RECON: TNO occultation with 523763

Event between (523763) 14WZ509 and star GA0840:03874377 with event index number of 2294935

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/11/21 06:39:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 10:01:48.4 -04:40:59
Equinox of date position of star is 10:02:59.1 -04:47:47
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 14 degrees from the moon. Moon is 47% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 43.7 AU from the Sun and 43.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 231 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4014 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=469.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 44.0 sec chord
Diameter=191.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 18.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523763, (2027/11/21 06:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:51.3 +11:49:47  1.3 16.73   3
Alphard        09:28:57.5 -08:46:51  2.0  9.38  21
8Gam Sex       09:53:53.3 -08:14:14  4.8  4.13  17
PPM 193012     10:03:18.5 -04:30:18  8.4  0.31  13
PPM 192998     10:02:42.2 -04:47:00  9.3  0.13  14
523763         10:03:12.7 -04:49:06 16.8        14
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 523763, (2027/11/21 06:31UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:21.9 +11:58:02  1.3 16.73   3
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0  9.38  21
8Gam Sex       09:52:30.4 -08:06:19  4.8  4.13  17
PPM 193012     10:01:54.1 -04:22:11  8.4  0.31  13
PPM 192998     10:01:18.0 -04:38:54  9.3  0.13  14
523763         10:01:48.4 -04:40:59 16.8        14
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/21 02:40:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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