RECON: TNO occultation with 523701

Event between (523701) 14HT199 and star GA0700:06146740 with event index number of 2333607

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/07/23 02:43:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:04:17.1 -18:18:59
Equinox of date position of star is 16:05:32.6 -18:22:29
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 175 degrees from the moon. Moon is 26% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 29.8 AU from the Sun and 29.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 199 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1392 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=204.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.1 sec chord
Diameter=83.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523701, (2022/07/23 02:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:47.6 -26:28:48  0.9  9.98 168
8Bet1Sco       16:06:45.1 -19:51:55  2.6  1.51 175
8Bet2Sco       16:06:45.6 -19:51:42  5.1  1.51 175
PPM 231132     16:04:36.0 -18:19:48  7.9  0.24 175
PPM 231156     16:05:51.8 -18:27:06 10.0  0.10 175
523701         16:05:35.3 -18:22:36 16.3       175
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 523701, (2022/07/23 02:44UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.98 168
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  1.51 175
8Bet2Sco       16:05:26.7 -19:48:07  5.1  1.51 175
PPM 231132     16:03:17.9 -18:16:09  7.9  0.24 175
PPM 231156     16:04:33.6 -18:23:28 10.0  0.10 175
523701         16:04:17.1 -18:18:59 16.3       175
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/13 01:37:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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