RECON: TNO occultation with 523790

Event between (523790) 15HP9 and star GA0680:15868131 with event index number of 2602697

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/31 08:33:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:40:14.3 -20:38:36
Equinox of date position of star is 17:41:40.5 -20:39:16
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 84 degrees from the moon. Moon is 43% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7

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Object is 16.7 AU from the Sun and 15.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 203 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 643 km.
The sky-plane scale is 11378.9 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.5
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523790, (2024/05/31 08:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:54.5 -26:29:03  0.9 17.22  99
35Eta Oph      17:11:46.8 -15:45:12  2.6  8.63  91
58 Oph         17:44:53.7 -21:41:34  4.9  1.28  83
PPM 267087     17:39:18.0 -20:40:49  8.4  0.56  84
PPM 267118     17:40:45.3 -20:43:15  9.4  0.23  84
523790         17:41:41.6 -20:39:16 16.8        83
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 4.4 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 0.0 km RECON observability=0.9 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 08:33:29 -13.2 AT Up 17.0 186.6 Really Low 08:18:29 - 08:48:29 7082
Kamloops 08:34:16 -16.9 AT Down 18.4 172.6 Really Low 08:19:16 - 08:49:16 6990
Kelowna 08:34:13 -17.6 AT Down 19.3 173.4 Really Low 08:19:13 - 08:49:13 6965
Peachland 08:34:15 -17.8 AT Down 19.3 173.1 Really Low 08:19:15 - 08:49:15 6959
Summerland 08:34:14 -17.9 AT Down 19.5 173.2 Really Low 08:19:14 - 08:49:14 6954
Penticton 08:34:14 -18.0 AT Down 19.6 173.3 Really Low 08:19:14 - 08:49:14 6952
Oliver 08:34:14 -18.3 Dark Down 19.9 173.3 Really Low 08:19:14 - 08:49:14 6938
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 08:34:13 -18.5 Dark Down 20.1 173.5 Low 08:19:13 - 08:49:13 6933
Okanogan 08:34:15 -19.1 Dark Down 20.7 173.2 Low 08:19:15 - 08:49:15 6906
Brewster 08:34:15 -19.4 Dark Down 21.0 173.0 Low 08:19:15 - 08:49:15 6893
Victoria 08:34:27 -19.3 Dark Down 20.2 169.5 Low 08:19:27 - 08:49:27 6886
Manson/Chelan 08:34:17 -19.6 Dark Down 21.2 172.7 Low 08:19:17 - 08:49:17 6883
Wenatchee 08:34:17 -20.1 Dark Down 21.6 172.5 Low 08:19:17 - 08:49:17 6862
Ellensburg 08:34:18 -20.6 Dark Down 22.0 172.2 Low 08:19:18 - 08:49:18 6843
Yakima 08:34:19 -21.0 Dark Down 22.4 172.2 Low 08:19:19 - 08:49:19 6825
Toppenish/White Swan 08:34:18 -21.2 Dark Down 22.6 172.4 Low 08:19:18 - 08:49:18 6816
PNWRO 08:34:13 -21.4 Dark Down 23.1 173.8 Low 08:19:13 - 08:49:13 6810
The Dalles 08:34:21 -22.0 Dark Down 23.3 171.5 Low 08:19:21 - 08:49:21 6776
Maupin 08:34:21 -22.4 Dark Down 23.8 171.6 Low 08:19:21 - 08:49:21 6758
Sisters 08:34:23 -23.3 Dark Down 24.6 171.0 Low 08:19:23 - 08:49:23 6713
Bend 08:34:23 -23.5 Dark Down 24.8 171.3 Low 08:19:23 - 08:49:23 6704
Oregon Observatory 08:34:23 -23.7 Dark Down 25.0 171.1 Low 08:19:23 - 08:49:23 6695
Chiloquin 08:34:25 -25.1 Dark Down 26.2 170.6 Low 08:19:25 - 08:49:25 6626
Klamath Falls 08:34:25 -25.4 Dark Down 26.6 170.7 Low 08:19:25 - 08:49:25 6609
Cedarville 08:34:19 -25.9 Dark Down 27.5 172.3 Low 08:19:19 - 08:49:19 6585
Dunrhomin 08:33:20 -23.9 Dark Up 28.7 188.0 Low 08:18:20 - 08:48:20 6568
Nikitin 08:33:21 -24.1 Dark Up 28.9 187.9 Low 08:18:21 - 08:48:21 6559
CU-SBO 08:33:20 -24.2 Dark Up 29.0 187.9 Low 08:18:20 - 08:48:20 6555
Fall River/Burney 08:34:24 -26.5 Dark Down 27.8 171.0 Low 08:19:24 - 08:49:24 6550
Gimple 08:34:23 -27.4 Dark Down 28.8 171.5 Low 08:19:23 - 08:49:23 6505
Greenville 08:34:23 -27.4 Dark Down 28.8 171.4 Low 08:19:23 - 08:49:23 6505
Quincy 08:34:23 -27.6 Dark Down 29.0 171.4 Low 08:19:23 - 08:49:23 6494
Portola 08:34:21 -27.7 Dark Down 29.1 171.9 Low 08:19:21 - 08:49:21 6491
Reno 08:34:18 -27.8 Dark Down 29.5 172.5 Low 08:19:18 - 08:49:18 6481
Carson City 08:34:19 -28.2 Dark Down 29.8 172.5 Low 08:19:19 - 08:49:19 6461
Yerington 08:34:16 -28.3 Dark Down 30.1 173.2 Up 08:19:16 - 08:49:16 6454
Gardnerville 08:34:18 -28.4 Dark Down 30.1 172.5 Up 08:19:18 - 08:49:18 6447
Hawthorne 08:34:15 -28.7 Dark Down 30.6 173.7 Up 08:19:15 - 08:49:15 6431
Lee Vining 08:34:16 -29.3 Dark Down 31.1 173.1 Up 08:19:16 - 08:49:16 6396
Bishop 08:34:14 -29.8 Dark Down 31.8 173.9 Up 08:19:14 - 08:49:14 6365
Beatty 08:34:07 -30.0 Dark Down 32.3 175.6 Up 08:19:07 - 08:49:07 6347
Patrick 08:33:55 -30.8 Dark Down 33.9 178.8 Up 08:18:55 - 08:48:55 6271
Laughlin/Bullhead City 08:33:57 -31.2 Dark Down 34.2 178.0 Up 08:18:57 - 08:48:57 6252
Lake Havasu City 08:33:57 -31.8 Dark Down 34.8 178.2 Up 08:18:57 - 08:48:57 6211
George/Scottsdale 08:33:46 -31.9 Dark Up 35.6 181.0 Up 08:18:46 - 08:48:46 6171
Wildwood 08:34:15 -33.0 Dark Down 35.0 173.4 Up 08:19:15 - 08:49:15 6161
Idyllwild 08:34:07 -33.0 Dark Down 35.5 175.5 Up 08:19:07 - 08:49:07 6151
Calipatria 08:34:02 -33.4 Dark Down 36.2 176.8 Up 08:19:02 - 08:49:02 6116
Yuma 08:33:58 -33.6 Dark Down 36.6 177.8 Up 08:18:58 - 08:48:58 6093

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, (2024/05/31 08:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 17.22  99
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  8.63  91
58 Oph         17:43:25.7 -21:41:00  4.9  1.28  83
PPM 267087     17:37:50.6 -20:40:03  8.4  0.56  84
PPM 267118     17:39:17.9 -20:42:32  9.4  0.23  84
523790         17:40:14.3 -20:38:36 16.8        84
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:25:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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