RECON: TNO occultation with 523700

Event between (523700) 14GM54 and star GA1040:17609812 with event index number of 2089743

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/29 19:10:30 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:27:50.0 +15:22:12
Equinox of date position of star is 20:28:53.4 +15:26:48
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon. Moon is 6% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0

TNO is 28.8 AU from the Sun and 28.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 126 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2559 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.3 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523700, (2025/04/29 19:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:17.8 +45:22:19  1.3 30.05  87
Tarazed        19:47:27.8 +10:40:36  2.7 11.19 118
4Zet Del       20:36:29.6 +14:45:47  4.7  1.93 106
PPM 138502     20:32:16.4 +15:53:39  7.2  0.90 106
PPM 138348     20:27:41.6 +15:48:26  9.8  0.47 107
PPM 138378     20:28:31.4 +15:18:54 11.0  0.18 107
523700         20:29:00.4 +15:27:18 16.4       107
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 523700, (2025/04/29 19:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 30.05  87
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 11.19 118
4Zet Del       20:35:18.6 +14:40:27  4.7  1.93 106
PPM 138502     20:31:06.1 +15:48:27  7.2  0.90 106
PPM 138348     20:26:31.4 +15:43:22  9.8  0.47 107
PPM 138378     20:27:20.9 +15:13:48 11.0  0.18 107
523700         20:27:50.0 +15:22:12 16.4       107
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/25 03:38:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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