RECON: TNO occultation with 523760

Event between (523760) 14WQ509 and star GA1200:03097258 with event index number of 2362342

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/12/25 16:40:24 UTC

J2000 position of star is 07:53:49.9 +30:39:49
Equinox of date position of star is 07:55:21.0 +30:35:57
Stellar brightness G=14.2, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 136 degrees from the moon. Moon is 28% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 42.8 AU from the Sun and 41.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 184 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1690 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=411.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.5 sec chord
Diameter=167.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523760, (2025/12/25 17:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:54.3 +27:57:41  1.1  3.23 134
PPM 073167     07:52:42.3 +33:09:58  6.0  2.64 134
PPM 073179     07:53:08.1 +30:27:44  8.2  0.52 135
PPM 073225     07:55:47.1 +30:44:32  9.5  0.16 135
523760         07:55:27.9 +30:35:40 14.2       135
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 523760, (2025/12/25 17:19UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1  3.23 134
PPM 073167     07:51:02.4 +33:14:02  6.0  2.64 134
PPM 073179     07:51:30.2 +30:31:49  8.2  0.52 135
PPM 073225     07:54:09.0 +30:48:42  9.5  0.16 135
523760         07:53:49.9 +30:39:49 14.2       135
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/04 05:37:37 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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