RECON: TNO occultation with 523738

Event between (523738) 14SH349 and star GA0980:00368400 with event index number of 2324778

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/03/05 21:11:53 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:01:13.4 +09:26:58
Equinox of date position of star is 04:02:31.8 +09:30:55
Stellar brightness G=12.6, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 94% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 46.0 AU from the Sun and 46.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 186 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2082 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=494.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 42.0 sec chord
Diameter=201.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523738, (2026/03/05 21:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:25.5 +16:33:36  0.8 11.01 124
Menkar         03:03:39.1 +04:11:27  2.5 15.58 146
PPM 147134     04:03:12.0 +10:04:09  5.6  0.56 132
PPM 147153     04:04:25.1 +09:16:41  7.7  0.50 132
PPM 147130     04:02:46.9 +09:24:18 10.1  0.12 132
523738         04:02:39.0 +09:31:16 12.6       132
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 523738, (2026/03/05 21:10UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 11.01 124
Menkar         03:02:16.8 +04:05:21  2.5 15.58 146
PPM 147134     04:01:46.1 +09:59:52  5.6  0.56 132
PPM 147153     04:02:59.6 +09:12:26  7.7  0.50 132
PPM 147130     04:01:21.4 +09:20:00 10.1  0.12 132
523738         04:01:13.4 +09:26:58 12.6       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/23 04:17:21 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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