RECON: TNO occultation with 523721

Event between (523721) 14LR28 and star GA0780:22002262 with event index number of 2329514

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/08/04 13:13:08 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:20:57.8 -10:27:38
Equinox of date position of star is 22:22:13.4 -10:20:24
Stellar brightness G=13.9, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 46.3 AU from the Sun and 45.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 119 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2116 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=512.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.7 sec chord
Diameter=209.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523721, (2027/08/04 13:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:10.0 -29:28:31  1.2 20.99 155
PPM 206180     22:18:19.9 -08:54:05  5.8  1.74 171
PPM 240207     22:25:35.0 -10:03:26  7.6  0.82 172
PPM 240132     22:21:53.9 -10:05:17  9.4  0.27 171
523721         22:22:25.4 -10:19:15 13.9       171
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 523721, (2027/08/04 13:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 20.99 155
PPM 206180     22:16:52.5 -09:02:24  5.8  1.74 171
PPM 240207     22:24:07.5 -10:11:52  7.6  0.82 172
PPM 240132     22:20:26.3 -10:13:39  9.4  0.27 171
523721         22:20:57.8 -10:27:38 13.9       171
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/26 02:08:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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