RECON: TNO occultation with 523680

Event between (523680) 13YJ151 and star GA1040:03200988 with event index number of 2624789

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/15 05:54:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 08:43:04.3 +14:39:13
Equinox of date position of star is 08:44:25.0 +14:33:55
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 44.8 AU from the Sun and 45.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 169 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2375 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=457.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.7 sec chord
Diameter=186.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523680, (2027/10/15 05:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:47:01.0 +27:57:24  1.1 18.93  95
PPM 125463     08:37:41.0 +15:12:56  6.5  1.80 110
PPM 125652     08:44:45.3 +14:00:19  8.5  0.55 112
PPM 125661     08:45:23.2 +14:27:52 10.0  0.21 112
PPM 125659     08:45:17.1 +14:37:31 10.1  0.18 112
523680         08:44:37.0 +14:33:08 15.7       112
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 523680, (2027/10/15 05:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 18.93  95
PPM 125463     08:36:07.7 +15:18:49  6.5  1.80 110
PPM 125652     08:43:12.8 +14:06:24  8.5  0.55 112
PPM 125661     08:43:50.5 +14:33:58 10.0  0.21 112
PPM 125659     08:43:44.4 +14:43:37 10.1  0.18 112
523680         08:43:04.3 +14:39:13 15.7       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/06 04:33:05 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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