RECON: TNO occultation with 470308

Event between (470308) 07JH43 and star GA0600:22351071 with event index number of 2221470

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/30 07:55:54 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:27:28.5 -28:54:36
Equinox of date position of star is 17:29:01.6 -28:55:44
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 155 degrees from the moon. Moon is 31% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 40.5 AU from the Sun and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 204 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2200 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=758.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.7 sec chord
Diameter=309.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470308, (2028/04/30 07:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.0 -26:29:32  0.9 13.08 142
34Ups Sco      17:32:41.6 -37:18:56  2.7  8.41 153
PPM 266892     17:29:26.0 -29:44:46  6.4  0.82 155
PPM 266863     17:27:54.1 -28:34:01  8.0  0.47 154
PPM 266899     17:29:46.6 -29:07:57  9.5  0.23 155
470308         17:29:16.3 -28:55:54 16.9       155
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 470308, (2028/04/30 07:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 13.08 142
34Ups Sco      17:30:45.8 -37:17:46  2.7  8.41 153
PPM 266892     17:27:37.5 -29:43:29  6.4  0.82 155
PPM 266863     17:26:06.6 -28:32:39  8.0  0.47 154
PPM 266899     17:27:58.5 -29:06:40  9.5  0.23 155
470308         17:27:28.5 -28:54:36 16.9       155
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:33:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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