RECON: TNO occultation with 523751

Event between (523751) 14UU224 and star GA0960:00556676 with event index number of 355479

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/11/07 00:16:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:56:12.9 +06:52:33
Equinox of date position of star is 04:57:15.6 +06:54:20
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 90 degrees from the moon. Moon is 74% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 30.6 AU from the Sun and 29.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 79 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1247 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523751, (2019/11/07 00:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:03.7 +16:32:51  0.8 10.83  87
Bellatrix      05:26:11.8 +06:21:58  1.6  7.20  97
PPM 148183     04:57:01.7 +05:25:45  6.3  1.48  90
PPM 148160     04:55:52.3 +07:48:35  6.6  0.97  90
PPM 148194     04:57:17.0 +07:10:54  9.3  0.28  90
PPM 148204     04:57:37.8 +06:54:59 11.2  0.09  90
523751         04:57:17.0 +06:54:22 15.2        90
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 523751, (2019/11/07 00:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 10.83  87
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  7.20  97
PPM 148183     04:55:58.3 +05:23:56  6.3  1.48  90
PPM 148160     04:54:47.8 +07:46:44  6.6  0.97  90
PPM 148194     04:56:12.8 +07:09:06  9.3  0.28  90
PPM 148204     04:56:33.7 +06:53:11 11.2  0.09  90
523751         04:56:12.9 +06:52:33 15.2        90
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 22:51:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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