RECON: TNO occultation with 523688

Event between (523688) 14DK143 and star GA0780:05325521 with event index number of 2381305

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/05/16 21:33:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:33:19.9 -10:44:46
Equinox of date position of star is 16:34:40.4 -10:47:44
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 57 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 44.6 AU from the Sun and 43.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 120 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1885 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=463.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.5 sec chord
Diameter=189.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523688, (2027/05/16 21:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:05.4 -26:29:25  0.9 15.71  57
13Zet Oph      16:38:40.1 -10:37:13  2.6  0.96  58
PPM 199862     16:40:17.1 -08:40:16  6.4  2.52  59
PPM 231829     16:34:26.3 -10:37:07  7.4  0.21  57
523688         16:34:50.5 -10:48:06 16.9        58
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 523688, (2027/05/16 21:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.71  57
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  0.96  58
PPM 199862     16:38:47.7 -08:37:07  6.4  2.52  59
PPM 231829     16:32:55.7 -10:33:45  7.4  0.21  57
523688         16:33:19.9 -10:44:46 16.9        57
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/18 03:48:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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