RECON: TNO occultation with 523677

Event between (523677) 13UF15 and star GA1160:00789827 with event index number of 2087889

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/05 11:17:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:28:04.8 +27:59:39
Equinox of date position of star is 04:29:34.2 +28:02:45
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 170 degrees from the moon. Moon is 31% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

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Object is 35.7 AU from the Sun and 35.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 199 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1471 km.
The sky-plane scale is 25468.4 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=342.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.0 sec chord
Diameter=139.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523677, (2027/10/05 11:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:31.0 +16:33:47  0.8 11.63 167
3Iot Aur       04:58:48.4 +33:12:26  2.7  8.09 173
PPM 093607     04:36:22.5 +29:01:00  5.7  1.73 171
PPM 093537     04:30:01.3 +27:50:26  8.1  0.22 170
523677         04:29:48.4 +28:03:14 16.4       171
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 4.5 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 32.8 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=10.4%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 11:16:58 -18.2 Dark Down 64.7 201.5 Up 11:01:58 - 11:31:58 3479
Kamloops 11:18:20 -26.9 Dark Down 67.1 171.1 Up 11:03:20 - 11:33:20 3149
Kelowna 11:18:13 -26.8 Dark Down 68.0 172.9 Up 11:03:13 - 11:33:13 3075
Peachland 11:18:15 -27.0 Dark Down 68.1 172.1 Up 11:03:15 - 11:33:15 3060
Summerland 11:18:14 -27.0 Dark Down 68.3 172.3 Up 11:03:14 - 11:33:14 3046
Penticton 11:18:13 -27.0 Dark Down 68.3 172.5 Up 11:03:13 - 11:33:13 3040
Oliver 11:18:13 -27.1 Dark Down 68.7 172.4 Up 11:03:13 - 11:33:13 3004
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 11:18:12 -27.1 Dark Down 68.9 172.8 Up 11:03:12 - 11:33:12 2988
Okanogan 11:18:12 -27.5 Dark Down 69.5 172.1 Up 11:03:12 - 11:33:12 2919
Victoria 11:18:37 -29.6 Dark Down 68.8 163.0 Up 11:03:37 - 11:33:37 2901
Brewster 11:18:13 -27.7 Dark Down 69.7 171.5 Up 11:03:13 - 11:33:13 2889
Manson/Chelan 11:18:15 -28.0 Dark Down 69.9 170.5 Up 11:03:15 - 11:33:15 2864
Wenatchee 11:18:16 -28.4 Dark Down 70.4 169.8 Up 11:03:16 - 11:33:16 2813
Ellensburg 11:18:17 -28.7 Dark Down 70.7 169.0 Up 11:03:17 - 11:33:17 2767
Yakima 11:18:17 -28.9 Dark Down 71.1 168.7 Up 11:03:17 - 11:33:17 2724
Toppenish/White Swan 11:18:15 -28.9 Dark Down 71.4 169.1 Up 11:03:15 - 11:33:15 2703
PNWRO 11:18:06 -28.1 Dark Down 71.9 172.9 Up 11:03:06 - 11:33:06 2681
The Dalles 11:18:21 -29.7 Dark Down 72.0 166.4 Up 11:03:21 - 11:33:21 2614
Maupin 11:18:20 -29.8 Dark Down 72.4 166.4 Up 11:03:20 - 11:33:20 2571
Sisters 11:18:22 -30.5 Dark Down 73.2 164.3 Up 11:03:22 - 11:33:22 2472
Bend 11:18:19 -30.5 Dark Down 73.5 164.8 Up 11:03:19 - 11:33:19 2450
Oregon Observatory 11:18:20 -30.6 Dark Down 73.6 164.3 Up 11:03:20 - 11:33:20 2430
Dunrhomin 11:16:21 -20.7 Dark Down 74.8 219.3 Up 11:01:21 - 11:31:21 2296
Chiloquin 11:18:22 -31.5 Dark Down 74.8 161.6 Up 11:03:22 - 11:33:22 2285
Nikitin 11:16:21 -20.7 Dark Down 75.0 219.7 Up 11:01:21 - 11:31:21 2276
CU-SBO 11:16:22 -20.8 Dark Down 75.1 219.6 Up 11:01:22 - 11:31:22 2268
Klamath Falls 11:18:21 -31.5 Dark Down 75.1 161.5 Up 11:03:21 - 11:33:21 2249
Cedarville 11:18:09 -30.8 Dark Down 76.1 166.1 Up 11:03:09 - 11:33:09 2192
Fall River/Burney 11:18:17 -31.8 Dark Down 76.3 161.2 Up 11:03:17 - 11:33:17 2126
Gimple 11:18:12 -31.8 Dark Down 77.3 161.9 Up 11:03:12 - 11:33:12 2034
Greenville 11:18:13 -31.9 Dark Down 77.3 161.6 Up 11:03:13 - 11:33:13 2033
Quincy 11:18:14 -31.9 Dark Down 77.5 161.3 Up 11:03:14 - 11:33:14 2012
Portola 11:18:09 -31.7 Dark Down 77.7 163.0 Up 11:03:09 - 11:33:09 2003
Reno 11:18:04 -31.3 Dark Down 78.1 165.2 Up 11:03:04 - 11:33:04 1982
Carson City 11:18:04 -31.4 Dark Down 78.5 164.9 Up 11:03:04 - 11:33:04 1943
Yerington 11:17:59 -31.1 Dark Down 78.8 167.3 Up 11:02:59 - 11:32:59 1930
Gardnerville 11:18:04 -31.5 Dark Down 78.7 164.8 Up 11:03:04 - 11:33:04 1917
Hawthorne 11:17:54 -30.9 Dark Down 79.3 169.2 Up 11:02:54 - 11:32:54 1886
Lee Vining 11:17:57 -31.4 Dark Down 79.8 166.2 Up 11:02:57 - 11:32:57 1819
Bishop 11:17:51 -31.1 Dark Down 80.5 169.0 Up 11:02:51 - 11:32:51 1763
Beatty 11:17:38 -30.0 Dark Down 81.1 177.4 Up 11:02:38 - 11:32:38 1735
Patrick 11:17:14 -28.3 Dark Down 82.3 195.6 Up 11:02:14 - 11:32:14 1618
Laughlin/Bullhead City 11:17:20 -28.9 Dark Down 82.7 191.5 Up 11:02:20 - 11:32:20 1580
Lake Havasu City 11:17:16 -28.9 Dark Down 83.3 194.5 Up 11:02:16 - 11:32:16 1511
George/Scottsdale 11:16:56 -27.2 Dark Down 83.2 213.8 Up 11:01:56 - 11:31:56 1469
Wildwood 11:17:49 -32.3 Dark Down 83.6 161.8 Up 11:02:49 - 11:32:49 1404
Idyllwild 11:17:34 -31.0 Dark Down 84.2 176.2 Up 11:02:34 - 11:32:34 1392
Calipatria 11:17:23 -30.2 Dark Down 84.8 187.0 Up 11:02:23 - 11:32:23 1343
Yuma 11:17:16 -29.6 Dark Down 85.1 196.6 Up 11:02:16 - 11:32:16 1310

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 523677, (2027/10/05 11:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 11.63 167
3Iot Aur       04:56:59.6 +33:09:58  2.7  8.09 173
PPM 093607     04:34:38.0 +28:57:40  5.7  1.73 171
PPM 093537     04:28:17.9 +27:46:51  8.1  0.22 170
523677         04:28:04.8 +27:59:39 16.4       170
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/17 04:32:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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