RECON: TNO occultation with 523653

Event between (523653) 11OA60 and star GA0720:33202038 with event index number of 2625616

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/05 12:47:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:50:02.3 -17:23:49
Equinox of date position of star is 20:51:15.9 -17:18:54
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 17% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.8

TNO is 36.0 AU from the Sun and 36.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 98 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1345 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=580.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 32.4 sec chord
Diameter=237.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523653, (2022/04/05 12:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:52.5 -29:30:14  1.2 31.57  91
38Zet Sgr      19:04:01.5 -29:50:47  2.7 27.49 141
PPM 237966     20:50:36.1 -17:57:08  6.2  0.66 115
PPM 237998     20:52:12.3 -17:12:25  8.3  0.24 114
PPM 237976     20:51:00.7 -17:30:31  9.9  0.21 115
523653         20:51:17.6 -17:18:47 16.3       114
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 523653, (2022/04/05 12:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 31.57  91
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7 27.49 141
PPM 237966     20:49:20.6 -18:02:10  6.2  0.66 115
PPM 237998     20:50:57.1 -17:17:28  8.3  0.24 114
PPM 237976     20:49:45.3 -17:35:33  9.9  0.21 115
523653         20:50:02.3 -17:23:49 16.3       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/11 01:47:54 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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