RECON: TNO occultation with 523730

Event between (523730) 14OH394 and star GA0760:23990850 with event index number of 2328854

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/12/01 04:37:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:01:33.0 -12:39:08
Equinox of date position of star is 21:02:51.2 -12:33:27
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 66 degrees from the moon. Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 40.4 AU from the Sun and 40.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 117 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1635 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=363.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.9 sec chord
Diameter=148.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523730, (2024/12/01 04:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:01.2 -29:29:22  1.2 31.80  84
Tarazed        19:47:26.6 +10:40:32  2.7 29.84  61
PPM 238168     21:00:04.5 -14:23:07  6.1  1.96  65
PPM 238302     21:04:59.0 -12:44:59  8.3  0.54  66
PPM 238241     21:02:40.0 -12:34:34  9.4  0.06  66
523730         21:02:54.9 -12:33:11 15.3        66
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 523730, (2024/12/01 04:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 31.80  84
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 29.84  61
PPM 238168     20:58:41.8 -14:28:59  6.1  1.96  65
PPM 238302     21:03:37.1 -12:50:59  8.3  0.54  66
PPM 238241     21:01:18.1 -12:40:30  9.4  0.06  66
523730         21:01:33.0 -12:39:08 15.3        66
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:37:13 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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