RECON: TNO occultation with 523782

Event between (523782) 15BD518 and star GA0640:06223778 with event index number of 2611870

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/19 21:25:07 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:35:33.8 -24:27:07
Equinox of date position of star is 13:36:54.2 -24:34:29
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 18.4 AU from the Sun and 17.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.4 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 83 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1393 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=77.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Diameter=31.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523782, (2028/04/19 21:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:41.3 -11:18:29  1.0 13.52 131
Iot Cen        13:22:12.1 -36:51:38  2.8 12.67 120
PPM 261719     13:31:16.0 -23:25:36  5.9  1.78 125
PPM 261900     13:40:36.0 -25:00:20  7.6  0.89 123
PPM 261818     13:36:29.2 -24:34:59  9.8  0.15 124
523782         13:37:07.9 -24:35:45 14.5       123
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 523782, (2028/04/19 21:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 13.52 131
Iot Cen        13:20:35.2 -36:42:46  2.8 12.67 120
PPM 261719     13:29:42.7 -23:16:52  5.9  1.78 125
PPM 261900     13:39:01.5 -24:51:46  7.6  0.89 123
PPM 261818     13:34:55.2 -24:26:21  9.8  0.15 124
523782         13:35:33.8 -24:27:07 14.5       124
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:23:22 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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