RECON: TNO occultation with 523955

Event between (523955) 98UU43 and star GA1080:00995509 with event index number of 2352460

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/22 15:49:57 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:23:57.6 +18:26:16
Equinox of date position of star is 05:25:22.5 +18:27:31
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 21 degrees from the moon. Moon is 67% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7

Object is 34.3 AU from the Sun and 33.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.9 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 426 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1329 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.6 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523955, (2024/10/22 15:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:20.8 +16:33:26  0.8 11.61  32
Alnath         05:27:51.7 +28:37:34  1.6 10.18  17
115 Tau        05:28:37.0 +17:58:53  5.4  0.90  20
PPM 120901     05:24:58.0 +18:37:20  8.4  0.19  21
523955         05:25:24.8 +18:27:33 16.7        20
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 523955, (2024/10/22 15:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 11.61  32
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6 10.18  17
115 Tau        05:27:10.1 +17:57:43  5.4  0.90  20
PPM 120901     05:23:30.6 +18:36:03  8.4  0.19  21
523955         05:23:57.6 +18:26:16 16.7        21
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/02 05:59:39 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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