RECON: TNO occultation with 523770

Event between (523770) 14XO40 and star GA0840:05561911 with event index number of 2736066

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/03/16 15:03:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:57:56.8 -04:55:21
Equinox of date position of star is 16:59:14.9 -04:57:31
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon. Moon is 2% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.4

Object is 16.5 AU from the Sun and 16.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3571 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=153.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.4 sec chord
Diameter=62.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523770, (2029/03/16 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:12.2 -26:29:39  0.9 22.56 123
13Zet Oph      16:38:46.2 -10:37:26  2.6  7.64 121
23 Oph         16:56:09.5 -06:11:58  5.3  1.49 116
PPM 200243     17:01:22.0 -04:15:46  7.7  0.84 114
PPM 200222     17:00:10.3 -04:47:08  9.5  0.25 115
523770         16:59:29.9 -04:57:56 15.4       115
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, (2029/03/16 15:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 22.56 123
13Zet Oph      16:37:09.6 -10:34:01  2.6  7.64 121
23 Oph         16:54:35.6 -06:09:15  5.3  1.49 116
PPM 200243     16:59:49.4 -04:13:16  7.7  0.84 114
PPM 200222     16:58:37.4 -04:44:35  9.5  0.25 115
523770         16:57:56.8 -04:55:21 15.4       115
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:34:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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