RECON: TNO occultation with 523642

Event between (523642) 10SS43 and star GA1260:00259939 with event index number of 2382785

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/07/04 23:33:22 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:15:21.6 +37:42:29
Equinox of date position of star is 01:16:36.4 +37:49:25
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 127 degrees from the moon. Moon is 29% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 38.5 AU from the Sun and 38.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 88 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1791 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=424.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.6 sec chord
Diameter=173.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523642, (2022/07/04 23:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:12.9 +16:33:10  0.8 48.70  99
57Gam1And      02:05:17.5 +42:26:12  2.3 10.37 117
45 And         01:12:26.6 +37:50:36  5.7  0.83 127
PPM 066134     01:18:14.3 +38:34:44  8.3  0.82 126
PPM 066113     01:16:48.0 +37:51:41  9.4  0.05 126
523642         01:16:38.4 +37:49:36 16.6       126
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 523642, (2022/07/04 23:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 48.70  99
57Gam1And      02:03:54.1 +42:19:46  2.3 10.37 117
45 And         01:11:10.2 +37:43:27  5.7  0.83 127
PPM 066134     01:16:57.1 +38:27:39  8.3  0.82 126
PPM 066113     01:15:31.2 +37:44:35  9.4  0.05 126
523642         01:15:21.6 +37:42:29 16.6       126
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/07 01:50:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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