RECON: TNO occultation with 523733

Event between (523733) 14PR70 and star GA1200:01281364 with event index number of 2308177

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/25 14:03:42 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:05:30.7 +30:36:03
Equinox of date position of star is 05:07:02.8 +30:37:54
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 177 degrees from the moon. Moon is 17% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9

Object is 17.2 AU from the Sun and 16.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 78 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 685 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.4
Diameter=50.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Diameter=20.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523733, (2025/01/25 14:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:21.7 +16:33:28  0.8 15.63 167
3Iot Aur       04:58:37.8 +33:12:12  2.7  3.14 174
14 Aur         05:17:02.5 +32:42:51  5.2  2.96 174
PPM 069883     05:05:50.9 +30:31:39  7.5  0.29 177
PPM 069907     05:07:18.5 +30:42:05  9.8  0.08 177
523733         05:07:07.1 +30:37:59 16.2       177
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 523733, (2025/01/25 14:06UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 15.63 167
3Iot Aur       04:56:59.6 +33:09:58  2.7  3.14 174
14 Aur         05:15:24.3 +32:41:15  5.2  2.96 174
PPM 069883     05:04:14.6 +30:29:40  7.5  0.29 177
PPM 069907     05:05:42.1 +30:40:08  9.8  0.08 177
523733         05:05:30.7 +30:36:03 16.2       177
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/15 05:37:43 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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