RECON: TNO occultation with 523653

Event between (523653) 11OA60 and star GA0700:34479324 with event index number of 2625710

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/27 19:17:36 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:11:48.8 -18:12:30
Equinox of date position of star is 21:13:09.5 -18:06:32
Stellar brightness G=10.8, use SENSEUP=4 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 173 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.7

Object is 36.3 AU from the Sun and 35.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 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 1337 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.0
Diameter=578.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 33.1 sec chord
Diameter=236.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523653, (2025/06/27 19:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:03.1 -29:29:11  1.2 26.66 149
PPM 238586     21:16:32.0 -17:14:18  6.2  1.17 171
PPM 238480     21:11:58.4 -18:13:33  8.1  0.33 173
PPM 238509     21:13:17.0 -18:15:27  9.1  0.16 173
523653         21:13:14.6 -18:06:09 10.8       172
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 523653, (2025/06/27 19:17UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 26.66 149
PPM 238586     21:15:06.6 -17:20:43  6.2  1.17 171
PPM 238480     21:10:32.4 -18:19:51  8.1  0.33 173
PPM 238509     21:11:51.1 -18:21:48  9.1  0.16 173
523653         21:11:48.8 -18:12:30 10.8       173
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/15 05:39:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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