RECON: TNO occultation with 523692

Event between (523692) 14EZ51 and star GA0620:07743202 with event index number of 2400851

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/05/29 19:28:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:58:55.0 -26:47:33
Equinox of date position of star is 16:00:20.7 -26:51:28
Stellar brightness G=16.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 61 degrees from the moon. Moon is 71% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.3

Object is 54.8 AU from the Sun and 53.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.5 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 2030 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.9
Diameter=990.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 39.5 sec chord
Diameter=404.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 16.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523692, (2023/05/29 19:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.8 -26:28:55  0.9  6.82  68
7Del Sco       16:01:43.3 -22:41:11  2.3  4.18  60
PPM 265058     16:04:45.8 -25:55:43  4.2  1.36  62
PPM 264949     16:00:37.4 -26:38:56  8.4  0.22  61
PPM 264953     16:00:51.9 -26:47:55  9.7  0.13  61
523692         16:00:20.7 -26:51:28 16.5        62
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, (2023/05/29 19:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  6.82  68
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  4.18  60
PPM 265058     16:03:20.5 -25:51:56  4.2  1.36  62
PPM 264949     15:59:11.9 -26:35:01  8.4  0.22  61
PPM 264953     15:59:26.2 -26:44:00  9.7  0.13  61
523692         15:58:55.0 -26:47:33 16.5        61
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/28 03:39:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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