RECON: TNO occultation with 523766

Event between (523766) 14WF510 and star GA0880:00662975 with event index number of 2178828

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/09/15 18:02:49 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:27:12.8 -00:12:14
Equinox of date position of star is 05:28:26.1 -00:11:07
Stellar brightness G=15.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 137 degrees from the moon. Moon is 22% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3

Object is 32.5 AU from the Sun and 32.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 93 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2516 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=238.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.8 sec chord
Diameter=97.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523766, (2026/09/15 18:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:15:49.4 -08:10:22  0.1  8.60 135
34Del Ori      05:33:22.3 -00:16:53  2.2  1.20 136
PPM 148931     05:27:09.4 +00:32:31  5.8  0.81 138
PPM 149001     05:29:47.8 +00:02:25  7.0  0.38 137
PPM 175831     05:28:21.7 -00:02:10  9.6  0.16 137
523766         05:28:34.8 -00:10:59 15.7       137
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 523766, (2026/09/15 18:03UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Rigel          05:14:32.3 -08:12:06  0.1  8.60 135
34Del Ori      05:32:00.4 -00:17:57  2.2  1.20 136
PPM 148931     05:25:47.0 +00:31:13  5.8  0.81 138
PPM 149001     05:28:25.7 +00:01:13  7.0  0.38 137
PPM 175831     05:26:59.6 -00:03:25  9.6  0.16 137
523766         05:27:12.8 -00:12:14 15.7       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/21 04:22:09 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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