RECON: TNO occultation with 523787

Event between (523787) 15DV224 and star GA0760:04603797 with event index number of 347051

Geocentric closest approach at 2019/07/11 00:10:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:08:56.3 -12:48:23
Equinox of date position of star is 12:09:56.1 -12:54:52
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128
Star is 35 degrees from the moon. Moon is 67% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 27.1 AU from the Sun and 27.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 120 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1175 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=166.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Diameter=67.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523787, (2019/07/11 00:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:13.5 -11:15:45  1.0 18.72  16
4Gam Crv       12:16:48.8 -17:39:01  2.6  5.02  34
PPM 225575     12:16:11.0 -10:25:35  6.1  2.92  33
PPM 225430     12:10:22.5 -13:02:56  8.1  0.17  35
523787         12:09:56.5 -12:54:54 16.0        35
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 523787, (2019/07/11 00:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 18.72  16
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.2 -17:32:31  2.6  5.02  34
PPM 225575     12:15:10.6 -10:19:05  6.1  2.92  33
PPM 225430     12:09:22.2 -12:56:25  8.1  0.17  35
523787         12:08:56.3 -12:48:23 16.0        35
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2019/05/23 22:40:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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