RECON: TNO occultation with 471155

Event between (471155) 10GF65 and star GA0520:29367057 with event index number of 2236488

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/05 18:53:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:15:10.8 -36:22:20
Equinox of date position of star is 18:16:50.0 -36:21:46
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 79 degrees from the moon. Moon is 74% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.8

Object is 22.2 AU from the Sun and 21.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 705 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3466 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.2 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471155, (2025/06/05 18:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.2 -26:29:10  0.9 24.56  55
Kap Sco        17:44:14.9 -39:02:26  2.4  6.99  72
Eta Sgr        18:19:20.9 -36:45:05  3.1  0.63  79
PPM 297469     18:17:36.1 -36:45:16  8.4  0.42  79
PPM 297433     18:15:59.5 -36:08:09  9.2  0.29  78
471155         18:16:53.9 -36:21:44 16.8        79
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, (2025/06/05 18:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 24.56  55
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  6.99  72
Eta Sgr        18:17:37.4 -36:45:46  3.1  0.63  79
PPM 297469     18:15:52.6 -36:45:53  8.4  0.42  79
PPM 297433     18:14:16.6 -36:08:42  9.2  0.29  78
471155         18:15:10.8 -36:22:20 16.8        79
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:52:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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