RECON: TNO occultation with 523770

Event between (523770) 14XO40 and star GA0820:04869178 with event index number of 2612376

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/04 00:39:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:51:13.0 -06:30:30
Equinox of date position of star is 15:52:31.4 -06:34:50
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 161 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.0

Object is 16.2 AU from the Sun and 15.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 91 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 937 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=153.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Diameter=62.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523770, (2027/06/04 00:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:05.6 -26:29:25  0.9 21.90 173
1Del Oph       16:15:47.1 -03:45:46  2.7  6.41 158
PPM 198946     15:48:13.0 -06:12:14  6.5  1.17 161
PPM 199009     15:52:25.1 -06:24:34  8.9  0.19 161
523770         15:52:40.9 -06:35:21 15.5       161
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 523770, (2027/06/04 00:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 21.90 173
1Del Oph       16:14:20.7 -03:41:43  2.7  6.41 158
PPM 198946     15:46:45.4 -06:07:13  6.5  1.17 161
PPM 199009     15:50:57.3 -06:19:42  8.9  0.19 161
523770         15:51:13.0 -06:30:30 15.5       161
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:28:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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