RECON: TNO occultation with 523627

Event between (523627) 08QB43 and star GA1180:00089677 with event index number of 2163101

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/10 17:48:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:34:07.9 +29:38:22
Equinox of date position of star is 00:35:24.4 +29:46:17
Stellar brightness G=14.1, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 60 degrees from the moon. Moon is 79% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 37.9 AU from the Sun and 37.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 88 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2017 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=407.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.8 sec chord
Diameter=166.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523627, (2027/10/10 17:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:22.8 +45:22:51  1.3 47.63  60
Algenib        00:14:40.2 +15:20:16  2.8 15.24  48
28 And         00:31:35.7 +29:54:16  5.5  0.88  60
PPM 089901     00:34:22.3 +29:45:50  8.3  0.27  60
523627         00:35:36.6 +29:47:32 14.1        61
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.

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

Star training set for 523627, (2027/10/10 17:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 47.63  60
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8 15.24  48
28 And         00:30:07.4 +29:45:04  5.5  0.88  60
PPM 089901     00:32:53.8 +29:36:39  8.3  0.27  60
523627         00:34:07.9 +29:38:22 14.1        60
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/23 04:34:49 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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