RECON: TNO occultation with 523727

Event between (523727) 14NW65 and star GA0980:18269049 with event index number of 2329253

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/16 12:17:44 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:53:53.3 +09:50:52
Equinox of date position of star is 22:55:06.1 +09:58:37
Stellar brightness G=16.0, 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 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.3

Object is 18.7 AU from the Sun and 17.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 48 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 829 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=299.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.9 sec chord
Diameter=122.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523727, (2025/10/16 12:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:06:02.8 +15:20:40  2.5  5.98 146
49Sig Peg      22:53:42.4 +09:58:24  5.2  0.36 152
PPM 141940     22:53:53.9 +10:21:26  7.7  0.49 152
49Sig Peg      22:53:42.4 +09:58:24  5.2  0.36 152
PPM 173527     22:54:27.5 +09:55:48 11.1  0.19 152
523727         22:55:10.9 +09:59:08 16.0       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 523727, (2025/10/16 12:18UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Markab         23:04:45.8 +15:12:18  2.5  5.98 146
49Sig Peg      22:52:24.8 +09:50:09  5.2  0.36 152
PPM 141940     22:52:36.4 +10:13:11  7.7  0.49 152
49Sig Peg      22:52:24.8 +09:50:09  5.2  0.36 152
PPM 173527     22:53:09.9 +09:47:33 11.1  0.19 152
523727         22:53:53.3 +09:50:52 16.0       152
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 03:39:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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