RECON: TNO occultation with 523790

Event between (523790) 15HP9 and star GA0680:17602054 with event index number of 2602583

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/01 10:37:35 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:44:58.7 -20:42:23
Equinox of date position of star is 17:46:25.0 -20:42:54
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 45 degrees from the moon. Moon is 51% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

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Object is 16.6 AU from the Sun and 15.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 327 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 662 km.
The sky-plane scale is 11539.5 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.5
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523790, (2024/05/01 10:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.2 -26:29:02  0.9 18.22  61
35Eta Oph      17:11:46.5 -15:45:12  2.6  9.61  54
58 Oph         17:44:53.4 -21:41:34  4.9  1.04  45
PPM 267302     17:48:58.6 -20:50:39  7.6  0.61  45
PPM 267200     17:45:24.7 -20:24:01  9.2  0.39  45
523790         17:46:25.8 -20:42:54 16.4        45
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 2.8 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 0.0 km RECON observability=0.8 and success probability=0.0%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 10:37:37 -8.0 NT Up 16.9 186.9 Really Low 10:22:37 - 10:52:37 9116
Kamloops 10:38:44 -15.3 AT Up 18.3 173.0 Really Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8986
Kelowna 10:38:44 -15.5 AT Up 19.2 173.9 Really Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8963
Peachland 10:38:44 -15.8 AT Up 19.3 173.6 Really Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8956
Summerland 10:38:43 -15.8 AT Up 19.5 173.7 Really Low 10:23:43 - 10:53:43 8951
Penticton 10:38:44 -15.8 AT Up 19.5 173.8 Really Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8949
Oliver 10:38:44 -16.1 AT Up 19.9 173.8 Really Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8936
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 10:38:44 -16.1 AT Up 20.1 174.0 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8931
Okanogan 10:38:44 -16.7 AT Up 20.7 173.7 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8903
Brewster 10:38:44 -17.0 AT Up 21.0 173.5 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8890
Manson/Chelan 10:38:44 -17.3 AT Up 21.1 173.1 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8879
Victoria 10:39:06 -18.2 Dark Up 20.2 170.0 Low 10:24:06 - 10:54:06 8872
Wenatchee 10:38:44 -17.8 AT Up 21.6 172.9 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8857
Ellensburg 10:38:44 -18.2 Dark Up 22.0 172.7 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8838
Yakima 10:38:44 -18.5 Dark Up 22.4 172.6 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8820
Toppenish/White Swan 10:38:44 -18.6 Dark Up 22.6 172.8 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8812
PNWRO 10:38:43 -18.2 Dark Up 23.1 174.3 Low 10:23:43 - 10:53:43 8809
The Dalles 10:38:44 -19.5 Dark Up 23.3 172.0 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8770
Maupin 10:38:44 -19.8 Dark Up 23.7 172.0 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8752
Sisters 10:38:44 -20.7 Dark Up 24.6 171.5 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8707
Bend 10:38:44 -20.8 Dark Up 24.8 171.7 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8698
Oregon Observatory 10:38:44 -21.0 Dark Up 25.0 171.6 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8688
Chiloquin 10:39:02 -22.1 Dark Up 26.2 171.1 Low 10:24:02 - 10:54:02 8616
Dunrhomin 10:37:20 -14.6 AT Up 28.6 188.3 Low 10:22:20 - 10:52:20 8612
Nikitin 10:37:20 -14.8 AT Up 28.8 188.3 Low 10:22:20 - 10:52:20 8602
Klamath Falls 10:39:02 -22.3 Dark Up 26.6 171.2 Low 10:24:02 - 10:54:02 8599
CU-SBO 10:37:21 -14.8 AT Up 28.9 188.2 Low 10:22:21 - 10:52:21 8598
Cedarville 10:38:44 -22.1 Dark Up 27.4 172.7 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8581
Fall River/Burney 10:38:44 -23.1 Dark Up 27.8 171.4 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8544
Gimple 10:38:44 -23.5 Dark Up 28.7 171.9 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8500
Greenville 10:38:44 -23.5 Dark Up 28.7 171.8 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8499
Quincy 10:38:44 -23.7 Dark Up 28.9 171.8 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8488
Portola 10:38:44 -23.5 Dark Up 29.1 172.3 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8486
Reno 10:38:44 -23.4 Dark Up 29.4 173.0 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8477
Carson City 10:38:44 -23.6 Dark Up 29.8 173.0 Low 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8457
Yerington 10:38:44 -23.4 Dark Up 30.0 173.7 Up 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8452
Gardnerville 10:38:44 -23.8 Dark Up 30.0 173.0 Up 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8444
Hawthorne 10:38:43 -23.5 Dark Up 30.6 174.2 Up 10:23:43 - 10:53:43 8431
Lee Vining 10:38:44 -24.1 Dark Up 31.1 173.6 Up 10:23:44 - 10:53:44 8394
Bishop 10:38:42 -24.2 Dark Up 31.7 174.4 Up 10:23:42 - 10:53:42 8365
Beatty 10:38:33 -23.6 Dark Up 32.3 176.1 Up 10:23:33 - 10:53:33 8353
Patrick 10:38:13 -22.9 Dark Up 33.9 179.2 Up 10:23:13 - 10:53:13 8287
Laughlin/Bullhead City 10:38:18 -23.5 Dark Up 34.1 178.4 Up 10:23:18 - 10:53:18 8266
Lake Havasu City 10:38:15 -23.8 Dark Up 34.8 178.7 Up 10:23:15 - 10:53:15 8225
George/Scottsdale 10:38:00 -22.7 Dark Up 35.6 181.4 Up 10:23:00 - 10:53:00 8195
Wildwood 10:38:43 -26.6 Dark Up 35.0 173.9 Up 10:23:43 - 10:53:43 8161
Idyllwild 10:38:31 -25.7 Dark Up 35.5 176.0 Up 10:23:31 - 10:53:31 8157
Calipatria 10:38:23 -25.4 Dark Up 36.1 177.3 Up 10:23:23 - 10:53:23 8127
Yuma 10:38:16 -25.1 Dark Up 36.6 178.3 Up 10:23:16 - 10:53:16 8106

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 523790, (2024/05/01 10:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 18.22  61
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  9.61  54
58 Oph         17:43:25.7 -21:41:00  4.9  1.04  45
PPM 267302     17:47:31.4 -20:50:14  7.6  0.61  45
PPM 267200     17:43:57.8 -20:23:28  9.2  0.39  45
523790         17:44:58.7 -20:42:23 16.4        45
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:21:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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