RECON: TNO occultation with 472231

Event between (472231) 14FU71 and star GA0700:05730722 with event index number of 2671353

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/01/20 14:48:20 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:20:28.6 -19:29:34
Equinox of date position of star is 15:21:52.8 -19:34:47
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 30% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 40.0 AU from the Sun and 40.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 193 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2067 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=422.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.9 sec chord
Diameter=172.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 472231, (2029/01/20 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:11.6 -26:29:38  0.9 17.30 118
7Del Sco       16:02:03.4 -22:42:07  2.3  9.81 125
28 Lib         15:22:32.9 -18:15:43  6.4  1.34 134
PPM 230078     15:21:29.9 -19:39:14  7.6  0.16 134
472231         15:22:08.5 -19:35:45 15.1       134
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 472231, (2029/01/20 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.30 118
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  9.81 125
28 Lib         15:20:53.7 -18:09:32  6.4  1.34 134
PPM 230078     15:19:49.9 -19:33:01  7.6  0.16 134
472231         15:20:28.6 -19:29:34 15.1       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/25 21:30:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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