RECON: TNO occultation with 523672

Event between (523672) 13FJ28 and star GA0880:04166002 with event index number of 2458461

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/31 15:16:45 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:27:28.4 -01:32:12
Equinox of date position of star is 13:28:43.9 -01:39:47
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 13 degrees from the moon. Moon is 42% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.7

Object is 22.9 AU from the Sun and 23.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1241 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=173.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=70.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523672, (2025/07/31 15:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:32.7 -11:17:38  1.0  9.64   5
PPM 179046     13:27:30.2 -01:19:29  6.0  0.47  14
PPM 179051     13:28:44.5 -01:12:06  9.8  0.47  14
PPM 179048     13:28:32.0 -01:25:47 10.7  0.25  13
523672         13:28:47.4 -01:40:07 16.0        13
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 523672, (2025/07/31 15:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0  9.64   5
PPM 179046     13:26:11.3 -01:11:33  6.0  0.47  14
PPM 179051     13:27:25.6 -01:04:11  9.8  0.47  14
PPM 179048     13:27:13.1 -01:17:52 10.7  0.25  13
523672         13:27:28.4 -01:32:12 16.0        13
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:51:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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