RECON: TNO occultation with 523706

Event between (523706) 14HF200 and star GA0580:13736211 with event index number of 2379778

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/06 06:55:33 UTC

J2000 position of star is 16:58:35.6 -30:46:51
Equinox of date position of star is 17:00:09.7 -30:48:59
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 118 degrees from the moon. Moon is 21% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5

Object is 35.9 AU from the Sun and 36.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1057 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4910 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.1 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523706, (2026/10/06 06:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:03.2 -26:29:20  0.9  7.74 111
26Eps Sco      16:51:54.4 -34:20:20  2.3  3.94 116
PPM 295639     16:56:18.7 -30:37:44  6.5  0.88 117
PPM 295691     16:58:20.5 -30:37:13  8.4  0.47 118
PPM 295755     17:01:23.7 -30:58:09  9.2  0.28 118
523706         17:00:18.5 -30:49:11 15.5       118
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 523706, (2026/10/06 06:56UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9  7.74 111
26Eps Sco      16:50:08.7 -34:17:41  2.3  3.94 116
PPM 295639     16:54:36.0 -30:35:14  6.5  0.88 117
PPM 295691     16:56:37.8 -30:34:48  8.4  0.47 118
PPM 295755     16:59:40.7 -30:55:51  9.2  0.28 118
523706         16:58:35.6 -30:46:51 15.5       118
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:25:20 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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