RECON: TNO occultation with 523692

Event between (523692) 14EZ51 and star GA0620:07983460 with event index number of 2401014

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/18 12:39:20 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:08:34.5 -27:35:49
Equinox of date position of star is 16:10:04.9 -27:39:37
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 111 degrees from the moon. Moon is 16% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.3

Object is 54.2 AU from the Sun and 53.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 119 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2056 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=3.9
Diameter=990.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 43.3 sec chord
Diameter=404.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523692, (2026/06/18 12:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:02.1 -26:29:18  0.9  4.78 115
7Del Sco       16:01:54.2 -22:41:41  2.3  5.31 108
13 Sco         16:13:56.3 -27:59:34  4.7  0.89 111
PPM 265161     16:09:45.0 -27:47:57  7.4  0.17 111
523692         16:10:12.2 -27:39:55 15.2       111
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 523692, (2026/06/18 12:36UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  4.78 115
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  5.31 108
13 Sco         16:12:18.2 -27:55:36  4.7  0.89 111
PPM 265161     16:08:07.2 -27:43:49  7.4  0.17 111
523692         16:08:34.5 -27:35:49 15.2       111
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:27:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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