RECON: TNO occultation with 469506

Event between (469506) 03FF128 and star GA0660:11281128 with event index number of 1505647

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/13 16:04:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:17:49.7 -22:45:45
Equinox of date position of star is 17:19:17.4 -22:47:13
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 51% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 31.0 AU from the Sun and 31.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 228 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1354 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=254.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.0 sec chord
Diameter=104.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469506, (2025/10/13 16:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.6 -26:29:13  0.9 11.60 140
35Eta Oph      17:11:51.5 -15:45:18  2.6  7.25 147
40Xi Oph       17:22:33.2 -21:08:17  3.9  1.81 151
PPM 266748     17:23:22.5 -22:46:31  8.2  0.92 151
PPM 266651     17:19:21.3 -22:37:38  9.7  0.16 150
469506         17:19:23.2 -22:47:18 16.6       151
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 469506, (2025/10/13 16:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.60 140
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  7.25 147
40Xi Oph       17:21:00.8 -21:06:51  3.9  1.81 151
PPM 266748     17:21:48.9 -22:45:07  8.2  0.92 151
PPM 266651     17:17:47.9 -22:36:05  9.7  0.16 150
469506         17:17:49.7 -22:45:45 16.6       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/03 06:00:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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