RECON: TNO occultation with 470083

Event between (470083) 06SG369 and star GA1060:00899653 with event index number of 2218733

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/13 14:42:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:20:29.8 +17:47:16
Equinox of date position of star is 05:21:54.4 +17:48:37
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 152 degrees from the moon. Moon is 9% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.0

Object is 33.0 AU from the Sun and 32.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 337 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1491 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.7
Diameter=178.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.3 sec chord
Diameter=72.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470083, (2026/10/13 14:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:27.6 +16:33:40  0.8 10.72 162
Alnath         05:27:59.2 +28:37:40  1.6 10.90 152
111 Tau        05:25:59.2 +17:24:22  5.5  1.02 151
PPM 120840     05:21:54.0 +18:01:06  8.5  0.21 152
PPM 120831     05:21:20.5 +17:48:19 10.6  0.17 152
470083         05:22:03.5 +17:48:46 15.9       152
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 470083, (2026/10/13 14:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 10.72 162
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6 10.90 152
111 Tau        05:24:25.8 +17:23:01  5.5  1.02 151
PPM 120840     05:20:20.1 +17:59:36  8.5  0.21 152
PPM 120831     05:19:46.8 +17:46:47 10.6  0.17 152
470083         05:20:29.8 +17:47:16 15.9       152
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/05 04:44:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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