RECON: TNO occultation with 470443

Event between (470443) 07XV50 and star GA1240:02022291 with event index number of 2231042

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/12/30 16:12:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:34:04.2 +35:56:36
Equinox of date position of star is 05:35:41.8 +35:57:29
Stellar brightness G=13.5, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 103 degrees from the moon. Moon is 51% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 47.3 AU from the Sun and 46.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 278 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3587 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=717.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.3 sec chord
Diameter=293.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470443, (2026/12/30 16:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:28.4 +16:33:42  0.8 23.34 117
Alnath         05:28:00.0 +28:37:40  1.6  7.52 105
PPM 070537     05:35:26.0 +34:44:32  6.1  1.22 104
PPM 070538     05:35:30.7 +36:28:35  8.5  0.52 103
PPM 070547     05:36:10.6 +35:49:47  9.9  0.14 103
PPM 070536     05:35:21.6 +35:56:00 10.5  0.11 104
470443         05:35:53.2 +35:57:35 13.5       103
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 470443, (2026/12/30 16:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 23.34 117
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  7.52 105
PPM 070537     05:33:38.1 +34:43:32  6.1  1.22 104
PPM 070538     05:33:41.1 +36:27:35  8.5  0.52 103
PPM 070547     05:34:21.7 +35:48:49  9.9  0.14 103
PPM 070536     05:33:32.6 +35:55:00 10.5  0.11 104
470443         05:34:04.2 +35:56:36 13.5       103
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/05 04:53:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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