RECON: TNO occultation with 471954

Event between (471954) 13RM98 and star GA0980:00015574 with event index number of 2456803

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/23 17:06:40 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:09:41.4 +09:13:01
Equinox of date position of star is 00:10:55.0 +09:21:00
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 45.9 AU from the Sun and 45.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 112 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2713 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=426.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.5 sec chord
Diameter=174.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471954, (2025/10/23 17:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Algenib        00:14:34.1 +15:19:37  2.8  6.03 135
32 Psc         00:03:49.0 +08:37:44  5.8  1.92 130
PPM 143241     00:13:07.2 +09:16:59  8.2  0.52 132
PPM 143208     00:11:19.2 +09:20:37  9.5  0.08 132
PPM 143200     00:10:54.4 +09:21:32 10.8  0.03 132
471954         00:11:01.0 +09:21:38 15.8       132
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 471954, (2025/10/23 17:07UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8  6.03 135
32 Psc         00:02:29.6 +08:29:07  5.8  1.92 130
PPM 143241     00:11:47.5 +09:08:23  8.2  0.52 132
PPM 143208     00:09:59.6 +09:12:01  9.5  0.08 132
PPM 143200     00:09:34.8 +09:12:56 10.8  0.03 132
471954         00:09:41.4 +09:13:01 15.8       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/18 04:57:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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