RECON: TNO occultation with 523790

Event between (523790) 15HP9 and star GA0680:29014482 with event index number of 2606253

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/18 12:39:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:34:16.2 -21:15:50
Equinox of date position of star is 18:35:44.0 -21:14:35
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon. Moon is 90% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

Object is 18.1 AU from the Sun and 18.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 456 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 853 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.5
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523790, (2027/10/18 12:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:07.0 -26:29:28  0.9 28.94 171
Nunki          18:56:59.2 -26:15:34  2.0  6.96 139
PPM 268697     18:40:32.9 -21:01:34  6.1  1.10 141
PPM 268618     18:37:00.8 -20:48:58  7.1  0.49 142
PPM 268577     18:35:16.0 -21:12:39  9.7  0.16 143
523790         18:35:55.9 -21:14:25 16.6       142
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 523790, (2027/10/18 12:40UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 28.94 171
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  6.96 139
PPM 268697     18:38:53.3 -21:03:10  6.1  1.10 141
PPM 268618     18:35:21.4 -20:50:26  7.1  0.49 142
PPM 268577     18:33:36.2 -21:14:03  9.7  0.16 143
523790         18:34:16.2 -21:15:50 16.6       143
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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