RECON: TNO occultation with 523719

Event between (523719) 14LM28 and star GA1180:04009802 with event index number of 306902

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/08/12 21:14:04 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:56:45.2 +29:29:30
Equinox of date position of star is 16:57:31.2 +29:27:43
Stellar brightness G=11.1, use SENSEUP=8
Star is 63 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 17.0 AU from the Sun and 16.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 74 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1167 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.9
Diameter=63.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Diameter=25.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523719, (2019/08/12 21:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:36.2 +38:48:10  0.0 22.62  62
27Bet Her      16:31:03.8 +21:26:53  2.8  9.99  62
53 Her         16:53:42.7 +31:40:13  5.3  2.36  66
PPM 105338     16:55:47.7 +29:00:30  7.9  0.59  63
PPM 105366     16:57:35.9 +29:33:36  8.7  0.10  63
523719         16:57:31.3 +29:27:43 11.1        63
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 523719, (2019/08/12 21:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 22.62  62
27Bet Her      16:30:13.1 +21:29:22  2.8  9.99  62
53 Her         16:52:57.9 +31:42:06  5.3  2.36  66
PPM 105338     16:55:01.4 +29:02:20  7.9  0.59  63
PPM 105366     16:56:49.9 +29:35:22  8.7  0.10  63
523719         16:56:45.2 +29:29:30 11.1        63
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/07/30 22:29:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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