RECON: TNO occultation with 523701

Event between (523701) 14HT199 and star GA0660:07834923 with event index number of 2333878

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/07/08 02:31:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:44:44.4 -22:21:57
Equinox of date position of star is 16:46:03.7 -22:24:19
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 127 degrees from the moon. Moon is 47% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1

TNO is 29.9 AU from the Sun and 29.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 213 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2090 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=204.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.9 sec chord
Diameter=83.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523701, (2026/07/08 02:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:02.3 -26:29:18  0.9  5.36 130
23Tau Sco      16:37:32.3 -28:16:07  2.8  6.18 128
PPM 232040     16:43:27.4 -19:58:23  5.8  2.53 128
PPM 265879     16:45:53.1 -22:34:16  7.9  0.19 127
PPM 265900     16:46:35.9 -22:28:19  9.6  0.09 127
523701         16:46:19.8 -22:24:47 16.6       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 523701, (2026/07/08 02:32UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  5.36 130
23Tau Sco      16:35:52.9 -28:12:58  2.8  6.18 128
PPM 232040     16:41:53.8 -19:55:27  5.8  2.53 128
PPM 265879     16:44:17.7 -22:31:25  7.9  0.19 127
PPM 265900     16:45:00.4 -22:25:30  9.6  0.09 127
523701         16:44:44.4 -22:21:57 16.6       127
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/15 00:15:38 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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