RECON: TNO occultation with 85627

Event between (85627) 98HP151 and star GA0640:18924169 with event index number of 2407481

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/17 07:11:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:43:11.2 -24:10:44
Equinox of date position of star is 17:44:41.1 -24:11:18
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon. Moon is 58% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

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Object is 40.9 AU from the Sun and 40.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.9 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 332 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1785 km.
The sky-plane scale is 29034.4 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.2 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 85627, (2025/07/17 07:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.7 -26:29:11  0.9 16.81 126
35Eta Oph      17:11:50.7 -15:45:17  2.6 11.43 117
PPM 267309     17:49:18.3 -22:29:06  6.1  2.00 108
PPM 267136     17:42:23.5 -23:50:51  8.2  0.64 110
PPM 267169     17:44:04.4 -24:18:05  9.6  0.19 109
85627          17:44:45.0 -24:11:20 17.0       109
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 2.7 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 18.1 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 07:10:29 -17.1 AT Up 13.7 195.8 Really Low 06:55:29 - 07:25:29 12736
Kelowna 07:10:25 -18.0 Dark Up 14.3 196.6 Really Low 06:55:25 - 07:25:25 12705
Peachland 07:10:26 -18.1 Dark Up 14.5 196.4 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12704
Summerland 07:10:26 -18.2 Dark Up 14.6 196.5 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12699
Penticton 07:10:26 -18.3 Dark Up 14.6 196.6 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12696
Victoria 07:10:36 -18.6 Dark Up 16.3 193.1 Really Low 06:55:36 - 07:25:36 12684
Oliver 07:10:26 -18.7 Dark Up 15.0 196.6 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12684
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 07:10:24 -18.9 Dark Up 15.1 196.8 Really Low 06:55:24 - 07:25:24 12678
Okanogan 07:10:23 -19.5 Dark Up 15.8 196.6 Really Low 06:55:23 - 07:25:23 12657
Brewster 07:10:24 -19.7 Dark Up 16.1 196.5 Really Low 06:55:24 - 07:25:24 12649
Manson/Chelan 07:10:26 -19.8 Dark Up 16.3 196.2 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12645
Sleaford 07:09:49 -16.8 AT Up 9.0 208.5 Really Low 06:54:49 - 07:24:49 12644
Wenatchee 07:10:26 -20.3 Dark Up 16.8 196.0 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12629
Ellensburg 07:10:25 -20.6 Dark Up 17.3 195.9 Really Low 06:55:25 - 07:25:25 12616
Yakima 07:10:24 -21.0 Dark Up 17.7 195.9 Really Low 06:55:24 - 07:25:24 12601
Toppenish/White Swan 07:10:24 -21.3 Dark Up 17.8 196.1 Really Low 06:55:24 - 07:25:24 12591
PNWRO 07:10:19 -21.9 Dark Up 17.9 197.5 Really Low 06:55:19 - 07:25:19 12567
The Dalles 07:10:26 -21.9 Dark Up 18.7 195.4 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12566
Maupin 07:10:26 -22.3 Dark Up 19.1 195.5 Really Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12550
Sisters 07:10:27 -23.0 Dark Up 20.0 195.1 Low 06:55:27 - 07:25:27 12518
Bend 07:10:25 -23.3 Dark Up 20.2 195.4 Low 06:55:25 - 07:25:25 12506
Oregon Observatory 07:10:26 -23.5 Dark Up 20.4 195.3 Low 06:55:26 - 07:25:26 12500
Chiloquin 07:10:25 -24.6 Dark Up 21.8 195.0 Low 06:55:25 - 07:25:25 12446
Klamath Falls 07:10:25 -25.0 Dark Up 22.1 195.1 Low 06:55:25 - 07:25:25 12430
Cedarville 07:10:18 -26.0 Dark Up 22.4 196.7 Low 06:55:18 - 07:25:18 12388
Fall River/Burney 07:10:23 -26.2 Dark Up 23.2 195.6 Low 06:55:23 - 07:25:23 12373
Greenville 07:10:20 -27.2 Dark Up 23.9 196.2 Low 06:55:20 - 07:25:20 12327
Gimple 07:10:19 -27.2 Dark Up 23.9 196.3 Low 06:55:19 - 07:25:19 12326
Quincy 07:10:19 -27.4 Dark Up 24.1 196.2 Low 06:55:19 - 07:25:19 12317
Portola 07:10:18 -27.6 Dark Up 24.1 196.7 Low 06:55:18 - 07:25:18 12308
Reno 07:10:14 -28.0 Dark Up 24.3 197.3 Low 06:55:14 - 07:25:14 12290
Carson City 07:10:15 -28.3 Dark Up 24.6 197.4 Low 06:55:15 - 07:25:15 12272
Gardnerville 07:10:13 -28.6 Dark Up 24.8 197.5 Low 06:55:13 - 07:25:13 12259
Yerington 07:10:12 -28.6 Dark Up 24.6 198.0 Low 06:55:12 - 07:25:12 12257
Hawthorne 07:10:10 -29.2 Dark Up 24.9 198.6 Low 06:55:10 - 07:25:10 12229
Lee Vining 07:10:11 -29.6 Dark Up 25.6 198.2 Low 06:55:11 - 07:25:11 12204
Bishop 07:10:08 -30.3 Dark Up 26.0 199.0 Low 06:55:08 - 07:25:08 12165
Dunrhomin 07:09:23 -28.6 Dark Up 19.1 210.5 Really Low 06:54:23 - 07:24:23 12154
Nikitin 07:09:23 -28.8 Dark Up 19.3 210.6 Really Low 06:54:23 - 07:24:23 12145
CU-SBO 07:09:22 -28.9 Dark Up 19.4 210.5 Really Low 06:54:22 - 07:24:22 12143
Beatty 07:10:00 -31.1 Dark Up 26.0 200.6 Low 06:55:00 - 07:25:00 12125
Patrick 07:09:47 -33.0 Dark Up 26.5 203.6 Low 06:54:47 - 07:24:47 12011
Laughlin/Bullhead City 07:09:50 -33.1 Dark Up 27.0 203.0 Low 06:54:50 - 07:24:50 12004
Wildwood 07:10:05 -33.5 Dark Up 29.1 199.3 Low 06:55:05 - 07:25:05 11983
Lake Havasu City 07:09:48 -33.8 Dark Up 27.5 203.4 Low 06:54:48 - 07:24:48 11962
Idyllwild 07:09:57 -34.2 Dark Up 28.9 201.2 Low 06:54:57 - 07:24:57 11944
Calipatria 07:09:51 -35.0 Dark Up 29.1 202.5 Low 06:54:51 - 07:24:51 11894
George/Scottsdale 07:09:37 -34.9 Dark Up 27.4 205.9 Low 06:54:37 - 07:24:37 11886
Yuma 07:09:48 -35.5 Dark Up 29.2 203.5 Low 06:54:48 - 07:24:48 11857

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, (2025/07/17 07:11UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 16.81 126
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 11.43 117
PPM 267309     17:47:45.6 -22:28:40  6.1  2.00 108
PPM 267136     17:40:49.9 -23:50:10  8.2  0.64 110
PPM 267169     17:42:30.5 -24:17:27  9.6  0.19 109
85627          17:43:11.2 -24:10:44 17.0       109
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:50:42 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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