RECON: TNO occultation with 523731

Event between (523731) 14OK394 and star GA1060:00407397 with event index number of 1055172

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/06 13:44:15 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:47:40.8 +16:02:44
Equinox of date position of star is 03:48:52.7 +16:06:34
Stellar brightness G=13.7, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 155 degrees from the moon. Moon is 44% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 36.8 AU from the Sun and 37.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.0 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 119 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1497 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.7 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523731, (2021/03/06 13:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:08.3 +16:33:01  0.8 11.58 166
44Zet Per      03:55:28.1 +31:56:41  2.8 15.91 158
PPM 119433     03:54:22.9 +17:23:19  6.0  1.84 157
PPM 119344     03:47:32.7 +16:26:19  8.2  0.46 155
PPM 119355     03:48:33.7 +15:51:53 11.6  0.26 155
523731         03:48:52.7 +16:06:34 13.7       155
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 523731, (2021/03/06 13:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 11.58 166
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 15.91 158
PPM 119433     03:53:10.2 +17:19:37  6.0  1.84 157
PPM 119344     03:46:20.7 +16:22:26  8.2  0.46 155
PPM 119355     03:47:21.8 +15:48:02 11.6  0.26 155
523731         03:47:40.8 +16:02:44 13.7       155
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/03/04 00:20:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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