RECON: TNO occultation with 523983

Event between (523983) 99RY214 and star GA1220:00671775 with event index number of 2372187

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/11/22 19:26:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:35:24.0 +33:45:04
Equinox of date position of star is 03:36:57.1 +33:49:52
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon. Moon is 39% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1

Object is 37.5 AU from the Sun and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 647 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4753 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.2 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523983, (2028/11/22 19:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:34.9 +16:33:55  0.8 21.96 112
44Zet Per      03:55:57.4 +31:58:01  2.8  4.36 104
40 Per         03:44:13.0 +34:03:19  4.8  1.46 102
PPM 068625     03:38:37.3 +34:26:27  7.9  0.66 101
PPM 068600     03:37:12.6 +33:46:14  8.8  0.07 101
523983         03:37:13.8 +33:50:43 15.5       101
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 523983, (2028/11/22 19:27UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 21.96 112
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8  4.36 104
40 Per         03:42:22.6 +33:57:54  4.8  1.46 102
PPM 068625     03:36:46.9 +34:20:50  7.9  0.66 101
PPM 068600     03:35:22.8 +33:40:34  8.8  0.07 101
523983         03:35:24.0 +33:45:04 15.5       101
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/25 21:30:32 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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