RECON: TNO occultation with 470443

Event between (470443) 07XV50 and star GA1240:01963304 with event index number of 2231053

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/03/28 19:59:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:30:58.5 +35:41:19
Equinox of date position of star is 05:32:35.9 +35:42:18
Stellar brightness G=13.0, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 172 degrees from the moon. Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 47.3 AU from the Sun and 47.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 604 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3370 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=717.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 62.0 sec chord
Diameter=293.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 25.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470443, (2027/03/28 20:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:29.2 +16:33:43  0.8 22.76 162
Alnath         05:28:01.0 +28:37:41  1.6  7.15 178
PPM 070537     05:35:27.0 +34:44:32  6.1  1.11 173
PPM 070497     05:33:32.8 +35:30:35  8.3  0.25 172
470443         05:32:48.2 +35:42:26 13.0       172
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, (2027/03/28 20:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 22.76 162
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  7.15 178
PPM 070537     05:33:38.1 +34:43:32  6.1  1.11 173
PPM 070497     05:31:43.3 +35:29:30  8.3  0.25 172
470443         05:30:58.5 +35:41:19 13.0       172
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/05 05:05:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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