RECON: TNO occultation with 523784

Event between (523784) 15BJ518 and star GA0760:04756605 with event index number of 2607544

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/12/14 05:06:10 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:09:49.6 -12:37:08
Equinox of date position of star is 13:11:07.0 -12:44:55
Stellar brightness G=14.2, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon. Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 20.0 AU from the Sun and 20.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 43 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 815 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=133.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.5 sec chord
Diameter=54.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523784, (2024/12/14 05:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:30.7 -11:17:27  1.0  4.03 137
49 Vir         13:09:12.4 -10:52:24  4.9  1.94 133
PPM 226914     13:12:37.5 -12:03:37  8.4  0.78 134
PPM 226861     13:10:20.4 -12:41:53  8.7  0.20 134
523784         13:11:08.6 -12:45:05 14.2       134
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 523784, (2024/12/14 05:08UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  4.03 137
49 Vir         13:07:53.8 -10:44:26  4.9  1.94 133
PPM 226914     13:11:18.6 -11:55:41  8.4  0.78 134
PPM 226861     13:09:01.4 -12:33:56  8.7  0.20 134
523784         13:09:49.6 -12:37:08 14.2       134
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:52:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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