RECON: TNO occultation with 523700

Event between (523700) 14GM54 and star GA1020:18280737 with event index number of 2089940

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/04/22 03:59:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 20:36:19.4 +13:59:14
Equinox of date position of star is 20:37:23.8 +14:04:03
Stellar brightness G=16.2, 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 29% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 29.1 AU from the Sun and 29.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 139 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2749 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=229.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.2 sec chord
Diameter=93.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523700, (2026/04/22 04:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:42:19.8 +45:22:32  1.3 31.31 101
Tarazed        19:47:30.6 +10:40:45  2.7 12.68 137
4Zet Del       20:36:32.3 +14:45:59  4.7  0.73 128
PPM 138632     20:36:03.5 +13:33:23  7.8  0.64 129
PPM 138691     20:37:54.6 +14:06:56  9.0  0.09 128
523700         20:37:33.5 +14:04:47 16.2       128
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, (2026/04/22 04:00UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Deneb          20:41:25.9 +45:16:49  1.3 31.31 101
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 12.68 137
4Zet Del       20:35:18.6 +14:40:27  4.7  0.73 128
PPM 138632     20:34:49.2 +13:27:52  7.8  0.64 129
PPM 138691     20:36:40.5 +14:01:22  9.0  0.09 128
523700         20:36:19.4 +13:59:14 16.2       128
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/02 01:58:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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