RECON: TNO occultation with 523677

Event between (523677) 13UF15 and star GA1120:00413263 with event index number of 1060643

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/12 22:10:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:26:58.9 +22:34:06
Equinox of date position of star is 03:28:12.8 +22:38:27
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 69 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.9

TNO is 35.4 AU from the Sun and 35.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.6 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 86 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1395 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.7 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523677, (2021/03/12 22:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:08.4 +16:33:01  0.8 17.32  83
44Zet Per      03:55:28.2 +31:56:41  2.8 11.09  78
65 Ari         03:25:39.7 +20:52:38  5.9  1.86  68
66 Ari         03:29:41.2 +22:52:33  7.2  0.41  69
PPM 092512     03:27:58.8 +22:25:03 10.0  0.23  69
523677         03:28:13.3 +22:38:28 14.1        69
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 523677, (2021/03/12 22:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 17.32  83
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 11.09  78
65 Ari         03:24:26.1 +20:48:12  5.9  1.86  68
66 Ari         03:28:26.6 +22:48:13  7.2  0.41  69
PPM 092512     03:26:44.5 +22:20:40 10.0  0.23  69
523677         03:26:58.9 +22:34:06 14.1        69
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/22 20:44:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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