RECON: TNO occultation with 85633

Event between (85633) 98KR65 and star GA0800:21771222 with event index number of 2437645

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/05/25 00:57:31 UTC

J2000 position of star is 22:38:44.3 -09:36:07
Equinox of date position of star is 22:40:01.4 -09:28:27
Stellar brightness G=17.0, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 57 degrees from the moon. Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3

Object is 43.6 AU from the Sun and 43.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 6.8 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 614 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2604 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 39.7 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 16.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 85633, (2025/05/25 00:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:59:02.8 -29:29:13  1.2 20.50  64
PPM 206598     22:39:42.0 -07:45:54  6.0  1.71  56
PPM 206629     22:41:28.2 -09:13:33  7.4  0.42  57
PPM 206597     22:39:41.8 -09:20:14  9.6  0.16  57
85633          22:40:04.4 -09:28:09 17.0        57
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 85633, (2025/05/25 00:58UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Fomalhaut      22:57:39.6 -29:37:24  1.2 20.50  64
PPM 206598     22:38:22.3 -07:53:51  6.0  1.71  56
PPM 206629     22:40:08.3 -09:21:32  7.4  0.42  57
PPM 206597     22:38:21.7 -09:28:12  9.6  0.16  57
85633          22:38:44.3 -09:36:07 17.0        57
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:51:06 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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