RECON: TNO occultation with 523731

Event between (523731) 14OK394 and star GA1080:00575731 with event index number of 2373277

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/11/06 23:17:52 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:28:33.1 +18:01:42
Equinox of date position of star is 04:29:56.6 +18:04:47
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 9 degrees from the moon. Moon is 97% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9

Object is 37.3 AU from the Sun and 36.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 131 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1653 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=332.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.1 sec chord
Diameter=135.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523731, (2025/11/06 23:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:24.4 +16:33:34  0.8  2.33  11
44Zet Per      03:55:45.8 +31:57:30  2.8 15.88   7
68Del3Tau      04:26:59.3 +17:59:06  4.4  0.73   9
PPM 119945     04:31:00.3 +17:55:04  7.6  0.28   9
PPM 119944     04:30:52.4 +18:04:30  9.6  0.20   9
523731         04:30:03.0 +18:05:02 15.3         9
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 523731, (2025/11/06 23:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  2.33  11
44Zet Per      03:54:07.9 +31:53:01  2.8 15.88   7
68Del3Tau      04:25:29.5 +17:55:40  4.4  0.73   9
PPM 119945     04:29:30.5 +17:51:46  7.6  0.28   9
PPM 119944     04:29:22.5 +18:01:12  9.6  0.20   9
523731         04:28:33.1 +18:01:42 15.3         9
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/08 05:16:56 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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