RECON: TNO occultation with 471165

Event between (471165) 10HE79 and star GA0720:09747031 with event index number of 2691975

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/02/19 19:30:03 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:27:49.5 -17:12:06
Equinox of date position of star is 17:29:11.5 -17:13:11
Stellar brightness G=14.2, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 33% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 39.0 AU from the Sun and 39.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 171 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1508 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=527.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 32.5 sec chord
Diameter=215.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471165, (2029/02/19 19:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:11.9 -26:29:38  0.9 16.38 152
35Eta Oph      17:12:03.1 -15:45:32  2.6  4.44 142
PPM 233026     17:26:19.5 -18:28:12  6.4  1.46 139
PPM 233060     17:27:53.8 -17:06:17  8.5  0.41 138
PPM 233121     17:30:24.7 -17:02:59  9.7  0.28 137
471165         17:29:31.1 -17:13:26 14.2       137
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, (2029/02/19 19:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 16.38 152
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  4.44 142
PPM 233026     17:24:37.1 -18:26:45  6.4  1.46 139
PPM 233060     17:26:12.3 -17:04:54  8.5  0.41 138
PPM 233121     17:28:43.3 -17:01:41  9.7  0.28 137
471165         17:27:49.5 -17:12:06 14.2       138
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/08 02:13:50 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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