41:26  8.0  0.22 158
PPM 198014     14:55:08.6 -05:56:39  9.5  0.08 158
469361         14:55:24.3 -05:54:12 16.8       158
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 469361, (2029/07/07 19:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 22.56 143
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6  6.77 164
16 Lib         14:57:10.8 -04:20:51  4.4  1.66 157
PPM 198022     14:54:00.8 -05:34:18  8.0  0.22 158
PPM 198014     14:53:35.0 -05:49:30  9.5  0.08 158
469361         14:53:50.8 -05:47:05 16.8       158
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/15 07:39:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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