RECON: TNO occultation with 523790

Event between (523790) 15HP9 and star GA0680:32697974 with event index number of 2606861

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/05 14:46:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:52:19.1 -21:06:04
Equinox of date position of star is 18:53:46.6 -21:04:11
Stellar brightness G=13.9, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5

Object is 18.4 AU from the Sun and 18.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1065 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2756 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.5
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.5 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523790, (2028/10/05 14:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:10.6 -26:29:36  0.9 33.02 145
Nunki          18:57:02.8 -26:15:30  2.0  5.24 112
33 Sgr         18:55:43.2 -21:19:19  5.6  0.47 111
PPM 269044     18:55:21.2 -21:00:50  8.4  0.31 111
PPM 269014     18:54:02.4 -20:51:33  9.5  0.21 112
523790         18:54:01.9 -21:03:51 13.9       111
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, (2028/10/05 14:46UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 33.02 145
Nunki          18:55:15.9 -26:17:49  2.0  5.24 112
33 Sgr         18:54:00.1 -21:21:36  5.6  0.47 111
PPM 269044     18:53:38.4 -21:03:06  8.4  0.31 111
PPM 269014     18:52:19.7 -20:53:45  9.5  0.21 112
523790         18:52:19.1 -21:06:04 13.9       112
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/24 21:34:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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