RECON: TNO occultation with 523800

Event between (523800) 17KZ31 and star GA1120:03090351 with event index number of 2432037

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/02 13:38:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:52:19.5 +22:25:37
Equinox of date position of star is 08:53:36.9 +22:20:31
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 111 degrees from the moon. Moon is 61% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4

TNO is 16.0 AU from the Sun and 15.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 33.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 10.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 45 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1205 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=51.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Diameter=20.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523800, (2024/03/02 13:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:47.6 +27:57:57  1.1 16.14 127
43Gam Cnc      08:44:40.9 +21:22:48  4.7  2.31 112
PPM 099139     08:55:42.4 +22:07:01  8.3  0.51 110
PPM 099136     08:55:27.0 +22:12:38  9.7  0.42 110
PPM 099116     08:53:59.6 +22:17:28 10.8  0.08 111
523800         08:53:43.5 +22:20:05 16.4       110
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 523800, (2024/03/02 13:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 16.14 127
43Gam Cnc      08:43:17.0 +21:28:06  4.7  2.31 112
PPM 099139     08:54:18.5 +22:12:36  8.3  0.51 110
PPM 099136     08:54:03.1 +22:18:13  9.7  0.42 110
PPM 099116     08:52:35.6 +22:23:00 10.8  0.08 111
523800         08:52:19.5 +22:25:37 16.4       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/16 00:20:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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