RECON: TNO occultation with 471149

Event between (471149) 10FB49 and star GA0880:04329311 with event index number of 2232053

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/20 10:11:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:38:24.3 -00:00:45
Equinox of date position of star is 14:39:39.6 -00:07:02
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 69 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 25.1 AU from the Sun and 24.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 100 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 908 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=194.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.5 sec chord
Diameter=79.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471149, (2027/06/20 10:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:55.4 +19:02:38  0.0 19.98  83
27Bet Lib      15:18:29.4 -09:28:57  2.6 13.42  56
108 Vir        14:46:54.4 +00:36:10  5.5  1.92  67
PPM 179378     14:47:42.7 -00:56:52  7.7  2.14  66
PPM 179349     14:40:24.1 -00:26:59  9.8  0.35  68
471149         14:39:48.8 -00:07:48 16.7        68
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, (2027/06/20 10:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.0 +19:10:14  0.0 19.98  83
27Bet Lib      15:17:00.3 -09:22:59  2.6 13.42  56
108 Vir        14:45:30.2 +00:43:02  5.5  1.92  67
PPM 179378     14:46:17.8 -00:50:01  7.7  2.14  66
PPM 179349     14:38:59.5 -00:19:57  9.8  0.35  68
471149         14:38:24.3 -00:00:45 16.7        69
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:28:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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