RECON: TNO occultation with 472651

Event between (472651) 15DB216 and star GA0380:14469694 with event index number of 2312295

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/05 18:05:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:11:00.5 -51:51:48
Equinox of date position of star is 15:12:46.8 -51:57:17
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 93 degrees from the moon. Moon is 81% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.8

Object is 12.9 AU from the Sun and 12.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 80 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1417 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=117.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Diameter=48.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 472651, (2028/04/05 18:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:41:34.5 -60:57:04  0.0  9.96  91
Alp Lup        14:43:49.5 -47:30:27  2.3  6.49  87
PPM 343293     14:59:02.0 -51:33:35  6.5  2.21  91
PPM 343477     15:12:31.1 -52:07:36  8.1  0.18  93
PPM 343479     15:12:31.0 -51:51:44  9.5  0.14  93
472651         15:13:03.3 -51:58:07 15.5        93
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 472651, (2028/04/05 18:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:23.8 -60:49:51  0.0  9.96  91
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  6.49  87
PPM 343293     14:57:01.8 -51:26:51  6.5  2.21  91
PPM 343477     15:10:28.3 -52:01:16  8.1  0.18  93
PPM 343479     15:10:28.4 -51:45:24  9.5  0.14  93
472651         15:11:00.5 -51:51:48 15.5        93
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:29:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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