RECON: TNO occultation with 523704

Event between (523704) 14HB200 and star GA0660:06665428 with event index number of 2263655

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/09/14 19:23:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:42:01.8 -22:53:20
Equinox of date position of star is 15:43:19.4 -22:57:27
Stellar brightness G=16.9, 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 46% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5

TNO is 30.1 AU from the Sun and 30.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.1 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 170 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1678 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=187.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.3 sec chord
Diameter=76.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523704, (2025/09/14 19:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.3 -26:29:12  0.9 11.33 163
7Del Sco       16:01:51.5 -22:41:34  2.3  4.23 155
PPM 264469     15:39:19.0 -23:13:30  5.8  1.01 151
PPM 264578     15:43:24.4 -23:21:10  8.1  0.38 152
PPM 264582     15:43:35.5 -23:07:02  8.6  0.15 152
523704         15:43:32.9 -22:58:10 16.9       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 523704, (2025/09/14 19:24UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.33 163
7Del Sco       16:00:20.0 -22:37:19  2.3  4.23 155
PPM 264469     15:37:48.0 -23:08:32  5.8  1.01 151
PPM 264578     15:41:53.2 -23:16:20  8.1  0.38 152
PPM 264582     15:42:04.4 -23:02:12  8.6  0.15 152
523704         15:42:01.8 -22:53:20 16.9       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/27 00:12:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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