RECON: TNO occultation with 523711

Event between (523711) 14JH80 and star GA0840:19638513 with event index number of 307599

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/04/18 18:40:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:08:45.6 -04:55:13
Equinox of date position of star is 21:09:48.0 -04:50:21
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 29 degrees from the moon. Moon is 16% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 34.1 AU from the Sun and 34.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.0 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 158 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2041 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.8 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523711, (2020/04/18 18:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:46.1 -29:30:51  1.2 35.66  18
Tarazed        19:47:13.5 +10:39:50  2.7 25.75  53
12 Aqr         21:05:09.1 -05:44:30  5.2  1.47  29
PPM 204870     21:10:01.5 -05:29:57  6.6  0.66  28
PPM 204875     21:10:22.3 -04:52:11  8.6  0.14  28
523711         21:09:49.6 -04:50:14 16.3        28
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 523711, (2020/04/18 18:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:23  1.2 35.66  18
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 25.75  53
12 Aqr         21:04:04.8 -05:49:23  5.2  1.47  29
PPM 204870     21:08:57.3 -05:34:56  6.6  0.66  28
PPM 204875     21:09:18.3 -04:57:11  8.6  0.14  28
523711         21:08:45.6 -04:55:13 16.3        29
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/10/15 22:17:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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