RECON: TNO occultation with 523717

Event between (523717) 14KY101 and star GA0680:15376988 with event index number of 2616660

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/04/17 10:28:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:38:49.1 -21:11:31
Equinox of date position of star is 17:40:15.7 -21:12:14
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 128 degrees from the moon. Moon is 66% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

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Object is 36.0 AU from the Sun and 35.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 825 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2419 km.
The sky-plane scale is 25704.1 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=316.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.7 sec chord
Diameter=129.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523717, (2024/04/17 10:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.1 -26:29:02  0.9 16.70 114
35Eta Oph      17:11:46.4 -15:45:12  2.6  8.68 121
PPM 267109     17:40:12.5 -21:55:29  6.4  0.72 129
PPM 267063     17:38:13.3 -20:58:10  8.4  0.53 128
PPM 267104     17:39:50.0 -21:24:30  9.5  0.23 128
523717         17:40:16.4 -21:12:14 15.4       129
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 1.1 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 17.0 km RECON observability=0.7 and success probability=3.5%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 10:30:00 -13.1 AT Up 16.5 173.1 Really Low 10:15:00 - 10:45:00 4843
Kamloops 10:31:35 -20.4 Dark Up 15.8 159.6 Really Low 10:16:35 - 10:46:35 4662
Kelowna 10:31:31 -20.7 Dark Up 16.7 160.3 Really Low 10:16:31 - 10:46:31 4641
Peachland 10:31:33 -20.9 Dark Up 16.8 160.0 Really Low 10:16:33 - 10:46:33 4634
Summerland 10:31:32 -21.0 Dark Up 16.9 160.1 Really Low 10:16:32 - 10:46:32 4629
Penticton 10:31:32 -21.0 Dark Up 17.0 160.2 Really Low 10:16:32 - 10:46:32 4627
Oliver 10:31:33 -21.2 Dark Up 17.3 160.2 Really Low 10:16:33 - 10:46:33 4613
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 10:31:33 -21.3 Dark Up 17.5 160.3 Really Low 10:16:33 - 10:46:33 4609
Okanogan 10:31:35 -21.8 Dark Up 18.1 160.1 Really Low 10:16:35 - 10:46:35 4579
Brewster 10:31:38 -22.1 Dark Up 18.3 159.8 Really Low 10:16:38 - 10:46:38 4565
Manson/Chelan 10:31:40 -22.4 Dark Up 18.4 159.5 Really Low 10:16:40 - 10:46:40 4552
Victoria 10:31:58 -23.3 Dark Up 17.0 156.6 Really Low 10:16:58 - 10:46:58 4536
Wenatchee 10:31:43 -22.9 Dark Up 18.8 159.3 Really Low 10:16:43 - 10:46:43 4529
Ellensburg 10:31:45 -23.3 Dark Up 19.2 159.0 Really Low 10:16:45 - 10:46:45 4508
Yakima 10:31:47 -23.6 Dark Up 19.5 159.0 Really Low 10:16:47 - 10:46:47 4490
PNWRO 10:31:38 -23.3 Dark Up 20.5 160.5 Low 10:16:38 - 10:46:38 4484
Toppenish/White Swan 10:31:46 -23.7 Dark Up 19.8 159.1 Really Low 10:16:46 - 10:46:46 4482
