RECON: TNO occultation with 469362

Event between (469362) 01KB77 and star GA0820:11869281 with event index number of 1752645

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/09/04 21:21:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:43:55.7 -07:25:18
Equinox of date position of star is 18:45:15.1 -07:23:43
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 66 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 28.4 AU from the Sun and 28.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 633 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4920 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.4 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469362, (2027/09/04 21:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:06.5 -26:29:27  0.9 37.17  32
Nunki          18:56:58.8 -26:15:35  2.0 19.07  64
PPM 202054     18:44:05.7 -07:02:41  6.5  0.48  66
PPM 202078     18:45:13.6 -07:42:05  8.5  0.31  66
PPM 202088     18:45:57.8 -07:35:18  8.7  0.24  66
469362         18:45:25.5 -07:23:31 16.7        67
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 469362, (2027/09/04 21:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 37.17  32
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0 19.07  64
PPM 202054     18:42:36.1 -07:04:26  6.5  0.48  66
PPM 202078     18:43:43.5 -07:43:52  8.5  0.31  66
PPM 202088     18:44:27.9 -07:37:06  8.7  0.24  66
469362         18:43:55.7 -07:25:18 16.7        66
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:28:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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