RECON: TNO occultation with 523733

Event between (523733) 14PR70 and star GA1200:02489889 with event index number of 2308783

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/17 20:24:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:22:52.1 +30:09:37
Equinox of date position of star is 06:24:24.3 +30:08:48
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 150 degrees from the moon. Moon is 45% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5

Object is 19.8 AU from the Sun and 19.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 175 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 957 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.4
Diameter=50.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Diameter=20.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523733, (2028/02/17 20:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:47:02.3 +27:57:21  1.1 18.11 132
Alnath         05:28:04.4 +28:37:43  1.6 12.41 162
PPM 095923     06:26:40.5 +29:41:22  6.5  0.63 149
PPM 095847     06:23:51.9 +29:56:54  7.3  0.26 150
PPM 071558     06:25:12.8 +29:59:34  9.5  0.19 150
PPM 071546     06:24:24.4 +30:09:58 10.3  0.06 150
523733         06:24:40.3 +30:08:39 16.2       150
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 523733, (2028/02/17 20:30UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 18.11 132
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6 12.41 162
PPM 095923     06:24:52.7 +29:42:25  6.5  0.63 149
PPM 095847     06:22:03.8 +29:57:51  7.3  0.26 150
PPM 071558     06:23:24.7 +30:00:34  9.5  0.19 150
PPM 071546     06:22:36.2 +30:10:56 10.3  0.06 150
523733         06:22:52.1 +30:09:37 16.2       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/18 04:32:40 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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