RECON: TNO occultation with 471172

Event between (471172) 10JC80 and star GA0640:17299736 with event index number of 2240277

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/17 09:31:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:37:27.9 -25:08:03
Equinox of date position of star is 17:38:58.5 -25:08:50
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.3

Object is 31.5 AU from the Sun and 31.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 241 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1331 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=358.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.1 sec chord
Diameter=146.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471172, (2027/10/17 09:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:07.0 -26:29:28  0.9 15.36 156
35Eta Oph      17:11:58.4 -15:45:26  2.6 11.34 146
PPM 266967     17:33:28.0 -26:17:18  6.3  1.72 142
PPM 267044     17:37:16.3 -24:38:41  7.9  0.66 141
PPM 267088     17:39:37.5 -24:58:49  8.7  0.20 141
471172         17:39:10.8 -25:08:56 15.6       141
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 471172, (2027/10/17 09:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.36 156
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 11.34 146
PPM 266967     17:31:44.4 -26:16:11  6.3  1.72 142
PPM 267044     17:35:33.9 -24:37:44  7.9  0.66 141
PPM 267088     17:37:54.8 -24:57:57  8.7  0.20 141
471172         17:37:27.9 -25:08:03 15.6       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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