RECON: TNO occultation with 471155

Event between (471155) 10GF65 and star GA0540:29390077 with event index number of 2236915

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/16 09:18:29 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:06:21.7 -35:38:35
Equinox of date position of star is 18:08:00.4 -35:38:20
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 126 degrees from the moon. Moon is 24% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 22.2 AU from the Sun and 22.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 712 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3819 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.8 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471155, (2025/10/16 09:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.6 -26:29:13  0.9 22.64 105
Kap Sco        17:44:16.4 -39:02:26  2.4  5.83 120
PPM 297246     18:08:08.3 -36:00:55  6.1  0.38 126
PPM 297227     18:07:26.9 -35:40:33  8.3  0.14 125
471155         18:08:05.7 -35:38:19 16.5       126
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, (2025/10/16 09:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.64 105
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  5.83 120
PPM 297246     18:06:24.0 -36:01:12  6.1  0.38 126
PPM 297227     18:05:42.8 -35:40:48  8.3  0.14 125
471155         18:06:21.7 -35:38:35 16.5       126
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:55:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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