RECON: TNO occultation with 523750

Event between (523750) 14US224 and star GA1200:00599853 with event index number of 2615527

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/16 11:34:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:31:42.2 +30:31:12
Equinox of date position of star is 03:33:11.9 +30:36:02
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 123 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

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Object is 45.0 AU from the Sun and 44.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 244 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2089 km.
The sky-plane scale is 32076.5 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=616.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 31.4 sec chord
Diameter=251.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523750, (2028/10/16 11:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.6 +16:33:54  0.8 20.28 110
44Zet Per      03:55:57.0 +31:58:00  2.8  4.99 118
PPM 092402     03:22:05.4 +29:09:03  4.5  2.87 125
PPM 068552     03:33:56.2 +30:06:07  8.2  0.52 123
PPM 068540     03:33:30.5 +30:46:40 10.8  0.16 123
523750         03:33:29.0 +30:36:58 16.0       122
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 3.7 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 33.0 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=5.2%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 11:31:52 -19.1 Dark Down 53.9 249.0 Up 11:16:52 - 11:46:52 5203
Kamloops 11:32:33 -28.0 Dark Down 62.4 232.8 Up 11:17:33 - 11:47:33 4873
Kelowna 11:32:28 -27.8 Dark Down 62.4 235.3 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4797
Peachland 11:32:29 -28.0 Dark Down 62.6 235.1 Up 11:17:29 - 11:47:29 4783
Summerland 11:32:29 -28.0 Dark Down 62.7 235.4 Up 11:17:29 - 11:47:29 4768
Penticton 11:32:28 -27.9 Dark Down 62.7 235.7 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4762
Oliver 11:32:28 -28.1 Dark Down 62.9 236.3 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4726
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 11:32:27 -28.0 Dark Down 62.8 236.8 Up 11:17:27 - 11:47:27 4710
Okanogan 11:32:27 -28.3 Dark Down 63.3 237.6 Up 11:17:27 - 11:47:27 4640
Victoria 11:32:40 -30.6 Dark Down 65.3 231.5 Up 11:17:40 - 11:47:40 4623
Brewster 11:32:27 -28.6 Dark Down 63.6 237.8 Up 11:17:27 - 11:47:27 4610
Manson/Chelan 11:32:28 -28.9 Dark Down 63.9 237.6 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4584
Wenatchee 11:32:28 -29.1 Dark Down 64.2 238.1 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4533
Ellensburg 11:32:29 -29.4 Dark Down 64.6 238.6 Up 11:17:29 - 11:47:29 4487
Yakima 11:32:28 -29.6 Dark Down 64.8 239.3 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4444
Toppenish/White Swan 11:32:27 -29.5 Dark Down 64.8 239.9 Up 11:17:27 - 11:47:27 4422
PNWRO 11:32:21 -28.7 Dark Down 64.1 242.7 Up 11:17:21 - 11:47:21 4399
The Dalles 11:32:29 -30.3 Dark Down 65.7 240.2 Up 11:17:29 - 11:47:29 4332
Maupin 11:32:28 -30.4 Dark Down 65.8 241.2 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4289
Sisters 11:32:29 -31.0 Dark Down 66.5 242.2 Up 11:17:29 - 11:47:29 4190
Bend 11:32:28 -30.9 Dark Down 66.5 243.1 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4167
Oregon Observatory 11:32:28 -31.0 Dark Down 66.7 243.2 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4147
Dunrhomin 11:31:27 -20.1 Dark Up 56.1 266.2 Up 11:16:27 - 11:46:27 4009
Chiloquin 11:32:28 -31.7 Dark Down 67.5 245.5 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 4001
Nikitin 11:31:27 -20.2 Dark Up 56.1 266.5 Up 11:16:27 - 11:46:27 3990
CU-SBO 11:31:27 -20.2 Dark Up 56.2 266.5 Up 11:16:27 - 11:46:27 3981
Klamath Falls 11:32:28 -31.8 Dark Down 67.6 246.3 Up 11:17:28 - 11:47:28 3965
Cedarville 11:32:22 -30.9 Dark Down 66.7 250.0 Up 11:17:22 - 11:47:22 3906
Fall River/Burney 11:32:25 -31.9 Dark Down 67.8 249.5 Up 11:17:25 - 11:47:25 3841
Gimple 11:32:23 -31.8 Dark Down 67.7 252.2 Up 11:17:23 - 11:47:23 3748
Greenville 11:32:23 -31.8 Dark Down 67.8 252.1 Up 11:17:23 - 11:47:23 3747
Quincy 11:32:22 -31.9 Dark Down 67.8 252.6 Up 11:17:22 - 11:47:22 3725
Portola 11:32:21 -31.6 Dark Down 67.5 253.5 Up 11:17:21 - 11:47:21 3717
Reno 11:32:18 -31.2 Dark Down 67.1 254.8 Up 11:17:18 - 11:47:18 3695
Carson City 11:32:17 -31.2 Dark Down 67.2 255.6 Up 11:17:17 - 11:47:17 3656
Yerington 11:32:15 -30.8 Dark Down 66.8 256.8 Up 11:17:15 - 11:47:15 3642
Gardnerville 11:32:17 -31.3 Dark Down 67.2 256.3 Up 11:17:17 - 11:47:17 3630
Hawthorne 11:32:13 -30.5 Dark Down 66.5 258.3 Up 11:17:13 - 11:47:13 3598
Lee Vining 11:32:14 -31.0 Dark Down 66.9 259.1 Up 11:17:14 - 11:47:14 3531
Bishop 11:32:10 -30.6 Dark Down 66.5 261.2 Up 11:17:10 - 11:47:10 3474
Beatty 11:32:04 -29.5 Dark Down 65.3 263.5 Up 11:17:04 - 11:47:04 3446
Patrick 11:31:51 -27.5 Dark Down 63.1 268.6 Up 11:16:51 - 11:46:51 3327
Laughlin/Bullhead City 11:31:54 -28.0 Dark Down 63.7 268.7 Up 11:16:54 - 11:46:54 3289
Lake Havasu City 11:31:52 -28.0 Dark Down 63.5 270.2 Up 11:16:52 - 11:46:52 3220
George/Scottsdale 11:31:41 -26.1 Dark Down 61.4 272.9 Up 11:16:41 - 11:46:41 3178
Wildwood 11:32:09 -31.4 Dark Down 67.0 268.6 Up 11:17:09 - 11:47:09 3114
Idyllwild 11:32:00 -30.0 Dark Down 65.4 270.5 Up 11:17:00 - 11:47:00 3101
Calipatria 11:31:55 -29.1 Dark Down 64.4 272.4 Up 11:16:55 - 11:46:55 3052
Yuma 11:31:51 -28.5 Dark Down 63.7 273.6 Up 11:16:51 - 11:46:51 3019

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 523750, (2028/10/16 11:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 20.28 110
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  4.99 118
PPM 092402     03:20:20.3 +29:02:54  4.5  2.87 125
PPM 068552     03:32:09.8 +30:00:22  8.2  0.52 123
PPM 068540     03:31:43.7 +30:40:54 10.8  0.16 123
523750         03:31:42.2 +30:31:12 16.0       123
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:46:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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