RECON: TNO occultation with 523701

Event between (523701) 14HT199 and star GA0680:06988085 with event index number of 2333688

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/01 05:10:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:23:02.7 -20:28:25
Equinox of date position of star is 16:24:19.8 -20:31:23
Stellar brightness G=15.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 29.8 AU from the Sun and 29.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 391 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1648 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=204.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.7 sec chord
Diameter=83.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523701, (2024/09/01 05:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.4 -26:29:04  0.9  6.13 111
8Bet1Sco       16:06:52.5 -19:52:16  2.6  4.19 105
4Psi Oph       16:25:33.0 -20:05:35  4.2  0.50 109
PPM 265409     16:21:22.6 -20:50:24  8.4  0.79 108
PPM 265464     16:24:09.6 -20:34:45  9.9  0.09 109
523701         16:24:29.8 -20:31:46 15.1       109
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 523701, (2024/09/01 05:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  6.13 111
8Bet1Sco       16:05:26.2 -19:48:20  2.6  4.19 105
4Psi Oph       16:24:06.1 -20:02:15  4.2  0.50 109
PPM 265409     16:19:55.4 -20:46:57  8.4  0.79 108
PPM 265464     16:22:42.4 -20:31:23  9.9  0.09 109
523701         16:23:02.7 -20:28:25 15.1       109
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/29 23:10:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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