RECON: TNO occultation with 523790

Event between (523790) 15HP9 and star GA0700:07393853 with event index number of 2601335

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/02 12:53:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:58:35.4 -19:43:36
Equinox of date position of star is 16:59:54.0 -19:45:33
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6

TNO is 15.8 AU from the Sun and 15.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 5.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 429 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1426 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.4
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.0 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523790, (2022/04/02 12:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:46.5 -26:28:46  0.9  9.48 138
35Eta Oph      17:11:39.4 -15:45:03  2.6  4.89 130
PPM 232367     16:58:22.5 -19:34:25  6.1  0.40 133
PPM 232393     16:59:12.2 -19:49:29  8.4  0.18 133
PPM 232421     17:00:12.7 -19:38:32  9.7  0.14 132
523790         16:59:54.2 -19:45:33 16.3       132
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 523790, (2022/04/02 12:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  9.48 138
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  4.89 130
PPM 232367     16:57:03.9 -19:32:25  6.1  0.40 133
PPM 232393     16:57:53.4 -19:47:31  8.4  0.18 133
PPM 232421     16:58:54.1 -19:36:36  9.7  0.14 132
523790         16:58:35.4 -19:43:36 16.3       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/15 01:00:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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