RECON: TNO occultation with 523652

Event between (523652) 11LZ28 and star GA1120:00164158 with event index number of 2241154

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/18 11:56:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:22:02.1 +23:01:35
Equinox of date position of star is 01:23:16.8 +23:08:43
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 137 degrees from the moon. Moon is 32% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.8

TNO is 29.0 AU from the Sun and 28.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.8 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 60 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1150 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=222.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.4 sec chord
Diameter=91.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523652, (2022/11/18 11:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:14.2 +16:33:13  0.8 45.88  98
6Bet Ari       01:55:54.5 +20:55:08  2.6  7.88 132
PPM 090772     01:26:51.0 +23:37:48  6.5  0.95 136
PPM 090700     01:22:29.7 +22:29:39  8.0  0.68 137
PPM 090691     01:22:04.7 +23:00:11 10.0  0.31 137
PPM 090706     01:22:54.7 +23:09:09 10.1  0.09 137
523652         01:23:17.1 +23:08:44 16.9       136
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 523652, (2022/11/18 11:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 45.88  98
6Bet Ari       01:54:38.5 +20:48:26  2.6  7.88 132
PPM 090772     01:25:35.7 +23:30:41  6.5  0.95 136
PPM 090700     01:21:14.9 +22:22:30  8.0  0.68 137
PPM 090691     01:20:49.8 +22:53:01 10.0  0.31 137
PPM 090706     01:21:39.7 +23:02:00 10.1  0.09 137
523652         01:22:02.1 +23:01:35 16.9       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/24 03:53:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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