RECON: TNO occultation with 85627

Event between (85627) 98HP151 and star GA0640:20522698 with event index number of 2407217

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/02/17 06:25:48 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:48:54.9 -24:10:16
Equinox of date position of star is 17:50:24.7 -24:10:38
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 66 degrees from the moon. Moon is 81% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5

Object is 41.0 AU from the Sun and 41.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.7 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 466 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1986 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.8 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 85627, (2025/02/17 06:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:57.1 -26:29:08  0.9 18.09  49
35Eta Oph      17:11:49.3 -15:45:15  2.6 12.37  57
PPM 267497     17:56:26.9 -24:53:23  6.4  1.54  68
PPM 267369     17:51:29.8 -24:12:47  7.2  0.24  67
PPM 267347     17:50:42.6 -24:14:43  9.7  0.09  66
85627          17:50:27.2 -24:10:38 16.3        67
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, (2025/02/17 06:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 18.09  49
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 12.37  57
PPM 267497     17:54:54.1 -24:53:13  6.4  1.54  68
PPM 267369     17:49:57.4 -24:12:26  7.2  0.24  67
PPM 267347     17:49:10.2 -24:14:21  9.7  0.09  66
85627          17:48:54.9 -24:10:16 16.3        66
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/12 03:43:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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