RECON: TNO occultation with 523642

Event between (523642) 10SS43 and star GA1300:00403096 with event index number of 2382852

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/02 21:09:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:22:53.8 +40:47:42
Equinox of date position of star is 01:24:13.5 +40:54:50
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 38.2 AU from the Sun and 37.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 82 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1948 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=424.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.3 sec chord
Diameter=173.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523642, (2024/10/02 21:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:20.6 +16:33:26  0.8 48.02 121
57Gam1And      02:05:25.8 +42:26:50  2.3  7.82 138
PPM 044004     01:28:53.7 +41:13:44  6.5  0.91 142
PPM 043969     01:26:57.4 +41:28:49  8.1  0.74 142
PPM 043933     01:24:39.2 +40:44:21  9.3  0.19 143
PPM 043923     01:24:03.7 +41:03:21 10.7  0.14 143
523642         01:24:20.1 +40:55:26 16.4       143
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 523642, (2024/10/02 21:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 48.02 121
57Gam1And      02:03:54.1 +42:19:46  2.3  7.82 138
PPM 044004     01:27:26.7 +41:06:04  6.5  0.91 142
PPM 043969     01:25:30.6 +41:21:08  8.1  0.74 142
PPM 043933     01:23:12.9 +40:36:38  9.3  0.19 143
PPM 043923     01:22:37.4 +40:55:38 10.7  0.14 143
523642         01:22:53.8 +40:47:42 16.4       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/13 03:43:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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