RECON: TNO occultation with 523682

Event between (523682) 14CN23 and star GA0520:23060271 with event index number of 2651974

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/07 09:39:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:53:49.1 -37:21:22
Equinox of date position of star is 17:55:29.3 -37:21:34
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 114 degrees from the moon. Moon is 12% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2

Object is 15.5 AU from the Sun and 15.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 480 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2776 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.9
Diameter=104.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Diameter=42.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523682, (2026/10/07 09:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:03.2 -26:29:20  0.9 20.91  96
Kap Sco        17:44:20.5 -39:02:27  2.4  2.79 112
PPM 296857     17:51:40.9 -37:02:57  3.2  0.85 113
PPM 296981     17:56:17.0 -37:27:12  7.9  0.16 114
523682         17:55:38.7 -37:21:35 16.8       114
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, (2026/10/07 09:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.91  96
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  2.79 112
PPM 296857     17:49:51.6 -37:02:35  3.2  0.85 113
PPM 296981     17:54:27.3 -37:27:01  7.9  0.16 114
523682         17:53:49.1 -37:21:22 16.8       114
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:25:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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