RECON: TNO occultation with 523686

Event between (523686) 14DB143 and star GA0860:10574041 with event index number of 2622367

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/01 17:37:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:56:20.8 -02:07:53
Equinox of date position of star is 18:57:37.2 -02:05:52
Stellar brightness G=16.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 128 degrees from the moon. Moon is 15% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 20.2 AU from the Sun and 20.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 158 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2748 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.1
Diameter=91.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Diameter=37.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523686, (2025/04/01 17:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.6 -26:29:09  0.9 42.80 169
Tarazed        19:47:27.6 +10:40:35  2.7 17.79 110
PPM 180493     18:57:41.3 -01:45:56  6.2  0.33 127
PPM 180487     18:56:52.2 -02:16:22  7.5  0.26 128
523686         18:57:39.7 -02:05:48 16.0       127
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 523686, (2025/04/01 17:37UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 42.80 169
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 17.79 110
PPM 180493     18:56:22.7 -01:48:01  6.2  0.33 127
PPM 180487     18:55:33.3 -02:18:25  7.5  0.26 128
523686         18:56:20.8 -02:07:53 16.0       128
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:44:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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