RECON: TNO occultation with 523716

Event between (523716) 14KW101 and star GA0920:17757415 with event index number of 2375107

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/10 04:17:19 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:19:11.2 +02:11:13
Equinox of date position of star is 21:20:23.8 +02:17:19
Stellar brightness G=15.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 48 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 39.2 AU from the Sun and 38.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 97 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1446 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=371.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.5 sec chord
Diameter=151.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523716, (2025/07/10 04:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:03.2 -29:29:11  1.2 39.57  55
Tarazed        19:47:28.4 +10:40:38  2.7 24.55  41
8Alp Equ       21:17:05.9 +05:21:17  3.9  3.17  49
PPM 171639     21:23:05.3 +02:08:14  8.2  0.67  48
PPM 171580     21:20:27.4 +02:11:47  8.8  0.10  47
523716         21:20:28.8 +02:17:45 15.5        48
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 523716, (2025/07/10 04:21UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 39.57  55
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 24.55  41
8Alp Equ       21:15:49.5 +05:14:50  3.9  3.17  49
PPM 171639     21:21:47.6 +02:01:38  8.2  0.67  48
PPM 171580     21:19:09.7 +02:05:15  8.8  0.10  47
523716         21:19:11.2 +02:11:13 15.5        47
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/18 04:56:08 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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