RECON: TNO occultation with 469442

Event between (469442) 02GG166 and star GA0600:46789562 with event index number of 1628240

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/30 08:58:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:04:56.7 -29:55:01
Equinox of date position of star is 19:06:30.0 -29:52:42
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 170 degrees from the moon. Moon is 77% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2

Object is 14.5 AU from the Sun and 14.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 159 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 892 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=136.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=55.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469442, (2026/10/30 08:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:03.4 -26:29:21  0.9 34.29 156
38Zet Sgr      19:04:19.0 -29:50:22  2.7  0.51 170
PPM 298507     19:06:08.3 -31:00:19  5.6  1.14 169
PPM 269318     19:08:37.1 -29:54:35  8.5  0.43 169
PPM 269277     19:06:32.5 -29:41:05  9.1  0.19 170
469442         19:06:39.0 -29:52:28 15.8       169
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 469442, (2026/10/30 08:59UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 34.29 156
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7  0.51 170
PPM 298507     19:04:25.1 -31:02:51  5.6  1.14 169
PPM 269318     19:06:54.9 -29:57:12  8.5  0.43 169
PPM 269277     19:04:50.4 -29:43:37  9.1  0.19 170
469442         19:04:56.7 -29:55:01 15.8       170
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:25:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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