RECON: TNO occultation with 85627

Event between (85627) 98HP151 and star GA0640:18327412 with event index number of 2407555

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/08/17 05:40:35 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:41:23.3 -24:09:43
Equinox of date position of star is 17:42:53.2 -24:10:21
Stellar brightness G=15.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon. Moon is 39% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4

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Object is 40.9 AU from the Sun and 40.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 612 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1869 km.
The sky-plane scale is 29290.7 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=199.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.7 sec chord
Diameter=81.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 85627, (2025/08/17 05:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:59.0 -26:29:12  0.9 16.41 178
35Eta Oph      17:11:51.0 -15:45:17  2.6 11.14 164
PPM 267309     17:49:18.6 -22:29:06  6.1  2.23 160
PPM 267136     17:42:23.8 -23:50:51  8.2  0.35 162
PPM 267143     17:42:35.3 -24:00:57  9.4  0.18 162
85627          17:42:57.4 -24:10:23 15.0       161
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 1.5 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 19.8 km RECON observability=0.5 and success probability=2.2%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Kamloops 05:38:25 -18.4 Dark Down 12.0 203.0 Really Low 05:23:25 - 05:53:25 3798
Kelowna 05:38:17 -19.4 Dark Down 12.6 203.8 Really Low 05:23:17 - 05:53:17 3765
Peachland 05:38:19 -19.4 Dark Down 12.7 203.6 Really Low 05:23:19 - 05:53:19 3765
Summerland 05:38:17 -19.5 Dark Down 12.9 203.7 Really Low 05:23:17 - 05:53:17 3759
Penticton 05:38:16 -19.6 Dark Down 12.9 203.8 Really Low 05:23:16 - 05:53:16 3756
Victoria 05:38:37 -18.8 Dark Down 14.8 200.5 Really Low 05:23:37 - 05:53:37 3753
Oliver 05:38:15 -19.9 Dark Down 13.2 203.8 Really Low 05:23:15 - 05:53:15 3744
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 05:38:14 -20.1 Dark Down 13.3 204.0 Really Low 05:23:14 - 05:53:14 3737
Okanogan 05:38:13 -20.5 Dark Down 14.0 203.9 Really Low 05:23:13 - 05:53:13 3717
Brewster 05:38:12 -20.6 Dark Down 14.3 203.7 Really Low 05:23:12 - 05:53:12 3709
Manson/Chelan 05:38:15 -20.7 Dark Down 14.6 203.4 Really Low 05:23:15 - 05:53:15 3705
Wenatchee 05:38:14 -21.0 Dark Down 15.0 203.3 Really Low 05:23:14 - 05:53:14 3690
Sleaford 05:37:11 -21.7 Dark Up 6.5 215.2 Really Low 05:22:11 - 05:52:11 3677
Ellensburg 05:38:15 -21.2 Dark Down 15.5 203.1 Really Low 05:23:15 - 05:53:15 3677
Yakima 05:38:14 -21.5 Dark Down 15.9 203.2 Really Low 05:23:14 - 05:53:14 3662
Toppenish/White Swan 05:38:10 -21.7 Dark Down 16.0 203.3 Really Low 05:23:10 - 05:53:10 3652
The Dalles 05:38:15 -22.0 Dark Down 16.9 202.7 Really Low 05:23:15 - 05:53:15 3629
PNWRO 05:38:00 -22.6 Dark Down 15.9 204.7 Really Low 05:23:00 - 05:53:00 3624
