RECON: TNO occultation with 523753

Event between (523753) 14WV508 and star GA0820:04567625 with event index number of 2762582

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/04/29 13:46:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:38:16.4 -06:34:37
Equinox of date position of star is 13:39:32.7 -06:42:00
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 31 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 19.7 AU from the Sun and 18.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 111 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2247 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=79.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Diameter=32.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523753, (2029/04/29 13:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:44.6 -11:18:48  1.0  5.61  32
80 Vir         13:37:03.0 -05:32:41  5.7  1.37  32
PPM 196695     13:38:47.0 -06:02:20  8.5  0.73  32
PPM 196701     13:39:10.4 -06:48:02  8.7  0.17  31
523753         13:39:48.5 -06:43:31 15.3        31
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 523753, (2029/04/29 13:50UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  5.61  32
80 Vir         13:35:31.3 -05:23:44  5.7  1.37  32
PPM 196695     13:37:15.1 -05:53:25  8.5  0.73  32
PPM 196701     13:37:38.3 -06:39:08  8.7  0.17  31
523753         13:38:16.4 -06:34:37 15.3        31
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/24 02:59:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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