RECON: TNO occultation with 523730

Event between (523730) 14OH394 and star GA0760:24017314 with event index number of 2328882

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/11/09 07:52:55 UTC

J2000 position of star is 21:06:04.7 -12:03:35
Equinox of date position of star is 21:07:22.5 -11:57:48
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon. Moon is 80% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 40.3 AU from the Sun and 40.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 6.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 340 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1933 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=363.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 60.4 sec chord
Diameter=148.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 24.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523730, (2025/11/09 07:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:04.4 -29:29:04  1.2 31.28 125
Tarazed        19:47:29.3 +10:40:41  2.7 30.12 139
13Nu Aqr       21:11:00.0 -11:15:56  4.5  1.10 143
PPM 238375     21:07:55.0 -11:51:03  8.4  0.15 144
523730         21:07:29.2 -11:57:18 15.9       143
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 523730, (2025/11/09 07:53UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.7 -29:37:24  1.2 31.28 125
Tarazed        19:46:15.6 +10:36:48  2.7 30.12 139
13Nu Aqr       21:09:35.8 -11:22:18  4.5  1.10 143
PPM 238375     21:06:30.5 -11:57:21  8.4  0.15 144
523730         21:06:04.7 -12:03:35 15.9       144
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:43:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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