RECON: TNO occultation with 85627

Event between (85627) 98HP151 and star GA0640:16900116 with event index number of 2406835

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/09/24 18:57:18 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:35:03.6 -24:03:57
Equinox of date position of star is 17:36:33.3 -24:04:49
Stellar brightness G=15.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon. Moon is 50% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5

Object is 41.0 AU from the Sun and 41.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 550 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2401 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.3 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 85627, (2024/09/24 18:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:55.7 -26:29:05  0.9 15.02 158
35Eta Oph      17:11:47.9 -15:45:14  2.6 10.16 161
51 Oph         17:32:55.6 -23:58:46  4.8  0.84 170
PPM 267044     17:37:05.1 -24:38:35  7.9  0.57 171
PPM 267039     17:36:59.5 -23:48:40  9.9  0.29 171
85627          17:36:34.3 -24:04:49 15.9       171
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 85627, (2024/09/24 18:57UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 15.02 158
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 10.16 161
51 Oph         17:31:25.0 -23:57:46  4.8  0.84 170
PPM 267044     17:35:33.9 -24:37:44  7.9  0.57 171
PPM 267039     17:35:28.9 -23:47:49  9.9  0.29 171
85627          17:35:03.6 -24:03:57 15.9       171
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:40:14 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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