RECON: TNO occultation with 523635

Event between (523635) 10DN93 and star GA1220:03681462 with event index number of 2626230

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/21 11:04:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:44:08.2 +33:06:24
Equinox of date position of star is 13:45:14.0 +32:59:04
Stellar brightness G=14.3, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 130 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 49.5 AU from the Sun and 49.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 157 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3030 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=669.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 35.3 sec chord
Diameter=273.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523635, (2025/06/21 11:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:16:49.7 +19:03:10  0.0 15.61 144
Alkaid         13:48:32.6 +49:11:13  1.9 16.22 114
PPM 077376     13:43:51.4 +34:51:41  6.0  1.91 128
PPM 077350     13:41:38.7 +32:42:28  8.2  0.81 130
PPM 077428     13:48:20.8 +33:10:50  9.6  0.67 130
PPM 077390     13:44:57.1 +32:53:13 10.6  0.12 130
523635         13:45:16.7 +32:58:46 14.3       130
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 523635, (2025/06/21 11:01UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Arcturus       14:15:38.0 +19:10:13  0.0 15.61 144
Alkaid         13:47:32.2 +49:18:48  1.9 16.22 114
PPM 077376     13:42:43.5 +34:59:21  6.0  1.91 128
PPM 077350     13:40:29.7 +32:50:09  8.2  0.81 130
PPM 077428     13:47:12.6 +33:18:25  9.6  0.67 130
PPM 077390     13:43:48.5 +33:00:51 10.6  0.12 130
523635         13:44:08.2 +33:06:24 14.3       130
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:56:03 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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