RECON: TNO occultation with 523716

Event between (523716) 14KW101 and star GA0900:15979974 with event index number of 1132086

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/07/14 21:47:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:54:34.9 +01:17:21
Equinox of date position of star is 20:55:39.8 +01:22:16
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 139 degrees from the moon. Moon is 24% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 39.0 AU from the Sun and 38.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 79 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1412 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=369.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.7 sec chord
Diameter=151.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523716, (2021/07/14 21:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:58:50.2 -29:30:28  1.2 42.64 157
Tarazed        19:47:17.0 +10:40:02  2.7 19.36 120
PPM 181099     20:50:23.6 -00:28:57  6.4  2.28 138
PPM 170957     20:56:14.0 +01:53:47  6.8  0.54 139
PPM 170919     20:55:04.7 +01:30:26  9.7  0.20 139
PPM 170943     20:55:47.4 +01:12:04 10.9  0.17 139
523716         20:55:40.6 +01:22:20 15.5       140
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, (2021/07/14 21:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 42.64 157
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 19.36 120
PPM 181099     20:49:17.2 -00:33:48  6.4  2.28 138
PPM 170957     20:55:08.5 +01:48:48  6.8  0.54 139
PPM 170919     20:53:59.0 +01:25:28  9.7  0.20 139
PPM 170943     20:54:41.6 +01:07:05 10.9  0.17 139
523716         20:54:34.9 +01:17:21 15.5       139
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/04/08 23:41:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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