RECON: TNO occultation with 523591

Event between (523591) 01QD298 and star GA0840:20078780 with event index number of 1920186

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/07/25 03:03:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 23:58:19.4 -05:31:57
Equinox of date position of star is 23:59:32.7 -05:23:59
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 13% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6

Object is 42.4 AU from the Sun and 41.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 572 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4229 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=342.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.6 sec chord
Diameter=139.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523591, (2028/07/25 03:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:13.2 -29:28:12  1.2 28.02 153
Diphda         00:45:01.2 -17:49:49  2.0 16.65 149
30 Psc         00:03:25.5 -05:51:19  4.4  1.03 163
PPM 208175     23:59:16.8 -05:17:49  8.5  0.15 164
523591         23:59:47.2 -05:22:24 15.4       164
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 523591, (2028/07/25 03:04UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.7 -29:37:24  1.2 28.02 153
Diphda         00:43:35.8 -17:59:11  2.0 16.65 149
30 Psc         00:01:57.7 -06:00:52  4.4  1.03 163
PPM 208175     23:57:48.9 -05:27:21  8.5  0.15 164
523591         23:58:19.4 -05:31:57 15.4       164
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/28 00:48:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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