RECON: TNO occultation with 523765

Event between (523765) 14WD510 and star GA1200:02987291 with event index number of 355765

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/01/22 17:22:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:25:16.5 +31:54:35
Equinox of date position of star is 07:26:29.4 +31:52:16
Stellar brightness G=13.9, use SENSEUP=64
Star is 36 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 38.8 AU from the Sun and 37.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 76 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1422 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=380.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.8 sec chord
Diameter=155.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523765, (2019/01/22 17:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:28.8 +27:58:43  1.1  5.82  31
62Rho Gem      07:30:20.1 +31:44:41  4.2  0.82  35
PPM 072785     07:27:19.9 +31:51:28  7.1  0.18  36
523765         07:26:29.9 +31:52:15 13.9        36
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 523765, (2019/01/22 17:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:18.0 +28:01:33  1.1  5.82  31
62Rho Gem      07:29:06.9 +31:47:07  4.2  0.82  35
PPM 072785     07:26:06.6 +31:53:49  7.1  0.18  36
523765         07:25:16.5 +31:54:35 13.9        36
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2018/12/04 05:10:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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