RECON: TNO occultation with 469506

Event between (469506) 03FF128 and star GA0660:19006476 with event index number of 1967763

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/08/12 11:01:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:46:24.9 -23:17:19
Equinox of date position of star is 17:47:53.2 -23:17:46
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon. Moon is 60% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 31.0 AU from the Sun and 30.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 608 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2412 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=254.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.9 sec chord
Diameter=104.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469506, (2028/08/12 11:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:10.0 -26:29:34  0.9 17.73 149
35Eta Oph      17:12:01.3 -15:45:30  2.6 11.37 139
PPM 267309     17:49:29.4 -22:29:09  6.1  0.87 131
PPM 267276     17:48:26.6 -23:41:37  8.1  0.40 131
PPM 267292     17:48:50.8 -23:34:42  9.3  0.32 131
469506         17:48:09.4 -23:17:51 15.9       131
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, (2028/08/12 11:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.73 149
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 11.37 139
PPM 267309     17:47:45.6 -22:28:40  6.1  0.87 131
PPM 267276     17:46:41.8 -23:41:06  8.1  0.40 131
PPM 267292     17:47:06.2 -23:34:12  9.3  0.32 131
469506         17:46:24.9 -23:17:19 15.9       131
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:40:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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