RECON: TNO occultation with 471931

Event between (471931) 13PH44 and star GA0760:00333098 with event index number of 2457007

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/08/25 03:28:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:12:22.5 -12:04:04
Equinox of date position of star is 04:13:29.6 -12:00:29
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 29% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 18.0 AU from the Sun and 17.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 62 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2003 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.4
Diameter=80.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Diameter=32.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471931, (2028/08/25 03:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:55.0 -08:10:15  0.1 15.77 128
67Bet Eri      05:09:15.6 -05:03:05  2.8 15.38 131
39 Eri         04:15:45.6 -10:11:14  4.2  1.88 139
PPM 214015     04:14:43.8 -12:13:28  8.1  0.34 137
PPM 213994     04:13:47.7 -11:51:20  9.8  0.14 138
471931         04:13:43.3 -11:59:46 16.7       138
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 471931, (2028/08/25 03:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1 15.77 128
67Bet Eri      05:07:50.8 -05:05:13  2.8 15.38 131
39 Eri         04:14:23.7 -10:15:27  4.2  1.88 139
PPM 214015     04:13:23.1 -12:17:44  8.1  0.34 137
PPM 213994     04:12:26.8 -11:55:39  9.8  0.14 138
471931         04:12:22.5 -12:04:04 16.7       138
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/28 00:51:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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