RECON: TNO occultation with 471172

Event between (471172) 10JC80 and star GA0640:21490388 with event index number of 2240578

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/24 04:19:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:56:44.5 -25:20:58
Equinox of date position of star is 17:58:15.3 -25:21:04
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 118 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 31.5 AU from the Sun and 30.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 583 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2795 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=358.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 35.0 sec chord
Diameter=146.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:2EEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471172, (2028/04/24 04:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.9 -26:29:32  0.9 19.65 137
34Ups Sco      17:32:41.5 -37:18:56  2.7 13.16 123
PPM 267497     17:56:38.7 -24:53:24  6.4  0.62 118
PPM 267531     17:58:00.5 -25:40:29  8.4  0.34 118
PPM 267535     17:58:07.0 -25:15:54  9.2  0.12 118
471172         17:58:29.5 -25:21:04 16.1       117
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, (2028/04/24 04:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.65 137
34Ups Sco      17:30:45.8 -37:17:46  2.7 13.16 123
PPM 267497     17:54:54.1 -24:53:13  6.4  0.62 118
PPM 267531     17:56:15.2 -25:40:22  8.4  0.34 118
PPM 267535     17:56:22.0 -25:15:48  9.2  0.12 118
471172         17:56:44.5 -25:20:58 16.1       118
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:33:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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