RECON: TNO occultation with 523800

Event between (523800) 17KZ31 and star GA1220:03213257 with event index number of 2432231

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/30 20:14:59 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:46:11.1 +32:12:39
Equinox of date position of star is 07:47:43.8 +32:09:01
Stellar brightness G=14.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 102 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.8

Object is 21.2 AU from the Sun and 20.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 158 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2149 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=52.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Diameter=21.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523800, (2028/10/30 20:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:47:04.9 +27:57:15  1.1  4.19 103
80Pi Gem       07:49:21.5 +33:20:33  5.1  1.24 102
PPM 073117     07:49:57.7 +32:46:59  8.2  0.76 102
PPM 073079     07:46:35.3 +32:16:29  8.6  0.33 101
523800         07:48:01.4 +32:08:19 14.7       102
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 523800, (2028/10/30 20:15UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  4.19 103
80Pi Gem       07:47:30.3 +33:24:56  5.1  1.24 102
PPM 073117     07:48:07.0 +32:51:23  8.2  0.76 102
PPM 073079     07:44:44.9 +32:20:46  8.6  0.33 101
523800         07:46:11.1 +32:12:39 14.7       102
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 04:09:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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