RECON: TNO occultation with 523771

Event between (523771) 14XP40 and star GA0720:05137400 with event index number of 2821192

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/08/02 04:57:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:08:46.7 -17:21:41
Equinox of date position of star is 13:10:05.1 -17:29:30
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 165 degrees from the moon. Moon is 53% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8

Object is 28.1 AU from the Sun and 28.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 202 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1495 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=233.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.7 sec chord
Diameter=95.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523771, (2029/08/02 04:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:45.4 -11:18:53  1.0  7.36 166
53 Vir         13:13:38.3 -16:21:24  4.8  1.40 165
PPM 226874     13:11:01.8 -17:23:24  8.1  0.21 165
PPM 226851     13:10:04.1 -17:35:50  9.3  0.10 164
523771         13:10:21.4 -17:31:07 15.9       165
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 523771, (2029/08/02 04:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  7.36 166
53 Vir         13:12:03.7 -16:12:01  4.8  1.40 165
PPM 226874     13:09:27.1 -17:13:59  8.1  0.21 165
PPM 226851     13:08:29.4 -17:26:24  9.3  0.10 164
523771         13:08:46.7 -17:21:41 15.9       164
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/27 21:04:51 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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