RECON: TNO occultation with 523706

Event between (523706) 14HF200 and star GA0600:09475187 with event index number of 2378653

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/05/18 14:56:21 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:37:00.6 -29:49:37
Equinox of date position of star is 16:38:29.0 -29:52:21
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 152 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 36.3 AU from the Sun and 35.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 517 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3519 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.2 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523706, (2023/05/18 14:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.7 -26:28:55  0.9  3.79 155
23Tau Sco      16:37:20.5 -28:15:45  2.8  1.63 153
PPM 265803     16:43:05.1 -27:51:11  6.5  2.26 152
PPM 265760     16:40:15.7 -29:56:16  8.3  0.39 152
PPM 265729     16:38:31.4 -29:45:07  9.5  0.12 152
523706         16:38:29.3 -29:52:22 16.9       152
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 523706, (2023/05/18 14:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  3.79 155
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  1.63 153
PPM 265803     16:41:37.6 -27:48:35  6.5  2.26 152
PPM 265760     16:38:47.0 -29:53:35  8.3  0.39 152
PPM 265729     16:37:02.8 -29:42:22  9.5  0.12 152
523706         16:37:00.6 -29:49:37 16.9       152
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/20 03:42:57 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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