RECON: TNO occultation with 15875

Event between (15875) 96TP66 and star GA1160:02625102 with event index number of 1478300

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/11/25 16:52:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 06:56:14.4 +26:12:12
Equinox of date position of star is 06:57:45.1 +26:10:12
Stellar brightness G=15.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 159 degrees from the moon. Moon is 25% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4

Object is 31.4 AU from the Sun and 30.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.0 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 495 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1932 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=204.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.3 sec chord
Diameter=83.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15875, (2025/11/25 16:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:46:54.0 +27:57:41  1.1 11.06 169
Alhena         06:39:12.5 +16:22:30  1.9 10.71 154
39 Gem         07:00:23.1 +26:02:40  6.5  0.58 160
PPM 096719     06:56:05.5 +26:29:46  7.9  0.51 159
PPM 096736     06:56:42.0 +26:10:51  9.8  0.26 159
PPM 096766     06:57:51.8 +25:55:26 10.1  0.24 159
15875          06:57:50.5 +26:10:05 15.3       160
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 15875, (2025/11/25 16:52UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Pollux         07:45:17.9 +28:01:33  1.1 11.06 169
Alhena         06:37:42.8 +16:23:57  1.9 10.71 154
39 Gem         06:58:47.1 +26:04:53  6.5  0.58 160
PPM 096719     06:54:29.1 +26:31:50  7.9  0.51 159
PPM 096736     06:55:05.8 +26:12:56  9.8  0.26 159
PPM 096766     06:56:15.8 +25:57:34 10.1  0.24 159
15875          06:56:14.4 +26:12:12 15.3       159
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/09 02:46:20 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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