RECON: TNO occultation with 523703

Event between (523703) 14HX199 and star GA0740:06464599 with event index number of 2333311

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/09/29 23:53:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:53:31.2 -14:09:11
Equinox of date position of star is 16:54:50.8 -14:11:24
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 152 degrees from the moon. Moon is 87% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 30.7 AU from the Sun and 31.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 115 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1696 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=221.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Diameter=90.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523703, (2026/09/29 23:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:03.1 -26:29:20  0.9 13.51 160
35Eta Oph      17:11:54.8 -15:45:22  2.6  4.36 149
PPM 232182     16:49:58.3 -14:57:17  6.2  1.44 154
PPM 232252     16:53:46.0 -14:24:49  8.3  0.38 153
PPM 232300     16:55:43.8 -14:16:50  9.3  0.19 152
523703         16:55:02.1 -14:11:42 15.0       152
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 523703, (2026/09/29 23:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 13.51 160
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6  4.36 149
PPM 232182     16:48:27.0 -14:54:34  6.2  1.44 154
PPM 232252     16:52:14.9 -14:22:14  8.3  0.38 153
PPM 232300     16:54:12.8 -14:14:20  9.3  0.19 152
523703         16:53:31.2 -14:09:11 15.0       152
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/29 02:46:46 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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