RECON: TNO occultation with 471165

Event between (471165) 10HE79 and star GA0720:08408554 with event index number of 2264624

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/26 15:03:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:19:23.9 -17:08:29
Equinox of date position of star is 17:20:45.7 -17:09:50
Stellar brightness G=13.7, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 38.9 AU from the Sun and 37.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 96 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1552 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=527.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.2 sec chord
Diameter=215.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471165, (2028/05/26 15:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.2 -26:29:33  0.9 14.85 155
35Eta Oph      17:12:00.5 -15:45:29  2.6  2.59 161
PPM 232892     17:19:57.6 -16:20:23  5.9  0.87 163
PPM 232835     17:17:16.3 -17:15:27  7.6  0.91 163
PPM 232948     17:22:12.7 -16:56:13  9.2  0.36 164
471165         17:21:02.7 -17:10:07 13.7       164
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 471165, (2028/05/26 15:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 14.85 155
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  2.59 161
PPM 232892     17:18:19.3 -16:18:42  5.9  0.87 163
PPM 232835     17:15:37.4 -17:13:39  7.6  0.91 163
PPM 232948     17:20:33.9 -16:54:37  9.2  0.36 164
471165         17:19:23.9 -17:08:29 13.7       164
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/07 03:10:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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