RECON: TNO occultation with 523709

Event between (523709) 14JD80 and star GA0580:00097688 with event index number of 2331858

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/06/11 10:08:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:24:00.2 -31:55:20
Equinox of date position of star is 01:25:05.9 -31:47:58
Stellar brightness G=11.1, use SENSEUP=8 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 64 degrees from the moon. Moon is 83% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 19.1 AU from the Sun and 19.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 194 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2366 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.1
Diameter=87.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Diameter=35.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523709, (2028/06/11 10:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Achernar       01:38:46.1 -57:05:34  0.5 25.42  67
Diphda         00:45:00.8 -17:49:52  2.0 16.65  56
PPM 277044     01:28:16.5 -32:23:48  5.3  0.88  65
PPM 276996     01:25:31.5 -31:39:53  7.1  0.12  64
PPM 276992     01:25:19.1 -31:46:29 10.8  0.00  64
523709         01:25:19.1 -31:46:29 11.1        64
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 523709, (2028/06/11 10:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Achernar       01:37:43.1 -57:14:13  0.5 25.42  67
Diphda         00:43:35.7 -17:59:11  2.0 16.65  56
PPM 277044     01:26:58.1 -32:32:37  5.3  0.88  65
PPM 276996     01:24:12.6 -31:48:45  7.1  0.12  64
PPM 276992     01:24:00.2 -31:55:21 10.8  0.00  64
523709         01:24:00.2 -31:55:20 11.1        64
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/09/04 00:56:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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