RECON: TNO occultation with 523618

Event between (523618) 07RT15 and star GA1040:00415184 with event index number of 2426628

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/01/08 14:08:01 UTC

J2000 position of star is 03:59:33.1 +15:53:24
Equinox of date position of star is 04:00:54.4 +15:57:23
Stellar brightness G=13.5, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 114 degrees from the moon. Moon is 70% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 33.9 AU from the Sun and 33.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1313 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=259.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.7 sec chord
Diameter=105.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523618, (2026/01/08 14:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:25.0 +16:33:35  0.8  8.75 105
44Zet Per      03:55:46.5 +31:57:31  2.8 16.04 111
PPM 119638     04:09:10.6 +15:13:49  6.1  2.09 112
PPM 119538     04:02:12.9 +15:32:48  8.2  0.50 113
PPM 119495     03:59:27.7 +15:42:05  8.7  0.46 114
PPM 119513     04:00:41.3 +15:53:13 10.1  0.11 114
523618         04:01:01.7 +15:57:44 13.5       113
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 523618, (2026/01/08 14:05UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  8.75 105
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 16.04 111
PPM 119638     04:07:42.2 +15:09:46  6.1  2.09 112
PPM 119538     04:00:44.5 +15:28:30  8.2  0.50 113
PPM 119495     03:57:59.2 +15:37:42  8.7  0.46 114
PPM 119513     03:59:12.7 +15:48:52 10.1  0.11 114
523618         03:59:33.1 +15:53:24 13.5       113
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/16 03:52:18 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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