RECON: TNO occultation with 523642

Event between (523642) 10SS43 and star GA1320:00497577 with event index number of 2383004

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/05 00:22:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:38:14.5 +42:52:17
Equinox of date position of star is 01:39:36.8 +42:59:14
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 49 degrees from the moon. Moon is 57% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6

TNO is 37.6 AU from the Sun and 38.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 120 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2756 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=424.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.6 sec chord
Diameter=173.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523642, (2028/03/05 00:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:32.4 +16:33:50  0.8 45.96  16
57Gam1And      02:05:38.5 +42:27:49  2.3  4.75  44
PPM 044298     01:42:21.7 +43:26:21  5.8  0.61  49
PPM 044210     01:38:22.3 +42:05:24  8.3  0.97  49
PPM 044221     01:38:37.8 +42:56:13  9.5  0.25  49
523642         01:39:55.8 +43:00:50 16.9        49
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, (2028/03/05 00:22UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 45.96  16
57Gam1And      02:03:54.1 +42:19:46  2.3  4.75  44
PPM 044298     01:40:39.8 +43:17:51  5.8  0.61  49
PPM 044210     01:36:41.7 +41:56:50  8.3  0.97  49
PPM 044221     01:36:56.7 +42:47:39  9.5  0.25  49
523642         01:38:14.5 +42:52:17 16.9        49
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/28 03:05:35 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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