RECON: TNO occultation with 523746

Event between (523746) 14UT114 and star GA1260:01337599 with event index number of 305122

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/12/29 00:34:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:39:20.8 +36:55:20
Equinox of date position of star is 04:40:38.9 +36:57:33
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 123 degrees from the moon. Moon is 8% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.1

TNO is 15.9 AU from the Sun and 15.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 86 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 820 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.0
Diameter=95.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=39.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523746, (2019/12/29 00:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:04.2 +16:32:52  0.8 20.43 119
3Iot Aur       04:58:17.9 +33:11:45  2.7  5.21 126
PPM 069587     04:43:12.0 +38:19:00  6.2  1.44 124
PPM 069579     04:42:04.9 +36:53:14  8.5  0.29 123
PPM 069567     04:40:39.4 +36:53:02  9.7  0.08 123
523746         04:40:41.2 +36:57:37 16.1       123
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 523746, (2019/12/29 00:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:30  0.8 20.43 119
3Iot Aur       04:56:59.6 +33:09:58  2.7  5.21 126
PPM 069587     04:41:50.7 +38:16:47  6.2  1.44 124
PPM 069579     04:40:44.6 +36:50:59  8.5  0.29 123
PPM 069567     04:39:19.1 +36:50:45  9.7  0.08 123
523746         04:39:20.8 +36:55:20 16.1       123
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:05:12 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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