RECON: TNO occultation with 85627

Event between (85627) 98HP151 and star GA0640:20525369 with event index number of 2407296

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/05/08 10:38:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:48:55.8 -24:12:07
Equinox of date position of star is 17:50:25.7 -24:12:29
Stellar brightness G=16.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 86 degrees from the moon. Moon is 85% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

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Object is 40.9 AU from the Sun and 40.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 513 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1585 km.
The sky-plane scale is 29125.5 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 85627, (2025/05/08 10:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.0 -26:29:10  0.9 18.09  68
35Eta Oph      17:11:50.0 -15:45:16  2.6 12.40  76
PPM 267497     17:56:27.8 -24:53:23  6.4  1.52  87
PPM 267369     17:51:30.6 -24:12:47  7.2  0.23  86
PPM 267347     17:50:43.4 -24:14:44  9.7  0.07  86
85627          17:50:29.0 -24:12:30 16.6        86
Positions are for equinox of date

This table contains the target star visibility for the RECON network. The observing range has been set to a maximum of 1.8 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 21.1 km RECON observability=0.6 and success probability=0.0%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Kamloops 10:38:57 -13.5 AT Up 15.1 178.7 Really Low 10:23:57 - 10:53:57 4413
Sleaford 10:38:02 -6.2 NT Down 12.9 192.0 Really Low 10:23:02 - 10:53:02 4410
Kelowna 10:38:54 -13.7 AT Up 15.9 179.6 Really Low 10:23:54 - 10:53:54 4389
Peachland 10:38:55 -13.9 AT Up 16.0 179.3 Really Low 10:23:55 - 10:53:55 4385
Summerland 10:38:54 -14.0 AT Up 16.2 179.4 Really Low 10:23:54 - 10:53:54 4381
Penticton 10:38:54 -14.0 AT Up 16.3 179.5 Really Low 10:23:54 - 10:53:54 4379
Oliver 10:38:53 -14.3 AT Up 16.6 179.5 Really Low 10:23:53 - 10:53:53 4367
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 10:38:53 -14.3 AT Up 16.8 179.7 Really Low 10:23:53 - 10:53:53 4363
Victoria 10:39:10 -16.4 AT Up 17.2 175.9 Really Low 10:24:10 - 10:54:10 4342
Okanogan 10:38:54 -14.9 AT Up 17.4 179.4 Really Low 10:23:54 - 10:53:54 4341
Brewster 10:38:55 -15.2 AT Up 17.7 179.3 Really Low 10:23:55 - 10:53:55 4332
Manson/Chelan 10:38:57 -15.5 AT Up 17.9 178.9 Really Low 10:23:57 - 10:53:57 4325
Wenatchee 10:38:57 -16.0 AT Up 18.4 178.7 Really Low 10:23:57 - 10:53:57 4308
Ellensburg 10:38:59 -16.4 AT Up 18.8 178.5 Really Low 10:23:59 - 10:53:59 4293
Yakima 10:38:59 -16.7 AT Up 19.2 178.5 Really Low 10:23:59 - 10:53:59 4279
Toppenish/White Swan 10:38:57 -16.8 AT Up 19.4 178.7 Really Low 10:23:57 - 10:53:57 4271
PNWRO 10:38:51 -16.4 AT Up 19.8 180.1 Really Low 10:23:51 - 10:53:51 4257
The Dalles 10:39:01 -17.7 AT Up 20.2 177.9 Low 10:24:01 - 10:54:01 4240
Maupin 10:39:01 -18.0 Dark Up 20.6 178.0 Low 10:24:01 - 10:54:01 4225
