RECON: TNO occultation with 523790

Event between (523790) 15HP9 and star GA0680:31087843 with event index number of 2605996

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/06/28 06:11:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:42:07.9 -20:56:10
Equinox of date position of star is 18:43:35.5 -20:54:39
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 39% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

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Object is 17.9 AU from the Sun and 16.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 329 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 654 km.
The sky-plane scale is 12268.8 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.5
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523790, (2027/06/28 06:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:05.9 -26:29:26  0.9 30.79 129
Nunki          18:56:58.1 -26:15:36  2.0  6.15  97
PPM 268697     18:40:31.8 -21:01:35  6.1  0.77  99
PPM 268806     18:45:11.1 -20:53:22  7.5  0.33  98
PPM 268780     18:44:11.3 -21:08:15  9.3  0.25  99
523790         18:43:46.2 -20:54:28 16.4        98
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 2.7 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 19.6 km RECON observability=0.5 and success probability=0.0%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 06:12:04 -13.7 AT Down 15.4 163.2 Really Low 05:57:04 - 06:27:04 3267
Kamloops 06:12:43 -12.0 AT Down 13.2 149.8 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3149
Kelowna 06:12:43 -13.0 AT Down 14.2 150.5 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3126
Peachland 06:12:43 -13.0 AT Down 14.2 150.3 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3120
Summerland 06:12:43 -13.2 AT Down 14.3 150.3 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3115
Penticton 06:12:43 -13.3 AT Down 14.4 150.4 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3113
Oliver 06:12:43 -13.6 AT Down 14.7 150.4 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3100
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 06:12:43 -13.8 AT Down 14.9 150.5 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3096
Okanogan 06:12:43 -14.3 AT Down 15.4 150.2 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3070
Brewster 06:12:43 -14.5 AT Down 15.6 150.0 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3059
Manson/Chelan 06:12:43 -14.6 AT Down 15.6 149.7 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3049
Victoria 06:13:00 -13.0 AT Down 14.0 146.9 Really Low 05:58:00 - 06:28:00 3038
Wenatchee 06:12:43 -15.0 AT Down 16.0 149.4 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3031
Ellensburg 06:12:43 -15.3 AT Down 16.3 149.2 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 3015
Yakima 06:12:43 -15.6 AT Down 16.6 149.1 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 2999
Toppenish/White Swan 06:12:43 -15.9 AT Down 16.9 149.2 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 2991
PNWRO 06:12:43 -16.7 AT Down 17.7 150.5 Really Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 2981
The Dalles 06:13:00 -16.3 AT Down 17.3 148.4 Really Low 05:58:00 - 06:28:00 2935
Maupin 06:13:00 -16.7 AT Down 17.7 148.5 Really Low 05:58:00 - 06:28:00 2917
Sisters 06:13:04 -17.4 AT Down 18.2 147.9 Really Low 05:58:04 - 06:28:04 2872
Bend 06:13:03 -17.7 AT Down 18.5 148.1 Really Low 05:58:03 - 06:28:03 2863
Oregon Observatory 06:13:04 -17.8 AT Down 18.6 147.9 Really Low 05:58:04 - 06:28:04 2854
Chiloquin 06:13:08 -18.8 Dark Down 19.6 147.3 Really Low 05:58:08 - 06:28:08 2785
Klamath Falls 06:13:08 -19.1 Dark Down 19.9 147.3 Really Low 05:58:08 - 06:28:08 2769
Dunrhomin 06:12:16 -25.3 Dark Down 26.9 162.7 Low 05:57:16 - 06:27:16 2769
Nikitin 06:12:16 -25.5 Dark Down 27.1 162.6 Low 05:57:16 - 06:27:16 2759
CU-SBO 06:12:16 -25.6 Dark Down 27.1 162.5 Low 05:57:16 - 06:27:16 2755
Cedarville 06:13:05 -20.3 Dark Down 21.1 148.6 Low 05:58:05 - 06:28:05 2749
Fall River/Burney 06:13:09 -20.3 Dark Down 21.1 147.5 Low 05:58:09 - 06:28:09 2711
Gimple 06:13:09 -21.3 Dark Down 22.0 147.7 Low 05:58:09 - 06:28:09 2668
Greenville 06:13:10 -21.3 Dark Down 22.0 147.7 Low 05:58:10 - 06:28:10 2667
Quincy 06:13:10 -21.4 Dark Down 22.2 147.6 Low 05:58:10 - 06:28:10 2656
Portola 06:13:09 -21.7 Dark Down 22.5 148.0 Low 05:58:09 - 06:28:09 2655
Reno 06:13:08 -22.2 Dark Down 23.0 148.6 Low 05:58:08 - 06:28:08 2646
Carson City 06:13:08 -22.5 Dark Down 23.3 148.5 Low 05:58:08 - 06:28:08 2627
Yerington 06:13:06 -22.9 Dark Down 23.7 149.0 Low 05:58:06 - 06:28:06 2622
Gardnerville 06:13:08 -22.7 Dark Down 23.5 148.5 Low 05:58:08 - 06:28:08 2614
Hawthorne 06:13:05 -23.5 Dark Down 24.3 149.4 Low 05:58:05 - 06:28:05 2600
Lee Vining 06:13:08 -23.8 Dark Down 24.6 148.8 Low 05:58:08 - 06:28:08 2564
Bishop 06:13:07 -24.6 Dark Down 25.4 149.4 Low 05:58:07 - 06:28:07 2536
Beatty 06:13:01 -25.6 Dark Down 26.5 150.8 Low 05:58:01 - 06:28:01 2523
Patrick 06:12:43 -27.9 Dark Down 28.8 153.1 Low 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 2467
Laughlin/Bullhead City 06:12:56 -27.9 Dark Down 28.8 152.4 Low 05:57:56 - 06:27:56 2434
Lake Havasu City 06:12:56 -28.6 Dark Down 29.5 152.5 Low 05:57:56 - 06:27:56 2394
George/Scottsdale 06:12:43 -30.1 Dark Down 31.1 154.7 Up 05:57:43 - 06:27:43 2365
Wildwood 06:13:12 -27.5 Dark Down 28.1 148.3 Low 05:58:12 - 06:28:12 2333
Idyllwild 06:13:07 -28.5 Dark Down 29.2 150.0 Low 05:58:07 - 06:28:07 2329
Calipatria 06:13:03 -29.5 Dark Down 30.2 151.0 Up 05:58:03 - 06:28:03 2298
Yuma 06:13:00 -30.2 Dark Down 31.0 151.7 Up 05:58:00 - 06:28:00 2277

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 523790, (2027/06/28 06:12UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 30.79 129
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  6.15  97
PPM 268697     18:38:53.3 -21:03:10  6.1  0.77  99
PPM 268806     18:43:32.8 -20:55:08  7.5  0.33  98
PPM 268780     18:42:32.9 -21:09:58  9.3  0.25  99
523790         18:42:07.9 -20:56:10 16.4        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/21 21:29:27 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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