RECON: TNO occultation with 15820

Event between (15820) 94TB and star GA1220:01352456 with event index number of 1497550

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/11/30 22:45:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:59:49.2 +33:45:23
Equinox of date position of star is 05:01:24.3 +33:47:27
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 65 degrees from the moon. Moon is 78% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0

Object is 27.4 AU from the Sun and 26.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.4 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 211 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 971 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=183.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.8 sec chord
Diameter=75.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15820, (2025/11/30 22:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:24.6 +16:33:34  0.8 18.07  58
3Iot Aur       04:58:41.1 +33:12:17  2.7  0.83  64
PPM 069666     04:51:00.0 +32:37:52  6.0  2.49  62
PPM 069798     05:00:21.9 +34:25:48  8.5  0.68  64
PPM 069819     05:02:06.4 +33:46:13  9.7  0.12  65
15820          05:01:31.3 +33:47:36 16.4        65
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 15820, (2025/11/30 22:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 18.07  58
3Iot Aur       04:56:59.6 +33:09:58  2.7  0.83  64
PPM 069666     04:49:19.1 +32:35:16  6.0  2.49  62
PPM 069798     04:58:39.3 +34:23:32  8.5  0.68  64
PPM 069819     05:00:24.3 +33:44:02  9.7  0.12  65
15820          04:59:49.2 +33:45:23 16.4        65
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/25 04:10:23 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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