RECON: TNO occultation with 523701

Event between (523701) 14HT199 and star GA0640:10496025 with event index number of 2334390

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/07/23 01:26:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:03:54.2 -24:09:04
Equinox of date position of star is 17:05:15.1 -24:10:50
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2

TNO is 30.0 AU from the Sun and 29.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 361 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2354 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=204.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.2 sec chord
Diameter=83.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523701, (2028/07/23 01:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:09.8 -26:29:34  0.9  8.12 116
23Tau Sco      16:37:39.9 -28:16:22  2.8  7.48 117
26 Oph         17:01:54.7 -25:01:48  5.8  1.19 123
PPM 266354     17:06:12.3 -24:16:41  7.3  0.16 124
523701         17:05:38.6 -24:11:21 15.8       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 523701, (2028/07/23 01:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  8.12 116
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  7.48 117
26 Oph         17:00:09.6 -24:59:22  5.8  1.19 123
PPM 266354     17:04:27.7 -24:14:26  7.3  0.16 124
523701         17:03:54.2 -24:09:04 15.8       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/02/15 01:22:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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