RECON: TNO occultation with 523751

Event between (523751) 14UU224 and star GA0980:01117319 with event index number of 2363099

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/01/31 20:31:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:55:35.9 +08:11:22
Equinox of date position of star is 05:56:54.4 +08:11:29
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 152 degrees from the moon. Moon is 28% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 30.9 AU from the Sun and 30.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 96 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1310 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=228.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.1 sec chord
Diameter=93.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523751, (2027/01/31 20:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:38.3 +07:24:35  0.4  0.79 151
Bellatrix      05:26:35.1 +06:22:19  1.6  7.78 155
PPM 149523     05:51:32.2 +09:52:37  6.4  2.17 154
PPM 149627     05:55:57.1 +08:03:27  7.2  0.31 152
PPM 149646     05:56:55.2 +08:24:49 11.1  0.23 152
523751         05:57:04.4 +08:11:30 15.6       151
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 523751, (2027/01/31 20:23UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  0.79 151
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  7.78 155
PPM 149523     05:50:02.7 +09:52:15  6.4  2.17 154
PPM 149627     05:54:28.7 +08:03:15  7.2  0.31 152
PPM 149646     05:55:26.6 +08:24:40 11.1  0.23 152
523751         05:55:35.9 +08:11:22 15.6       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/09 04:33:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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