RECON: TNO occultation with 523689

Event between (523689) 14DL143 and star GA0780:04412377 with event index number of 2621510

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/18 05:14:28 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:38:33.3 -11:44:29
Equinox of date position of star is 13:39:51.5 -11:51:55
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 108 degrees from the moon. Moon is 36% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

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Object is 37.1 AU from the Sun and 36.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 102 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1966 km.
The sky-plane scale is 26191.2 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=335.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Diameter=137.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523689, (2028/04/18 05:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:41.3 -11:18:29  1.0  3.33 112
PPM 227511     13:36:11.0 -13:21:31  6.4  1.75 109
PPM 227711     13:44:06.1 -12:13:44  7.8  1.05 107
PPM 227619     13:40:30.0 -12:04:17  9.3  0.22 108
523689         13:40:03.7 -11:53:04 16.2       108
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 5.0 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 17.5 km RECON observability=0.9 and success probability=17.9%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 05:16:47 -22.9 Dark Down 22.8 153.9 Low 05:07:45 - 05:25:48 3186
Kamloops 05:17:20 -18.8 Dark Down 19.0 139.5 Really Low 05:08:18 - 05:26:21 2716
Kelowna 05:17:19 -19.8 Dark Down 20.0 140.2 Low 05:08:17 - 05:26:20 2682
Peachland 05:17:20 -19.8 Dark Down 20.0 139.9 Really Low 05:08:18 - 05:26:21 2667
Summerland 05:17:19 -19.9 Dark Down 20.1 139.9 Low 05:08:18 - 05:26:21 2659
Penticton 05:17:20 -20.0 Dark Down 20.2 140.0 Low 05:08:18 - 05:26:21 2657
Oliver 05:17:20 -20.3 Dark Down 20.5 139.9 Low 05:08:18 - 05:26:21 2632
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 05:17:20 -20.5 Dark Down 20.7 140.1 Low 05:08:19 - 05:26:22 2625
Okanogan 05:17:21 -20.9 Dark Down 21.1 139.7 Low 05:08:20 - 05:26:23 2572
Brewster 05:17:22 -21.0 Dark Down 21.2 139.5 Low 05:08:21 - 05:26:24 2547
Manson/Chelan 05:17:23 -21.0 Dark Down 21.2 139.1 Low 05:08:22 - 05:26:25 2521
Wenatchee 05:17:23 -21.2 Dark Down 21.5 138.8 Low 05:08:22 - 05:26:25 2482
Victoria 05:17:29 -19.0 Dark Down 19.3 136.2 Really Low 05:08:28 - 05:26:31 2478
Ellensburg 05:17:25 -21.4 Dark Down 21.7 138.5 Low 05:08:23 - 05:26:26 2445
PNWRO 05:17:22 -22.9 Dark Down 23.2 139.7 Low 05:08:21 - 05:26:24 2418
Yakima 05:17:25 -21.7 Dark Down 22.0 138.3 Low 05:08:24 - 05:26:27 2414
Dunrhomin 05:16:51 -33.4 Dark Down 33.5 151.8 Up 05:07:49 - 05:25:52 2407
Toppenish/White Swan 05:17:25 -22.0 Dark Down 22.3 138.4 Low 05:08:24 - 05:26:27 2402
Nikitin 05:16:51 -33.6 Dark Down 33.7 151.7 Up 05:07:49 - 05:25:52 2393
CU-SBO 05:16:51 -33.6 Dark Down 33.7 151.6 Up 05:07:49 - 05:25:52 2385
The Dalles 05:17:28 -22.1 Dark Down 22.5 137.5 Low 05:08:27 - 05:26:30 2320
Maupin 05:17:29 -22.5 Dark Down 22.8 137.5 Low 05:08:27 - 05:26:30 2291
Sisters 05:17:30 -22.9 Dark Down 23.3 136.8 Low 05:08:28 - 05:26:31 2209
Bend 05:17:30 -23.2 Dark Down 23.6 136.9 Low 05:08:28 - 05:26:31 2198
Oregon Observatory 05:17:30 -23.2 Dark Down 23.6 136.8 Low 05:08:29 - 05:26:32 2180
Chiloquin 05:17:33 -23.9 Dark Down 24.4 136.0 Low 05:08:32 - 05:26:35 2063
Klamath Falls 05:17:33 -24.2 Dark Down 24.7 136.0 Low 05:08:31 - 05:26:34 2038
Cedarville 05:17:29 -25.5 Dark Down 26.0 137.2 Low 05:08:28 - 05:26:31 2032
Fall River/Burney 05:17:33 -25.2 Dark Down 25.7 135.9 Low 05:08:31 - 05:26:34 1954
Gimple 05:17:33 -26.1 Dark Down 26.6 136.1 Low 05:08:31 - 05:26:34 1896
Greenville 05:17:32 -26.1 Dark Down 26.6 136.0 Low 05:08:31 - 05:26:34 1893
Portola 05:17:31 -26.6 Dark Down 27.1 136.4 Low 05:08:30 - 05:26:33 1882
Reno 05:17:30 -27.1 Dark Down 27.6 136.9 Low 05:08:29 - 05:26:32 1880
Quincy 05:17:32 -26.2 Dark Down 26.7 136.0 Low 05:08:31 - 05:26:34 1877
Yerington 05:17:29 -27.9 Dark Down 28.4 137.3 Low 05:08:27 - 05:26:30 1856
Carson City 05:17:30 -27.4 Dark Down 27.9 136.8 Low 05:08:29 - 05:26:32 1851
Hawthorne 05:17:28 -28.5 Dark Down 29.0 137.6 Low 05:08:26 - 05:26:29 1834
Gardnerville 05:17:30 -27.6 Dark Down 28.1 136.7 Low 05:08:29 - 05:26:32 1832
Lee Vining 05:17:30 -28.6 Dark Down 29.1 136.9 Low 05:08:28 - 05:26:31 1771
Beatty 05:17:24 -30.7 Dark Down 31.2 138.7 Up 05:08:23 - 05:26:26 1760
Bishop 05:17:28 -29.4 Dark Down 30.0 137.4 Low 05:08:26 - 05:26:29 1744
Patrick 05:17:17 -33.3 Dark Down 33.8 140.9 Up 05:08:15 - 05:26:18 1732
Laughlin/Bullhead City 05:17:19 -33.1 Dark Down 33.6 140.1 Up 05:08:17 - 05:26:20 1687
George/Scottsdale 05:17:12 -35.7 Dark Down 36.2 142.2 Up 05:08:10 - 05:26:13 1658
Lake Havasu City 05:17:18 -33.8 Dark Down 34.3 140.1 Up 05:08:17 - 05:26:20 1638
Idyllwild 05:17:25 -33.0 Dark Down 33.6 137.4 Up 05:08:23 - 05:26:26 1490
Calipatria 05:17:22 -34.1 Dark Down 34.7 138.3 Up 05:08:20 - 05:26:23 1478
Yuma 05:17:20 -34.9 Dark Down 35.5 139.0 Up 05:08:18 - 05:26:21 1472
Wildwood 05:17:30 -31.6 Dark Down 32.2 135.8 Up 05:08:29 - 05:26:32 1456

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 523689, (2028/04/18 05:13UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  3.33 112
PPM 227511     13:34:40.4 -13:12:52  6.4  1.75 109
PPM 227711     13:42:35.6 -12:05:13  7.8  1.05 107
PPM 227619     13:38:59.6 -11:55:42  9.3  0.22 108
523689         13:38:33.3 -11:44:29 16.2       108
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:33:10 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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