RECON: TNO occultation with 470596

Event between (470596) 08NW4 and star GA0960:17160554 with event index number of 2270432

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/08/13 19:41:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:01:35.0 +07:45:20
Equinox of date position of star is 22:02:46.1 +07:52:16
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 46 degrees from the moon. Moon is 76% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 36.6 AU from the Sun and 35.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 70 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1511 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=424.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.4 sec chord
Diameter=173.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 470596, (2025/08/13 19:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:06:02.3 +15:20:37  2.5 17.17  30
18 Peg         22:01:24.7 +06:50:29  5.8  1.10  47
PPM 172548     22:02:07.4 +07:58:34  8.0  0.21  46
470596         22:02:51.5 +07:52:47 15.5        46
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 470596, (2025/08/13 19:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5 17.17  30
18 Peg         22:00:07.9 +06:43:03  5.8  1.10  47
PPM 172548     22:00:51.0 +07:51:08  8.0  0.21  46
470596         22:01:35.0 +07:45:20 15.5        46
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:42:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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