RECON: TNO occultation with 523699

Event between (523699) 14GH54 and star GA0600:07330648 with event index number of 2620853

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/04/04 17:51:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:10:53.2 -28:24:40
Equinox of date position of star is 15:12:16.4 -28:29:49
Stellar brightness G=13.2, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 57 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 37.2 AU from the Sun and 36.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 137 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2352 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.6 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523699, (2023/04/04 17:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.2 -26:28:54  0.9 17.52  72
7Del Sco       16:01:42.8 -22:41:10  2.3 12.56  65
2 Lup          15:19:15.1 -30:13:57  3.7  2.30  59
PPM 263871     15:10:28.7 -28:27:01  8.1  0.40  56
PPM 263905     15:12:08.9 -28:30:16  9.5  0.03  56
523699         15:12:17.2 -28:29:52 13.2        57
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 523699, (2023/04/04 17:51UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.52  72
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3 12.56  65
2 Lup          15:17:49.8 -30:08:55  3.7  2.30  59
PPM 263871     15:09:04.8 -28:21:45  8.1  0.40  56
PPM 263905     15:10:44.9 -28:25:03  9.5  0.03  56
523699         15:10:53.2 -28:24:40 13.2        56
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/09 03:35:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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