RECON: TNO occultation with 523690

Event between (523690) 14DN143 and star GA0820:04167618 with event index number of 2381098

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/04/21 02:06:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:57:36.2 -06:11:59
Equinox of date position of star is 11:58:44.9 -06:19:27
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 46.4 AU from the Sun and 45.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.9 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 96 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1860 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=529.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.1 sec chord
Diameter=216.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523690, (2023/04/21 02:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:25.4 -11:16:56  1.0 22.20 162
4Gam Crv       12:17:00.5 -17:40:16  2.6 12.18 146
PPM 194890     11:52:13.8 -05:27:47  5.6  1.85 138
PPM 195032     12:00:12.6 -06:47:00  8.1  0.57 140
PPM 195012     11:59:12.5 -06:15:27  9.5  0.12 140
523690         11:58:47.8 -06:19:46 16.9       140
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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 523690, (2023/04/21 02:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 22.20 162
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:30  2.6 12.18 146
PPM 194890     11:51:02.2 -05:20:00  5.6  1.85 138
PPM 195032     11:59:01.0 -06:39:13  8.1  0.57 140
PPM 195012     11:58:00.8 -06:07:40  9.5  0.12 140
523690         11:57:36.2 -06:11:59 16.9       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/05/03 01:12:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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