RECON: TNO occultation with 523692

Event between (523692) 14EZ51 and star GA0620:07822206 with event index number of 2400844

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/04/03 08:03:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:02:21.3 -26:53:08
Equinox of date position of star is 16:03:44.8 -26:56:50
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 84 degrees from the moon. Moon is 92% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.4

TNO is 54.8 AU from the Sun and 54.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 224 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2264 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.9
Diameter=990.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 66.3 sec chord
Diameter=404.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 27.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523692, (2023/04/03 08:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.2 -26:28:54  0.9  6.06  90
7Del Sco       16:01:42.8 -22:41:10  2.3  4.29  82
PPM 265058     16:04:45.2 -25:55:42  4.2  1.04  84
PPM 265056     16:04:41.4 -26:46:52  7.2  0.26  84
PPM 265003     16:02:43.6 -26:56:12  9.6  0.23  84
523692         16:03:46.6 -26:56:55 16.1        84
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 523692, (2023/04/03 08:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  6.06  90
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  4.29  82
PPM 265058     16:03:20.5 -25:51:56  4.2  1.04  84
PPM 265056     16:03:16.2 -26:43:06  7.2  0.26  84
PPM 265003     16:01:18.4 -26:52:22  9.6  0.23  84
523692         16:02:21.3 -26:53:08 16.1        84
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/03 04:25:04 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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