RECON: TNO occultation with 523734

Event between (523734) 14QV441 and star GA0860:00657665 with event index number of 2373205

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/22 21:02:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:31:04.6 -03:39:49
Equinox of date position of star is 05:32:16.3 -03:38:49
Stellar brightness G=15.3, 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 27% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 20.5 AU from the Sun and 20.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 136 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2487 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.7
Diameter=106.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Diameter=43.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523734, (2028/10/22 21:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:55.4 -08:10:14  0.1  6.12 144
34Del Ori      05:33:28.8 -00:16:48  2.2  3.37 153
PPM 188111     05:30:50.0 -03:25:32  5.6  0.47 150
PPM 188143     05:32:54.8 -03:40:20  7.9  0.10 150
523734         05:32:30.8 -03:38:38 15.3       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 523734, (2028/10/22 21:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  6.12 144
34Del Ori      05:32:00.4 -00:17:57  2.2  3.37 153
PPM 188111     05:29:23.7 -03:26:47  5.6  0.47 150
PPM 188143     05:31:28.7 -03:41:30  7.9  0.10 150
523734         05:31:04.6 -03:39:49 15.3       150
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/24 04:43:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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