RECON: TNO occultation with 523735

Event between (523735) 14QX441 and star GA0900:00149442 with event index number of 2328144

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/04 19:26:13 UTC

J2000 position of star is 01:47:21.0 +00:52:58
Equinox of date position of star is 01:48:35.1 +01:00:07
Stellar brightness G=12.9, use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon. Moon is 69% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4

Object is 37.3 AU from the Sun and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 148 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1658 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=467.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 43.4 sec chord
Diameter=191.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523735, (2025/07/04 19:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:23.2 +16:33:31  0.8 44.34 144
68Omi Cet      02:20:38.2 -02:51:46  2.0  8.88 160
PPM 145130     01:57:13.0 +01:58:31  6.1  2.35 165
PPM 145004     01:50:19.2 +01:27:27  7.5  0.61 164
PPM 144981     01:48:40.4 +00:56:19  8.8  0.07 164
523735         01:48:39.7 +01:00:34 12.9       164
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 523735, (2025/07/04 19:16UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 44.34 144
68Omi Cet      02:19:20.8 -02:58:45  2.0  8.88 160
PPM 145130     01:55:54.0 +01:51:04  6.1  2.35 165
PPM 145004     01:49:00.4 +01:19:54  7.5  0.61 164
PPM 144981     01:47:21.8 +00:48:44  8.8  0.07 164
523735         01:47:21.0 +00:52:58 12.9       164
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/08 05:14:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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