RECON: TNO occultation with 470309

Event between (470309) 07JK43 and star GA1080:07353087 with event index number of 2229933

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/30 23:48:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:03:27.0 +18:33:31
Equinox of date position of star is 19:04:31.7 +18:35:46
Stellar brightness G=13.3, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 113 degrees from the moon. Moon is 14% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

Object is 27.3 AU from the Sun and 26.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 77 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1347 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=209.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.9 sec chord
Diameter=85.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470309, (2027/06/30 23:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:52.1 +38:48:37  0.0 21.03 103
Tarazed        19:47:34.0 +10:40:56  2.7 13.05 108
PPM 135695     19:04:04.5 +19:42:10  6.1  1.11 112
PPM 135763     19:06:05.0 +19:11:16  8.0  0.68 112
PPM 135712     19:04:39.8 +18:25:23  9.8  0.18 113
470309         19:04:39.7 +18:36:03 13.3       112
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 470309, (2027/06/30 23:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 21.03 103
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 13.05 108
PPM 135695     19:02:52.6 +19:39:40  6.1  1.11 112
PPM 135763     19:04:52.7 +19:08:41  8.0  0.68 112
PPM 135712     19:03:27.0 +18:22:51  9.8  0.18 113
470309         19:03:27.0 +18:33:31 13.3       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:29:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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