Sisters 10:39:03 -18.9 Dark Up 21.5 177.5 Low 10:24:03 - 10:54:03 4189
Bend 10:39:02 -19.0 Dark Up 21.7 177.8 Low 10:24:02 - 10:54:02 4180
Oregon Observatory 10:39:03 -19.2 Dark Up 21.9 177.6 Low 10:24:03 - 10:54:03 4173
Chiloquin 10:39:05 -20.4 Dark Up 23.2 177.2 Low 10:24:05 - 10:54:05 4116
Klamath Falls 10:39:05 -20.6 Dark Up 23.5 177.3 Low 10:24:05 - 10:54:05 4101
Cedarville 10:38:57 -20.4 Dark Up 24.3 178.8 Low 10:23:57 - 10:53:57 4072
Fall River/Burney 10:39:03 -21.3 Dark Up 24.7 177.6 Low 10:24:03 - 10:54:03 4048
Greenville 10:39:02 -21.8 Dark Up 25.6 178.1 Low 10:24:02 - 10:54:02 4006
Gimple 10:39:01 -21.7 Dark Up 25.6 178.1 Low 10:24:01 - 10:54:01 4006
Quincy 10:39:01 -21.9 Dark Up 25.8 178.1 Low 10:24:01 - 10:54:01 3996
Portola 10:38:58 -21.8 Dark Up 26.0 178.5 Low 10:23:58 - 10:53:58 3990
Reno 10:38:55 -21.7 Dark Up 26.2 179.2 Low 10:23:55 - 10:53:55 3978
Carson City 10:38:56 -21.9 Dark Up 26.6 179.2 Low 10:23:56 - 10:53:56 3960
Dunrhomin 10:37:47 -13.0 AT Down 24.3 193.6 Low 10:22:47 - 10:52:47 3954
Yerington 10:38:53 -21.7 Dark Up 26.8 179.8 Low 10:23:53 - 10:53:53 3950
Gardnerville 10:38:56 -22.1 Dark Up 26.9 179.2 Low 10:23:56 - 10:53:56 3948
Nikitin 10:37:47 -13.1 AT Down 24.5 193.6 Low 10:22:47 - 10:52:47 3946
CU-SBO 10:37:48 -13.2 AT Down 24.6 193.5 Low 10:22:48 - 10:52:48 3943
Hawthorne 10:38:50 -21.8 Dark Up 27.3 180.4 Low 10:23:50 - 10:53:50 3927
Lee Vining 10:38:52 -22.5 Dark Up 27.8 179.9 Low 10:23:52 - 10:53:52 3898
Bishop 10:38:49 -22.5 Dark Up 28.4 180.6 Low 10:23:49 - 10:53:49 3866
Beatty 10:38:41 -21.9 Dark Up 28.9 182.3 Low 10:23:41 - 10:53:41 3840
Patrick 10:38:26 -21.3 Dark Down 30.2 185.3 Up 10:23:26 - 10:53:26 3751
Laughlin/Bullhead City 10:38:30 -21.9 Dark Down 30.5 184.6 Up 10:23:30 - 10:53:30 3739
Lake Havasu City 10:38:29 -22.2 Dark Down 31.1 184.9 Up 10:23:29 - 10:53:29 3699
Wildwood 10:38:50 -25.0 Dark Up 31.7 180.4 Up 10:23:50 - 10:53:50 3684
Idyllwild 10:38:40 -24.1 Dark Up 32.0 182.4 Up 10:23:40 - 10:53:40 3662
George/Scottsdale 10:38:16 -21.2 Dark Down 31.7 187.5 Up 10:23:16 - 10:53:16 3645
Calipatria 10:38:35 -23.8 Dark Up 32.6 183.7 Up 10:23:35 - 10:53:35 3622
Yuma 10:38:30 -23.6 Dark Down 33.0 184.7 Up 10:23:30 - 10:53:30 3594

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.

Do not use the listing below for the RECON CPC 1100 telescopes. This is provided for other non-team facilities.

Star training set for 85627, (2025/05/08 10:39UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 18.09  68
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 12.40  76
PPM 267497     17:54:54.1 -24:53:13  6.4  1.52  87
PPM 267369     17:49:57.4 -24:12:26  7.2  0.23  86
PPM 267347     17:49:10.2 -24:14:21  9.7  0.07  86
85627          17:48:55.8 -24:12:07 16.6        86
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:46:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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