RECON: TNO occultation with 523622

Event between (523622) 07TG422 and star GA1040:01070587 with event index number of 2626542

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/22 20:10:37 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:42:48.5 +14:11:33
Equinox of date position of star is 05:44:12.0 +14:12:09
Stellar brightness G=13.4, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 99 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8

Object is 41.3 AU from the Sun and 40.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 277 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2368 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.0 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523622, (2026/10/22 20:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:37.4 +07:24:35  0.4  7.43 102
Bellatrix      05:26:34.2 +06:22:18  1.6  8.97  94
131 Tau        05:48:44.8 +14:29:46  5.7  1.11 100
PPM 121311     05:44:29.5 +14:11:20  7.6  0.04  99
523622         05:44:20.0 +14:12:12 13.4        99
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 523622, (2026/10/22 20:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  7.43 102
Bellatrix      05:25:07.8 +06:20:58  1.6  8.97  94
131 Tau        05:47:13.1 +14:29:18  5.7  1.11 100
PPM 121311     05:42:58.0 +14:10:42  7.6  0.04  99
523622         05:42:48.5 +14:11:33 13.4        99
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:25:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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