RECON: TNO occultation with 523652

Event between (523652) 11LZ28 and star GA1160:00272871 with event index number of 2241235

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/13 16:02:05 UTC

J2000 position of star is 02:05:27.0 +26:45:53
Equinox of date position of star is 02:06:48.8 +26:52:41
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 74 degrees from the moon. Moon is 91% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 28.4 AU from the Sun and 28.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 84 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1589 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=222.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.4 sec chord
Diameter=91.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523652, (2025/07/13 16:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:23.3 +16:33:31  0.8 36.29 104
Hamal          02:08:37.1 +23:34:56  2.0  3.33  73
10 Ari         02:05:06.7 +26:03:27  6.1  0.92  73
PPM 091363     02:07:59.3 +26:57:32  8.4  0.25  74
523652         02:06:54.5 +26:53:09 16.3        74
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 523652, (2025/07/13 16:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 36.29 104
Hamal          02:07:10.7 +23:27:41  2.0  3.33  73
10 Ari         02:03:39.6 +25:56:09  6.1  0.92  73
PPM 091363     02:06:31.7 +26:50:17  8.4  0.25  74
523652         02:05:27.0 +26:45:53 16.3        74
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/13 03:55:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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