RECON: TNO occultation with 523763

Event between (523763) 14WZ509 and star GA0860:03778725 with event index number of 2294877

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/07 03:52:23 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:42:57.1 -02:59:04
Equinox of date position of star is 09:44:07.9 -03:05:30
Stellar brightness G=12.3, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 81 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 43.8 AU from the Sun and 43.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1740 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=469.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.5 sec chord
Diameter=191.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523763, (2024/01/07 03:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:39.0 +11:50:56  1.3 16.23  81
Alphard        09:28:46.1 -08:45:50  2.0  6.84  83
35Iot Hya      09:41:04.9 -01:15:11  3.9  2.00  83
PPM 177968     09:47:17.1 -02:42:13  8.3  0.87  81
PPM 177953     09:44:15.2 -03:00:46  9.8  0.08  81
523763         09:44:10.0 -03:05:42 12.3        81
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 523763, (2024/01/07 03:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 16.23  81
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0  6.84  83
35Iot Hya      09:39:51.4 -01:08:36  3.9  2.00  83
PPM 177968     09:46:04.1 -02:35:31  8.3  0.87  81
PPM 177953     09:43:02.3 -02:54:08  9.8  0.08  81
523763         09:42:57.1 -02:59:04 12.3        81
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/04/26 04:01:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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