RECON: TNO occultation with 471155

Event between (471155) 10GF65 and star GA0540:32867863 with event index number of 2236321

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/03/04 19:53:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:17:58.5 -35:37:46
Equinox of date position of star is 18:19:37.0 -35:37:06
Stellar brightness G=13.2, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 30% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 22.2 AU from the Sun and 22.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 759 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4856 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471155, (2025/03/04 19:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.3 -26:29:08  0.9 24.91 160
Kap Sco        17:44:13.9 -39:02:25  2.4  7.83 142
Eta Sgr        18:19:19.9 -36:45:05  3.1  1.14 136
PPM 297465     18:17:31.4 -35:37:38  7.6  0.44 137
PPM 297502     18:19:05.8 -35:32:46  9.3  0.14 136
471155         18:19:39.9 -35:37:05 13.2       136
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 471155, (2025/03/04 19:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.91 160
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  7.83 142
Eta Sgr        18:17:37.4 -36:45:46  3.1  1.14 136
PPM 297465     18:15:49.9 -35:38:15  7.6  0.44 137
PPM 297502     18:17:24.5 -35:33:27  9.3  0.14 136
471155         18:17:58.5 -35:37:46 13.2       136
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:43:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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