RECON: TNO occultation with 523682

Event between (523682) 14CN23 and star GA0520:33351912 with event index number of 2653458

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/07 11:54:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:10:49.9 -36:01:30
Equinox of date position of star is 19:12:27.8 -35:58:59
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon. Moon is 82% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 14.8 AU from the Sun and 15.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 7.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 603 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3538 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=104.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Diameter=42.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523682, (2028/03/07 11:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.4 -26:29:31  0.9 35.54 132
38Zet Sgr      19:04:24.1 -29:50:14  2.7  6.38 164
Gam CrA        19:08:19.2 -37:01:12  3.7  1.37 160
PPM 298729     19:16:31.7 -36:31:24  8.4  0.94 162
PPM 298676     19:13:52.9 -36:06:20  9.9  0.27 162
523682         19:12:42.6 -35:58:36 15.8       162
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 523682, (2028/03/07 11:55UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 35.54 132
38Zet Sgr      19:02:36.7 -29:52:49  2.7  6.38 164
Gam CrA        19:06:25.3 -37:03:55  3.7  1.37 160
PPM 298729     19:14:38.6 -36:34:27  8.4  0.94 162
PPM 298676     19:12:00.1 -36:09:16  9.9  0.27 162
523682         19:10:49.9 -36:01:30 15.8       162
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:29:29 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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