RECON: TNO occultation with 523746

Event between (523746) 14UT114 and star GA1160:02946509 with event index number of 2323246

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/01/16 23:06:29 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:53:45.3 +27:47:41
Equinox of date position of star is 07:55:15.2 +27:43:47
Stellar brightness G=16.1, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 161 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 16.9 AU from the Sun and 15.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 6.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 50 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 731 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=95.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.8 sec chord
Diameter=39.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523746, (2026/01/16 23:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:54.6 +27:57:40  1.1  1.88 163
83Phi Gem      07:55:05.2 +26:41:46  5.0  1.03 161
PPM 098084     07:54:52.5 +27:50:43  8.5  0.16 161
PPM 098101     07:55:50.1 +27:48:49 10.1  0.14 161
523746         07:55:21.5 +27:43:31 16.1       160
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 523746, (2026/01/16 23:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  1.88 163
83Phi Gem      07:53:29.7 +26:45:56  5.0  1.03 161
PPM 098084     07:53:16.3 +27:54:52  8.5  0.16 161
PPM 098101     07:54:13.9 +27:53:00 10.1  0.14 161
523746         07:53:45.3 +27:47:41 16.1       161
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/05/05 03:33:34 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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