RECON: TNO occultation with 471149

Event between (471149) 10FB49 and star GA0880:04298246 with event index number of 2232028

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/08/03 06:38:56 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:26:47.4 -00:19:01
Equinox of date position of star is 14:28:02.7 -00:25:33
Stellar brightness G=13.1, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 147 degrees from the moon. Moon is 79% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 25.3 AU from the Sun and 25.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 101 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1168 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=194.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.6 sec chord
Diameter=79.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471149, (2026/08/03 06:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:35.9 -11:17:57  1.0 18.75 162
27Bet Lib      15:18:26.5 -09:28:45  2.6 15.44 135
PPM 160701     14:31:12.1 +00:42:43  6.0  1.38 146
PPM 179286     14:24:08.4 -00:45:26  7.1  1.05 148
PPM 179301     14:27:25.1 -00:48:38  8.6  0.42 147
471149         14:28:09.3 -00:26:07 13.1       147
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 471149, (2026/08/03 06:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 18.75 162
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6 15.44 135
PPM 160701     14:29:50.6 +00:49:45  6.0  1.38 146
PPM 179286     14:22:46.3 -00:38:14  7.1  1.05 148
PPM 179301     14:26:03.1 -00:41:31  8.6  0.42 147
471149         14:26:47.4 -00:19:01 13.1       147
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:32:18 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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