RECON: TNO occultation with 469615

Event between (469615) 04PT107 and star GA0980:18288599 with event index number of 1945604

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/08/22 21:18:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:02:35.2 +08:37:40
Equinox of date position of star is 23:03:47.5 +08:45:25
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 163 degrees from the moon. Moon is 9% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 38.2 AU from the Sun and 37.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 78 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1860 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=354.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.5 sec chord
Diameter=144.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 469615, (2028/08/22 21:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:06:11.4 +15:21:36  2.5  6.60 162
55 Peg         23:08:26.9 +09:33:53  4.5  1.34 164
PPM 173720     23:06:14.8 +09:13:31  8.3  0.70 164
PPM 173690     23:04:39.7 +08:48:56  9.1  0.16 163
469615         23:04:01.8 +08:46:57 17.0       163
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 469615, (2028/08/22 21:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5  6.60 162
55 Peg         23:07:00.3 +09:24:34  4.5  1.34 164
PPM 173720     23:04:48.2 +09:04:13  8.3  0.70 164
PPM 173690     23:03:13.0 +08:39:39  9.1  0.16 163
469615         23:02:35.2 +08:37:40 17.0       163
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/02 04:36:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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