RECON: TNO occultation with 523671

Event between (523671) 13FZ27 and star GA0800:04080674 with event index number of 2426488

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/12 17:00:58 UTC

J2000 position of star is 11:15:46.7 -09:49:12
Equinox of date position of star is 11:17:00.4 -09:57:11
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 24 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 46.4 AU from the Sun and 45.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.6 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 84 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1967 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.3
Diameter=831.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.1 sec chord
Diameter=339.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523671, (2028/03/12 17:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:52.3 +11:49:42  1.3 27.48  46
4Gam Crv       12:17:15.7 -17:41:54  2.6 16.49  11
14Eps Crt      11:26:02.2 -11:00:52  5.1  2.41  21
PPM 194266     11:16:02.7 -10:03:40  8.5  0.30  24
PPM 194287     11:17:25.9 -09:59:13  9.2  0.06  23
523671         11:17:12.2 -09:58:27 16.7        23
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 523671, (2028/03/12 17:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 27.48  46
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:30  2.6 16.49  11
14Eps Crt      11:24:36.6 -10:51:33  5.1  2.41  21
PPM 194266     11:14:37.3 -09:54:25  8.5  0.30  24
PPM 194287     11:16:00.5 -09:49:58  9.2  0.06  23
523671         11:15:46.7 -09:49:12 16.7        24
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/24 02:51:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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