RECON: TNO occultation with 523790

Event between (523790) 15HP9 and star GA0680:19762836 with event index number of 2604031

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/06 09:25:54 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:52:08.7 -21:07:27
Equinox of date position of star is 17:53:36.5 -21:07:42
Stellar brightness G=14.5, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 95 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.2

Object is 17.2 AU from the Sun and 17.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 4.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 327 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 869 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.5
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 523790, (2025/10/06 09:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.5 -26:29:13  0.9 19.63 113
35Eta Oph      17:11:51.5 -15:45:18  2.6 11.28 105
PPM 267309     17:49:19.1 -22:29:06  6.1  1.69  96
PPM 267493     17:56:13.5 -21:01:27  8.5  0.60  94
PPM 267418     17:53:22.2 -21:03:48  8.6  0.10  95
523790         17:53:41.2 -21:07:43 14.5        94
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 523790, (2025/10/06 09:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 19.63 113
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 11.28 105
PPM 267309     17:47:45.6 -22:28:40  6.1  1.69  96
PPM 267493     17:54:41.0 -21:01:17  8.5  0.60  94
PPM 267418     17:51:49.7 -21:03:32  8.6  0.10  95
523790         17:52:08.7 -21:07:27 14.5        95
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:54:53 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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