RECON: TNO occultation with 523642

Event between (523642) 10SS43 and star GA1320:00541245 with event index number of 2382976

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/08/09 12:07:50 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:47:03.7 +43:51:03
Equinox of date position of star is 01:48:27.4 +43:57:52
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 154 degrees from the moon. Moon is 53% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 37.7 AU from the Sun and 37.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 170 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3101 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=424.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.2 sec chord
Diameter=173.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523642, (2027/08/09 12:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:30.5 +16:33:46  0.8 44.85 158
57Gam1And      02:05:36.4 +42:27:39  2.3  3.43 157
PPM 044298     01:42:19.7 +43:26:11  5.8  1.28 153
PPM 044402     01:48:00.0 +43:50:34  7.2  0.20 154
PPM 044436     01:49:40.5 +44:01:39 10.7  0.17 154
523642         01:48:44.7 +43:59:16 16.9       154
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, (2027/08/09 12:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 44.85 158
57Gam1And      02:03:54.1 +42:19:46  2.3  3.43 157
PPM 044298     01:40:39.8 +43:17:51  5.8  1.28 153
PPM 044402     01:46:19.2 +43:42:20  7.2  0.20 154
PPM 044436     01:47:59.4 +43:53:27 10.7  0.17 154
523642         01:47:03.7 +43:51:03 16.9       154
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/22 03:28:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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