RECON: TNO occultation with 523624

Event between (523624) 08CT190 and star GA1240:03582383 with event index number of 2426549

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/01/26 21:44:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:18:06.7 +34:08:37
Equinox of date position of star is 13:19:14.2 +34:00:58
Stellar brightness G=14.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 118 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 36.1 AU from the Sun and 35.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 103 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4291 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=432.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.2 sec chord
Diameter=176.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:3EEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523624, (2028/01/26 21:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:56.9 +19:02:24  0.0 19.69 103
Alkaid         13:48:38.7 +49:10:27  1.9 16.11 113
PPM 077092     13:20:21.5 +34:58:52  6.0  1.00 118
PPM 077084     13:19:45.6 +33:57:04  7.0  0.09 118
523624         13:19:24.5 +33:59:48 14.8       117
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 523624, (2028/01/26 21:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:37.9 +19:10:10  0.0 19.69 103
Alkaid         13:47:32.1 +49:18:48  1.9 16.11 113
PPM 077092     13:19:04.2 +35:07:41  6.0  1.00 118
PPM 077084     13:18:27.9 +34:05:54  7.0  0.09 118
523624         13:18:06.7 +34:08:37 14.8       118
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/05/05 03:38:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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