RECON: TNO occultation with 523688

Event between (523688) 14DK143 and star GA0780:05378480 with event index number of 2381340

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/05/20 15:23:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:37:45.5 -10:55:30
Equinox of date position of star is 16:39:06.1 -10:58:20
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 125 degrees from the moon. Moon is 14% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 44.7 AU from the Sun and 43.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.7 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 142 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1669 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=463.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.3 sec chord
Diameter=189.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523688, (2028/05/20 15:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.2 -26:29:33  0.9 15.63 127
13Zet Oph      16:38:43.5 -10:37:20  2.6  0.39 125
PPM 199862     16:40:20.5 -08:40:23  6.4  2.32 124
PPM 231917     16:38:49.8 -11:23:48  8.4  0.43 125
PPM 231921     16:38:58.4 -10:47:59  9.6  0.20 125
523688         16:39:19.7 -10:58:48 16.9       124
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, (2028/05/20 15:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.63 127
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  0.39 125
PPM 199862     16:38:47.7 -08:37:07  6.4  2.32 124
PPM 231917     16:37:15.4 -11:20:29  8.4  0.43 125
PPM 231921     16:37:24.4 -10:44:41  9.6  0.20 125
523688         16:37:45.5 -10:55:30 16.9       125
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/19 00:45:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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