RECON: TNO occultation with 523719

Event between (523719) 14LM28 and star GA1520:05038474 with event index number of 2292683

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/09/01 21:48:38 UTC

J2000 position of star is 18:13:00.0 +63:55:33
Equinox of date position of star is 18:13:08.5 +63:56:01
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 93 degrees from the moon. Moon is 66% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.2

Object is 20.3 AU from the Sun and 20.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 255 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 4776 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.9
Diameter=63.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Diameter=25.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523719, (2025/09/01 21:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:37:48.4 +38:48:31  0.0 25.39  68
Etamin         17:57:12.2 +51:29:13  2.2 12.62  80
36 Dra         18:14:02.4 +64:24:22  5.0  0.48  93
PPM 020837     18:16:23.0 +64:04:55  8.2  0.38  93
PPM 020790     18:11:10.0 +64:10:09  9.5  0.32  93
523719         18:13:08.9 +63:56:03 15.8        93
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 523719, (2025/09/01 21:49UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Vega           18:36:56.7 +38:47:07  0.0 25.39  68
Etamin         17:56:36.3 +51:29:20  2.2 12.62  80
36 Dra         18:13:55.0 +64:23:51  5.0  0.48  93
PPM 020837     18:16:14.4 +64:04:18  8.2  0.38  93
PPM 020790     18:11:01.8 +64:09:44  9.5  0.32  93
523719         18:13:00.0 +63:55:33 15.8        93
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:53:28 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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