RECON: TNO occultation with 523643

Event between (523643) 10TY53 and star GA0820:00203365 with event index number of 325974

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/07/12 23:30:46 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:37:40.3 -07:41:51
Equinox of date position of star is 02:38:37.8 -07:36:51
Stellar brightness G=14.9, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 146 degrees from the moon. Moon is 85% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.6

TNO is 29.1 AU from the Sun and 29.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 150 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1577 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=436.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.6 sec chord
Diameter=178.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523643, (2019/07/12 23:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:02.6 +16:32:49  0.8 37.97 174
68Omi Cet      02:20:20.1 -02:53:24  2.0  6.56 145
80 Cet         02:36:57.8 -07:44:51  5.5  0.44 145
PPM 184865     02:39:58.6 -08:50:41  7.5  1.27 145
PPM 184835     02:38:19.6 -07:50:53  9.5  0.25 145
523643         02:38:38.1 -07:36:50 14.9       146
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 523643, (2019/07/12 23:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 37.97 174
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  6.56 145
80 Cet         02:36:00.0 -07:49:55  5.5  0.44 145
PPM 184865     02:39:01.1 -08:55:41  7.5  1.27 145
PPM 184835     02:37:21.9 -07:55:55  9.5  0.25 145
523643         02:37:40.3 -07:41:51 14.9       145
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:24:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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