RECON: TNO occultation with 523764

Event between (523764) 14WC510 and star GA0920:02181551 with event index number of 2613298

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/12/29 01:43:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:02:11.6 +02:22:44
Equinox of date position of star is 07:03:27.2 +02:20:33
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 29.8 AU from the Sun and 28.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.1 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 1071 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=212.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.0 sec chord
Diameter=86.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523764, (2024/12/29 01:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:31.5 +07:24:35  0.4 17.43 155
Alhena         06:39:09.3 +16:22:33  1.9 15.26 154
PPM 151661     07:00:15.9 +03:33:59  6.0  1.47 142
PPM 151829     07:04:52.8 +02:23:56  7.9  0.35 140
PPM 151808     07:04:11.1 +02:34:40  9.2  0.29 141
PPM 151757     07:02:45.7 +02:18:17 11.1  0.19 141
523764         07:03:29.8 +02:20:28 16.3       140
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 523764, (2024/12/29 01:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4 17.43 155
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 15.26 154
PPM 151661     06:58:57.0 +03:36:08  6.0  1.47 142
PPM 151829     07:03:34.6 +02:26:14  7.9  0.35 140
PPM 151808     07:02:52.8 +02:36:57  9.2  0.29 141
PPM 151757     07:01:27.5 +02:20:31 11.1  0.19 141
523764         07:02:11.6 +02:22:44 16.3       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/02 06:05:00 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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