RECON: TNO occultation with 523718

Event between (523718) 14KZ101 and star GA0840:06978580 with event index number of 2329694

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/14 17:09:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:03:35.7 -05:42:17
Equinox of date position of star is 18:04:49.5 -05:42:08
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 24 degrees from the moon. Moon is 54% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 35.1 AU from the Sun and 35.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 322 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3278 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=316.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.2 sec chord
Diameter=129.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523718, (2023/03/14 17:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:50.0 -26:28:53  0.9 30.56   9
60Bet Oph      17:44:37.2 +04:33:33  2.8 11.44  32
PPM 201278     18:00:50.7 -04:49:17  5.8  1.33  25
PPM 201323     18:03:37.3 -05:44:01  8.0  0.30  24
PPM 201339     18:04:22.7 -05:37:36  9.9  0.14  24
523718         18:04:50.1 -05:42:08 16.2        25
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 523718, (2023/03/14 17:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 30.56   9
60Bet Oph      17:43:28.3 +04:34:06  2.8 11.44  32
PPM 201278     17:59:36.8 -04:49:18  5.8  1.33  25
PPM 201323     18:02:22.9 -05:44:08  8.0  0.30  24
PPM 201339     18:03:08.3 -05:37:44  9.9  0.14  24
523718         18:03:35.7 -05:42:17 16.2        24
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/09 03:34:40 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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