RECON: TNO occultation with 469506

Event between (469506) 03FF128 and star GA0660:19201374 with event index number of 2388735

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/09 14:01:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:46:56.1 -23:18:24
Equinox of date position of star is 17:48:24.3 -23:18:50
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 176 degrees from the moon. Moon is 70% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 31.1 AU from the Sun and 31.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 443 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2122 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=254.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.6 sec chord
Diameter=104.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469506, (2028/10/09 14:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:10.6 -26:29:36  0.9 17.84 166
35Eta Oph      17:12:01.8 -15:45:31  2.6 11.47 169
PPM 267309     17:49:30.0 -22:29:09  6.1  0.85 175
PPM 267328     17:50:07.5 -23:14:25  8.3  0.34 176
PPM 267292     17:48:51.4 -23:34:43  9.3  0.27 176
469506         17:48:41.1 -23:18:54 16.4       176
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, (2028/10/09 14:02UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.84 166
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 11.47 169
PPM 267309     17:47:45.6 -22:28:40  6.1  0.85 175
PPM 267328     17:48:22.6 -23:13:58  8.3  0.34 176
PPM 267292     17:47:06.2 -23:34:12  9.3  0.27 176
469506         17:46:56.1 -23:18:24 16.4       176
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:46:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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