RECON: TNO occultation with 523706

Event between (523706) 14HF200 and star GA0600:09635768 with event index number of 2378883

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/12 17:34:12 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:39:33.2 -29:56:44
Equinox of date position of star is 16:41:06.1 -29:59:31
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 26 degrees from the moon. Moon is 65% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 36.1 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1293 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4485 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 38.7 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523706, (2024/09/12 17:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.6 -26:29:05  0.9  4.16  28
23Tau Sco      16:37:25.5 -28:15:54  2.8  1.91  27
PPM 265803     16:43:10.0 -27:51:20  6.5  2.18  25
PPM 265770     16:40:50.3 -29:58:16  7.4  0.06  26
523706         16:41:07.1 -29:59:33 15.2        25
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 523706, (2024/09/12 17:34UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  4.16  28
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  1.91  27
PPM 265803     16:41:37.6 -27:48:35  6.5  2.18  25
PPM 265770     16:39:16.4 -29:55:27  7.4  0.06  26
523706         16:39:33.2 -29:56:44 15.2        26
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:50:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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