The Dalles 10:31:53 -24.6 Dark Up 20.3 158.3 Low 10:16:53 - 10:46:53 4435
Maupin 10:31:53 -24.9 Dark Up 20.7 158.3 Low 10:16:53 - 10:46:53 4417
Sisters 10:31:59 -25.8 Dark Up 21.4 157.7 Low 10:16:59 - 10:46:59 4368
Bend 10:31:58 -25.8 Dark Up 21.7 157.9 Low 10:16:58 - 10:46:58 4360
Oregon Observatory 10:32:00 -26.0 Dark Up 21.8 157.8 Low 10:17:00 - 10:47:00 4350
Dunrhomin 10:30:00 -19.7 Dark Down 28.3 173.3 Low 10:15:00 - 10:45:00 4337
Nikitin 10:30:00 -19.8 Dark Down 28.5 173.3 Low 10:15:00 - 10:45:00 4327
CU-SBO 10:30:00 -19.9 Dark Down 28.5 173.2 Low 10:15:00 - 10:45:00 4323
Chiloquin 10:32:06 -27.2 Dark Up 22.9 157.2 Low 10:17:06 - 10:47:06 4276
Klamath Falls 10:32:06 -27.4 Dark Up 23.3 157.2 Low 10:17:06 - 10:47:06 4260
Cedarville 10:31:55 -27.2 Dark Up 24.4 158.6 Low 10:16:55 - 10:46:55 4245
Fall River/Burney 10:32:05 -28.1 Dark Up 24.5 157.4 Low 10:17:05 - 10:47:05 4201
Gimple 10:32:04 -28.5 Dark Up 25.5 157.8 Low 10:17:04 - 10:47:04 4159
Greenville 10:32:04 -28.6 Dark Up 25.5 157.7 Low 10:17:04 - 10:47:04 4158
Portola 10:32:02 -28.6 Dark Up 25.9 158.1 Low 10:17:02 - 10:47:02 4147
Quincy 10:32:05 -28.7 Dark Up 25.6 157.6 Low 10:17:05 - 10:47:05 4146
Reno 10:31:58 -28.4 Dark Up 26.3 158.7 Low 10:16:58 - 10:46:58 4141
Carson City 10:31:58 -28.7 Dark Up 26.7 158.6 Low 10:16:58 - 10:46:58 4121
Yerington 10:31:54 -28.5 Dark Up 27.0 159.2 Low 10:16:54 - 10:46:54 4118
Gardnerville 10:31:58 -28.8 Dark Up 26.9 158.6 Low 10:16:58 - 10:46:58 4107
Hawthorne 10:31:51 -28.5 Dark Up 27.6 159.6 Low 10:16:51 - 10:46:51 4099
Lee Vining 10:31:56 -29.2 Dark Up 28.0 159.0 Low 10:16:56 - 10:46:56 4059
Bishop 10:31:52 -29.2 Dark Up 28.7 159.7 Low 10:16:52 - 10:46:52 4033
Beatty 10:31:40 -28.6 Dark Down 29.6 161.2 Low 10:16:40 - 10:46:40 4027
Patrick 10:31:19 -27.8 Dark Down 31.7 163.9 Up 10:16:19 - 10:46:19 3972
Laughlin/Bullhead City 10:31:25 -28.4 Dark Down 31.8 163.1 Up 10:16:25 - 10:46:25 3947
Lake Havasu City 10:31:24 -28.7 Dark Down 32.5 163.2 Up 10:16:24 - 10:46:24 3908
George/Scottsdale 10:31:04 -27.6 Dark Down 33.8 165.7 Up 10:16:04 - 10:46:04 3887
Idyllwild 10:31:44 -30.7 Dark Down 32.6 160.6 Up 10:16:44 - 10:46:44 3829
Wildwood 10:31:59 -31.5 Dark Down 31.8 158.8 Up 10:16:59 - 10:46:59 3825
Calipatria 10:31:35 -30.3 Dark Down 33.5 161.7 Up 10:16:35 - 10:46:35 3803
Yuma 10:31:29 -30.0 Dark Down 34.1 162.6 Up 10:16:29 - 10:46:29 3786

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 523717, (2024/04/17 10:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 16.70 114
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  8.68 121
PPM 267109     17:38:44.8 -21:54:46  6.4  0.72 129
PPM 267063     17:36:46.3 -20:57:23  8.4  0.53 128
PPM 267104     17:38:22.6 -21:23:45  9.5  0.23 128
523717         17:38:49.1 -21:11:31 15.4       128
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:20:30 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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