RECON: TNO occultation with 470593

Event between (470593) 08LP17 and star GA0600:38618116 with event index number of 2278211

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/13 18:45:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:20:58.2 -29:06:16
Equinox of date position of star is 18:22:25.6 -29:05:33
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 26% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 32.9 AU from the Sun and 33.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.0 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 226 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1395 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.8 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470593, (2028/10/13 18:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:10.6 -26:29:36  0.9 24.77 109
Nunki          18:57:02.9 -26:15:29  2.0  8.09 142
PPM 268436     18:29:39.9 -29:47:48  6.0  1.65 135
PPM 268274     18:22:48.2 -28:41:31  8.4  0.40 134
PPM 268285     18:23:07.3 -29:05:39  9.1  0.07 134
470593         18:22:48.0 -29:05:21 16.9       134
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 470593, (2028/10/13 18:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.77 109
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  8.09 142
PPM 268436     18:27:49.5 -29:49:00  6.0  1.65 135
PPM 268274     18:20:58.7 -28:42:26  8.4  0.40 134
PPM 268285     18:21:17.5 -29:06:35  9.1  0.07 134
470593         18:20:58.2 -29:06:16 16.9       133
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/06 03:06:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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