RECON: TNO occultation with 73480

Event between (73480) 02PN34 and star GA1240:00814064 with event index number of 2647214

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/17 11:20:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:45:00.9 +34:52:28
Equinox of date position of star is 03:46:35.2 +34:56:59
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 18 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

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Object is 30.0 AU from the Sun and 29.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 179 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1153 km.
The sky-plane scale is 21169.1 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.6
Diameter=118.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Diameter=48.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 73480, (2027/10/17 11:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:31.1 +16:33:47  0.8 21.61  25
44Zet Per      03:55:53.2 +31:57:50  2.8  3.54  17
40 Per         03:44:08.8 +34:03:07  4.8  1.06  17
PPM 068723     03:45:10.4 +34:12:09  7.6  0.83  17
PPM 068779     03:49:34.6 +35:06:07  9.6  0.59  18
PPM 068735     03:45:53.7 +34:47:05 10.6  0.26  17
73480          03:46:48.0 +34:57:36 16.9        18
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 5.0 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 35.0 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=0.0%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 11:18:08 -21.2 Dark Up 60.9 246.9 Up 11:03:08 - 11:33:08 5068
Kamloops 11:18:51 -30.1 Dark Up 69.1 228.0 Up 11:03:51 - 11:33:51 4705
Kelowna 11:18:48 -29.9 Dark Up 69.2 231.3 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 4629
Peachland 11:18:48 -30.1 Dark Up 69.4 231.0 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 4614
Summerland 11:18:48 -30.1 Dark Up 69.5 231.5 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 4599
Penticton 11:18:47 -30.1 Dark Up 69.5 231.8 Up 11:03:47 - 11:33:47 4594
Oliver 11:18:47 -30.2 Dark Up 69.7 232.5 Up 11:03:47 - 11:33:47 4556
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 11:18:46 -30.1 Dark Up 69.7 233.3 Up 11:03:46 - 11:33:46 4540
Okanogan 11:18:46 -30.5 Dark Up 70.2 234.3 Up 11:03:46 - 11:33:46 4469
Victoria 11:19:00 -32.7 Dark Up 72.0 226.4 Up 11:04:00 - 11:34:00 4446
Brewster 11:18:46 -30.8 Dark Up 70.5 234.5 Up 11:03:46 - 11:33:46 4438
Manson/Chelan 11:18:47 -31.1 Dark Up 70.8 234.3 Up 11:03:47 - 11:33:47 4412
Wenatchee 11:18:47 -31.3 Dark Up 71.1 235.1 Up 11:03:47 - 11:33:47 4359
Ellensburg 11:18:48 -31.6 Dark Up 71.5 235.7 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 4312
Yakima 11:18:47 -31.8 Dark Up 71.7 236.7 Up 11:03:47 - 11:33:47 4268
Toppenish/White Swan 11:18:46 -31.8 Dark Up 71.8 237.6 Up 11:03:46 - 11:33:46 4247
PNWRO 11:18:41 -31.0 Dark Up 71.1 241.1 Up 11:03:41 - 11:33:41 4226
The Dalles 11:18:49 -32.6 Dark Up 72.6 238.2 Up 11:03:49 - 11:33:49 4154
Maupin 11:18:48 -32.7 Dark Up 72.8 239.5 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 4110
Sisters 11:18:49 -33.3 Dark Up 73.5 241.1 Up 11:03:49 - 11:33:49 4010
Bend 11:18:47 -33.2 Dark Up 73.5 242.3 Up 11:03:47 - 11:33:47 3987
Oregon Observatory 11:18:48 -33.4 Dark Up 73.6 242.6 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 3967
Dunrhomin 11:17:41 -22.8 Dark Up 62.9 269.4 Up 11:02:41 - 11:32:41 3868
Nikitin 11:17:41 -22.8 Dark Up 62.9 269.8 Up 11:02:41 - 11:32:41 3848
CU-SBO 11:17:41 -22.9 Dark Up 63.0 269.9 Up 11:02:41 - 11:32:41 3839
Chiloquin 11:18:48 -34.2 Dark Up 74.5 246.0 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 3819
Klamath Falls 11:18:48 -34.2 Dark Up 74.6 247.3 Up 11:03:48 - 11:33:48 3782
Cedarville 11:18:41 -33.4 Dark Up 73.7 252.1 Up 11:03:41 - 11:33:41 3726
Fall River/Burney 11:18:45 -34.4 Dark Up 74.7 251.9 Up 11:03:45 - 11:33:45 3658
Gimple 11:18:42 -34.3 Dark Up 74.6 255.8 Up 11:03:42 - 11:33:42 3565
Greenville 11:18:42 -34.4 Dark Up 74.7 255.7 Up 11:03:42 - 11:33:42 3565
Quincy 11:18:42 -34.4 Dark Up 74.7 256.4 Up 11:03:42 - 11:33:42 3542
Portola 11:18:40 -34.1 Dark Up 74.4 257.5 Up 11:03:40 - 11:33:40 3535
Reno 11:18:38 -33.7 Dark Up 74.0 259.2 Up 11:03:38 - 11:33:38 3514
Carson City 11:18:37 -33.8 Dark Up 74.0 260.4 Up 11:03:37 - 11:33:37 3475
Yerington 11:18:34 -33.4 Dark Up 73.6 261.7 Up 11:03:34 - 11:33:34 3463
Gardnerville 11:18:36 -33.9 Dark Up 74.0 261.3 Up 11:03:36 - 11:33:36 3449
Hawthorne 11:18:31 -33.2 Dark Up 73.2 263.8 Up 11:03:31 - 11:33:31 3419
Lee Vining 11:18:33 -33.7 Dark Up 73.6 265.2 Up 11:03:33 - 11:33:33 3351
Bishop 11:18:29 -33.3 Dark Up 73.1 267.8 Up 11:03:29 - 11:33:29 3296
Beatty 11:18:22 -32.2 Dark Up 71.8 270.3 Up 11:03:22 - 11:33:22 3271
Patrick 11:18:08 -30.2 Dark Up 69.5 275.8 Up 11:03:08 - 11:33:08 3160
Laughlin/Bullhead City 11:18:11 -30.8 Dark Up 70.0 276.3 Up 11:03:11 - 11:33:11 3121
Lake Havasu City 11:18:09 -30.8 Dark Up 69.7 278.2 Up 11:03:09 - 11:33:09 3052
George/Scottsdale 11:17:58 -28.9 Dark Up 67.6 280.6 Up 11:02:58 - 11:32:58 3017
Wildwood 11:18:27 -34.3 Dark Up 73.1 278.5 Up 11:03:27 - 11:33:27 2935
Idyllwild 11:18:18 -32.8 Dark Up 71.5 279.8 Up 11:03:18 - 11:33:18 2927
Calipatria 11:18:13 -32.0 Dark Up 70.5 281.7 Up 11:03:13 - 11:33:13 2881
Yuma 11:18:08 -31.3 Dark Up 69.7 282.9 Up 11:03:08 - 11:33:08 2851

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 73480, (2027/10/17 11:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 21.61  25
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  3.54  17
40 Per         03:42:22.6 +33:57:54  4.8  1.06  17
PPM 068723     03:43:24.0 +34:06:58  7.6  0.83  17
PPM 068779     03:47:47.2 +35:01:05  9.6  0.59  18
PPM 068735     03:44:06.9 +34:41:55 10.6  0.26  17
73480          03:45:00.9 +34:52:28 16.9        18
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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