RECON: TNO occultation with 523687

Event between (523687) 14DF143 and star GA0740:05353239 with event index number of 2785005

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/06/12 18:57:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:20:11.5 -15:30:41
Equinox of date position of star is 14:21:32.0 -15:37:22
Stellar brightness G=9.8, use SENSEUP=2 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 129 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 43.4 AU from the Sun and 42.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 117 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1954 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=469.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 28.0 sec chord
Diameter=191.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523687, (2029/06/12 18:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:44.9 -11:18:51  1.0 14.06 114
PPM 228402     14:12:27.3 -16:26:23  4.2  2.38 127
PPM 228587     14:19:36.8 -14:50:28  8.5  0.96 128
PPM 228641     14:21:48.4 -15:38:43  9.6  0.00 128
523687         14:21:48.3 -15:38:43  9.8       129
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 523687, (2029/06/12 18:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 14.06 114
PPM 228402     14:10:50.5 -16:18:08  4.2  2.38 127
PPM 228587     14:18:00.3 -14:42:23  8.5  0.96 128
PPM 228641     14:20:11.5 -15:30:41  9.6  0.00 128
523687         14:20:11.5 -15:30:41  9.8       128
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/27 21:02:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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