RECON: TNO occultation with 04VK78

Event between 04VK78 and star GA1120:01237885 with event index number of 1453278

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/11/22 09:39:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:31:09.6 +23:40:13
Equinox of date position of star is 05:32:33.7 +23:41:10
Stellar brightness G=15.6, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 175 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.6

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Object is 37.0 AU from the Sun and 36.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 309 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1422 km.
The sky-plane scale is 26188.9 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=161.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Diameter=65.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 04VK78, (2025/11/22 09:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:24.6 +16:33:34  0.8 14.80 163
Alnath         05:27:55.9 +28:37:37  1.6  5.06 179
114 Tau        05:29:11.5 +21:57:25  4.7  1.91 174
PPM 094385     05:29:29.7 +23:18:45  8.4  0.83 175
PPM 094416     05:31:37.9 +23:46:37  9.1  0.27 176
04VK78         05:32:44.3 +23:41:16 15.6       175
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 2.9 sigma about the mid-time.
The median site spacing is 38.4 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=38.8%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Sleaford 09:38:06 -44.5 Dark Down 58.6 211.8 Up 09:23:06 - 09:53:06 1324
Kamloops 09:38:48 -52.5 Dark Down 62.9 186.4 Up 09:23:48 - 09:53:48 1153
Kelowna 09:38:46 -52.6 Dark Down 63.6 188.4 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 1071
Peachland 09:38:46 -52.9 Dark Down 63.8 187.8 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 1061
Summerland 09:38:46 -52.9 Dark Down 63.9 188.1 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 1046
Penticton 09:38:46 -52.9 Dark Down 63.9 188.3 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 1039
Oliver 09:38:46 -53.1 Dark Down 64.3 188.4 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 1003
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 09:38:45 -53.2 Dark Down 64.4 188.9 Up 09:23:45 - 09:53:45 986
Victoria 09:38:58 -55.4 Dark Down 65.1 180.4 Up 09:23:58 - 09:53:58 944
Okanogan 09:38:46 -53.7 Dark Down 65.1 188.6 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 921
Brewster 09:38:47 -54.0 Dark Down 65.4 188.3 Up 09:23:47 - 09:53:47 894
Manson/Chelan 09:38:48 -54.3 Dark Down 65.6 187.5 Up 09:23:48 - 09:53:48 873
Wenatchee 09:38:48 -54.7 Dark Down 66.1 187.3 Up 09:23:48 - 09:53:48 825
Ellensburg 09:38:49 -55.1 Dark Down 66.6 186.9 Up 09:23:49 - 09:53:49 783
Yakima 09:38:49 -55.3 Dark Down 67.0 187.0 Up 09:23:49 - 09:53:49 742
Toppenish/White Swan 09:38:49 -55.4 Dark Down 67.2 187.4 Up 09:23:49 - 09:53:49 719
PNWRO 09:38:43 -54.8 Dark Down 67.4 191.1 Up 09:23:43 - 09:53:43 680
The Dalles 09:38:51 -56.3 Dark Down 68.0 185.8 Up 09:23:51 - 09:53:51 641
Maupin 09:38:51 -56.5 Dark Down 68.4 186.2 Up 09:23:51 - 09:53:51 597
Sisters 09:38:53 -57.3 Dark Down 69.3 185.1 Up 09:23:53 - 09:53:53 507
Bend 09:38:52 -57.3 Dark Down 69.5 185.9 Up 09:23:52 - 09:53:52 482
Oregon Observatory 09:38:52 -57.5 Dark Down 69.7 185.6 Up 09:23:52 - 09:53:52 464
Chiloquin 09:38:54 -58.6 Dark Down 71.1 184.8 Up 09:23:54 - 09:53:54 327
Klamath Falls 09:38:53 -58.7 Dark Down 71.4 185.1 Up 09:23:53 - 09:53:53 291
Cedarville 09:38:48 -58.2 Dark Down 71.9 190.0 Up 09:23:48 - 09:53:48 214
Fall River/Burney 09:38:52 -59.2 Dark Down 72.5 186.6 Up 09:23:52 - 09:53:52 165
Dunrhomin 09:37:53 -48.5 Dark Down 67.5 228.1 Up 09:22:53 - 09:52:53 123
Nikitin 09:37:53 -48.6 Dark Down 67.6 228.4 Up 09:22:53 - 09:52:53 103
CU-SBO 09:37:53 -48.7 Dark Down 67.7 228.4 Up 09:22:53 - 09:52:53 96
Greenville 09:38:51 -59.4 Dark Down 73.4 188.4 Up 09:23:51 - 09:53:51 68
Gimple 09:38:50 -59.3 Dark Down 73.4 188.6 Up 09:23:50 - 09:53:50 68
Quincy 09:38:51 -59.5 Dark Down 73.6 188.5 Up 09:23:51 - 09:53:51 46
Portola 09:38:49 -59.3 Dark Down 73.7 190.1 Up 09:23:49 - 09:53:49 32
Reno 09:38:46 -59.0 Dark Down 73.8 192.3 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 3
Carson City 09:38:46 -59.1 Dark Down 74.2 192.6 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 -36
Yerington 09:38:44 -58.8 Dark Down 74.2 194.9 Up 09:23:44 - 09:53:44 -57
Gardnerville 09:38:46 -59.2 Dark Down 74.4 193.0 Up 09:23:46 - 09:53:46 -62
Hawthorne 09:38:42 -58.7 Dark Down 74.6 197.0 Up 09:23:42 - 09:53:42 -107
Lee Vining 09:38:44 -59.3 Dark Down 75.2 196.0 Up 09:23:44 - 09:53:44 -168
Bishop 09:38:41 -59.0 Dark Down 75.6 199.2 Up 09:23:41 - 09:53:41 -233
Beatty 09:38:35 -58.0 Dark Down 75.6 205.5 Up 09:23:35 - 09:53:35 -282
Patrick 09:38:23 -56.4 Dark Down 75.6 217.8 Up 09:23:23 - 09:53:23 -440
Laughlin/Bullhead City 09:38:26 -57.0 Dark Down 76.2 216.2 Up 09:23:26 - 09:53:26 -468
Lake Havasu City 09:38:25 -57.0 Dark Down 76.6 218.7 Up 09:23:25 - 09:53:25 -541
Wildwood 09:38:42 -60.4 Dark Down 78.7 203.7 Up 09:23:42 - 09:53:42 -588
George/Scottsdale 09:38:15 -55.3 Dark Down 75.8 228.2 Up 09:23:15 - 09:53:15 -618
Idyllwild 09:38:34 -59.1 Dark Down 78.3 212.2 Up 09:23:34 - 09:53:34 -627
Calipatria 09:38:29 -58.3 Dark Down 78.3 218.4 Up 09:23:29 - 09:53:29 -692
Yuma 09:38:25 -57.7 Dark Down 78.1 222.9 Up 09:23:25 - 09:53:25 -738

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 04VK78, (2025/11/22 09:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8 14.80 163
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  5.06 179
114 Tau        05:27:38.1 +21:56:13  4.7  1.91 174
PPM 094385     05:27:55.4 +23:17:34  8.4  0.83 175
PPM 094416     05:30:03.2 +23:45:31  9.1  0.27 176
04VK78         05:31:09.6 +23:40:13 15.6       175
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/25 03:12:02 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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