Maupin 05:38:12 -22.4 Dark Down 17.3 202.9 Really Low 05:23:12 - 05:53:12 3611
Sisters 05:38:12 -22.8 Dark Down 18.2 202.5 Really Low 05:23:12 - 05:53:12 3580
Bend 05:38:10 -23.1 Dark Down 18.4 202.8 Really Low 05:23:10 - 05:53:10 3568
Oregon Observatory 05:38:11 -23.2 Dark Down 18.6 202.7 Really Low 05:23:11 - 05:53:11 3562
Chiloquin 05:38:09 -24.0 Dark Down 19.9 202.5 Really Low 05:23:09 - 05:53:09 3509
Klamath Falls 05:38:07 -24.3 Dark Down 20.2 202.6 Low 05:23:07 - 05:53:07 3493
Cedarville 05:37:54 -25.5 Dark Down 20.4 204.1 Low 05:22:54 - 05:52:54 3446
Fall River/Burney 05:38:02 -25.3 Dark Down 21.2 203.1 Low 05:23:02 - 05:53:02 3434
Greenville 05:37:55 -26.2 Dark Down 21.9 203.6 Low 05:22:55 - 05:52:55 3387
Gimple 05:37:54 -26.2 Dark Down 21.9 203.7 Low 05:22:54 - 05:52:54 3386
Quincy 05:37:54 -26.4 Dark Down 22.1 203.6 Low 05:22:54 - 05:52:54 3377
Portola 05:37:51 -26.7 Dark Down 22.1 204.1 Low 05:22:51 - 05:52:51 3366
Reno 05:37:46 -27.2 Dark Down 22.1 204.7 Low 05:22:46 - 05:52:46 3346
Carson City 05:37:44 -27.5 Dark Down 22.4 204.8 Low 05:22:44 - 05:52:44 3328
Gardnerville 05:37:44 -27.7 Dark Down 22.6 204.9 Low 05:22:44 - 05:52:44 3315
Yerington 05:37:38 -27.9 Dark Down 22.4 205.4 Low 05:22:38 - 05:52:38 3311
Hawthorne 05:37:35 -28.6 Dark Down 22.6 206.0 Low 05:22:35 - 05:52:35 3282
Lee Vining 05:37:36 -28.7 Dark Down 23.3 205.6 Low 05:22:36 - 05:52:36 3258
Bishop 05:37:29 -29.6 Dark Down 23.6 206.4 Low 05:22:29 - 05:52:29 3217
Dunrhomin 05:36:07 -32.6 Dark Down 15.9 217.0 Really Low 05:21:07 - 05:51:07 3175
Beatty 05:37:14 -30.7 Dark Down 23.5 207.9 Low 05:22:14 - 05:52:14 3173
Nikitin 05:36:08 -32.8 Dark Down 16.0 217.0 Really Low 05:21:08 - 05:51:08 3166
CU-SBO 05:36:07 -32.8 Dark Down 16.1 217.0 Really Low 05:21:07 - 05:51:07 3164
Patrick 05:36:49 -33.3 Dark Down 23.7 210.7 Low 05:21:49 - 05:51:49 3050
Laughlin/Bullhead City 05:36:53 -33.1 Dark Down 24.2 210.2 Low 05:21:53 - 05:51:53 3045
Wildwood 05:37:20 -31.9 Dark Down 26.6 206.8 Low 05:22:20 - 05:52:20 3034
Lake Havasu City 05:36:48 -33.8 Dark Down 24.6 210.5 Low 05:21:48 - 05:51:48 3002
Idyllwild 05:37:05 -33.2 Dark Down 26.2 208.6 Low 05:22:05 - 05:52:05 2990
Calipatria 05:36:54 -34.2 Dark Down 26.3 209.8 Low 05:21:54 - 05:51:54 2936
George/Scottsdale 05:36:28 -35.6 Dark Down 24.3 212.8 Low 05:21:28 - 05:51:28 2919
Yuma 05:36:45 -35.0 Dark Down 26.3 210.7 Low 05:21:45 - 05:51:45 2897

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, (2025/08/17 05:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 16.41 178
35Eta Oph      17:10:22.7 -15:43:29  2.6 11.14 164
PPM 267309     17:47:45.6 -22:28:40  6.1  2.23 160
PPM 267136     17:40:49.9 -23:50:10  8.2  0.35 162
PPM 267143     17:41:01.3 -24:00:16  9.4  0.18 162
85627          17:41:23.3 -24:09:43 15.0       162
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:52:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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