RECON: TNO occultation with 523716

Event between (523716) 14KW101 and star GA0900:15862721 with event index number of 1006103

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/11/13 15:00:32 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:43:14.9 +00:06:33
Equinox of date position of star is 20:44:18.8 +00:11:07
Stellar brightness G=12.2, use SENSEUP=16
Star is 102 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.1

TNO is 38.9 AU from the Sun and 39.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.5 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 121 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1534 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=366.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.5 sec chord
Diameter=149.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523716, (2020/11/13 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:48.0 -29:30:40  1.2 43.69 124
Tarazed        19:47:15.1 +10:39:56  2.7 17.63  89
1 Aqr          20:40:29.0 +00:33:41  6.3  1.03 101
PPM 181084     20:47:05.5 -00:15:47  7.5  0.83 103
PPM 170593     20:44:36.6 +00:32:46  8.9  0.37 102
PPM 170566     20:43:39.5 +00:11:54 10.8  0.17 102
523716         20:44:19.0 +00:11:08 12.2       102
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 523716, (2020/11/13 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 43.69 124
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 17.63  89
1 Aqr          20:39:25.0 +00:29:12  6.3  1.03 101
PPM 181084     20:46:01.2 -00:20:25  7.5  0.83 103
PPM 170593     20:43:32.7 +00:28:11  8.9  0.37 102
PPM 170566     20:42:35.4 +00:07:21 10.8  0.17 102
523716         20:43:14.9 +00:06:33 12.2       102
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/10/25 21:36:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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