RECON: TNO occultation with 523761

Event between (523761) 14WU509 and star GA0920:01519975 with event index number of 2614289

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/11/13 19:35:17 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:31:40.3 +03:22:47
Equinox of date position of star is 06:32:57.5 +03:21:38
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 157 degrees from the moon. Moon is 18% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1

Object is 40.2 AU from the Sun and 39.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 362 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3466 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.5 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523761, (2026/11/13 19:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:56:37.6 +07:24:35  0.4  9.94 157
Alhena         06:39:15.8 +16:22:26  1.9 13.10 170
PPM 150835     06:37:25.5 +04:28:27  6.1  1.55 158
PPM 150671     06:32:45.7 +02:53:26  7.6  0.48 156
PPM 150689     06:33:11.4 +03:32:27  9.1  0.18 157
523761         06:33:05.0 +03:21:31 17.0       157
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 523761, (2026/11/13 19:35UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Betelgeuse     05:55:10.3 +07:24:26  0.4  9.94 157
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:56  1.9 13.10 170
PPM 150835     06:36:00.1 +04:29:53  6.1  1.55 158
PPM 150671     06:31:21.3 +02:54:41  7.6  0.48 156
PPM 150689     06:31:46.5 +03:33:43  9.1  0.18 157
523761         06:31:40.3 +03:22:47 17.0       157
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:25:48 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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