RECON: TNO occultation with 523682

Event between (523682) 14CN23 and star GA0500:24373820 with event index number of 2651741

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/08/02 01:09:20 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:54:18.5 -38:18:30
Equinox of date position of star is 17:55:59.6 -38:18:40
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 81 degrees from the moon. Moon is 88% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 15.6 AU from the Sun and 14.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 513 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2831 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=104.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Diameter=42.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523682, (2026/08/02 01:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:02.5 -26:29:19  0.9 21.42 100
Kap Sco        17:44:19.7 -39:02:27  2.4  2.42  84
PPM 296857     17:51:40.1 -37:02:57  3.2  1.54  82
PPM 297008     17:57:28.3 -38:09:04  7.6  0.31  81
PPM 296960     17:55:37.4 -38:29:54  9.5  0.21  82
523682         17:56:08.3 -38:18:41 16.0        81
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 523682, (2026/08/02 01:09UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 21.42 100
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  2.42  84
PPM 296857     17:49:51.6 -37:02:35  3.2  1.54  82
PPM 297008     17:55:38.7 -38:08:56  7.6  0.31  81
PPM 296960     17:53:47.5 -38:29:41  9.5  0.21  82
523682         17:54:18.5 -38:18:30 16.0        81
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:32:17 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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