RECON: TNO occultation with 523700

Event between (523700) 14GM54 and star GA1080:14885577 with event index number of 2088475

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/08 07:35:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:58:51.3 +18:49:36
Equinox of date position of star is 19:59:50.7 +18:53:17
Stellar brightness G=13.3, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 130 degrees from the moon. Moon is 41% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.7

TNO is 27.6 AU from the Sun and 27.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 89 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2190 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.7 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523700, (2022/04/08 07:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:41.6 +38:48:20  0.0 26.71 114
Tarazed        19:47:19.1 +10:40:08  2.7  8.76 139
12Gam Sge      19:59:44.9 +19:33:14  3.5  0.67 129
PPM 137255     19:57:29.2 +19:14:53  7.7  0.66 130
PPM 137355     19:59:59.7 +18:37:33  8.9  0.26 130
523700         19:59:50.9 +18:53:18 13.3       130
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 523700, (2022/04/08 07:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 26.71 114
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7  8.76 139
12Gam Sge      19:58:45.5 +19:29:32  3.5  0.67 129
PPM 137255     19:56:29.8 +19:11:15  7.7  0.66 130
PPM 137355     19:58:59.9 +18:33:51  8.9  0.26 130
523700         19:58:51.3 +18:49:36 13.3       130
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/15 01:00:20 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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