RECON: TNO occultation with 523627

Event between (523627) 08QB43 and star GA1180:00078620 with event index number of 2163071

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/09/24 13:36:26 UTC

J2000 position of star is 00:29:44.7 +28:42:48
Equinox of date position of star is 00:31:00.8 +28:50:44
Stellar brightness G=15.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 48 degrees from the moon. Moon is 95% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6

Object is 37.9 AU from the Sun and 37.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 86 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1862 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=407.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.5 sec chord
Diameter=166.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523627, (2026/09/24 13:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:20.6 +45:22:37  1.3 47.41  59
Algenib        00:14:36.9 +15:19:55  2.8 14.06  36
28 And         00:31:32.3 +29:53:55  5.5  1.04  49
PPM 089798     00:29:13.3 +28:19:18  8.2  0.69  47
PPM 089823     00:30:45.7 +28:58:31  8.7  0.14  48
523627         00:31:09.5 +28:51:39 15.4        48
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 523627, (2026/09/24 13:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 47.41  59
Algenib        00:13:14.2 +15:11:01  2.8 14.06  36
28 And         00:30:07.4 +29:45:04  5.5  1.04  49
PPM 089798     00:27:48.7 +28:10:26  8.2  0.69  47
PPM 089823     00:29:21.0 +28:49:40  8.7  0.14  48
523627         00:29:44.7 +28:42:48 15.4        48
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/23 04:20:52 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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