RECON: TNO occultation with 523686

Event between (523686) 14DB143 and star GA0880:16039990 with event index number of 2623816

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/03/29 05:47:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 19:26:11.2 -00:47:19
Equinox of date position of star is 19:27:26.9 -00:44:18
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 34 degrees from the moon. Moon is 58% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5

Object is 20.5 AU from the Sun and 20.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 211 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3175 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.1
Diameter=91.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=37.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523686, (2027/03/29 05:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Tarazed        19:47:33.3 +10:40:53  2.7 12.45  46
27 Aql         19:22:00.0 -00:50:22  5.4  1.40  33
PPM 180688     19:29:31.4 -01:02:03  8.1  0.57  34
PPM 180677     19:28:16.1 -00:29:01 10.0  0.30  34
PPM 180662     19:26:33.9 -00:48:23 10.3  0.27  34
523686         19:27:35.4 -00:43:57 16.2        34
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 523686, (2027/03/29 05:47UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 12.45  46
27 Aql         19:20:35.7 -00:53:32  5.4  1.40  33
PPM 180688     19:28:07.0 -01:05:29  8.1  0.57  34
PPM 180677     19:26:52.0 -00:32:24 10.0  0.30  34
PPM 180662     19:25:09.6 -00:51:43 10.3  0.27  34
523686         19:26:11.2 -00:47:19 16.2        34
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:27:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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