RECON: TNO occultation with 15VB166

Event between 15VB166 and star GA1120:00903472 with event index number of 2571959

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/22 07:40:34 UTC

J2000 position of star is 05:00:52.4 +22:13:21
Equinox of date position of star is 05:02:18.4 +22:15:22
Stellar brightness G=16.3, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon. Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.9

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Object is 32.3 AU from the Sun and 31.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 610 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1600 km.
The sky-plane scale is 22968.3 km/arcsec.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.7
Diameter=111.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=45.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 2:1E
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15VB166, (2025/10/22 07:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:24.3 +16:33:33  0.8  8.20 147
Alnath         05:27:55.5 +28:37:37  1.6  8.58 135
102Iot Tau     05:04:38.4 +21:37:28  4.6  0.82 141
PPM 094029     05:05:54.8 +21:40:39  8.3  1.00 141
PPM 093959     05:01:52.3 +22:00:35 10.0  0.28 141
15VB166        05:02:25.4 +22:15:31 16.3       141
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 27.0 km RECON observability=1.0 and success probability=42.5%
Site Site mid-time
(UT)
Sun alt
(deg)
Sky Moon Star alt
(deg)
Star az
(deg)
Target Observing Time
(UT)
X-track
(km)
Kamloops 07:43:38 -50.5 Dark Down 42.8 108.5 Up 07:28:38 - 07:58:38 708
Kelowna 07:43:39 -51.3 Dark Down 43.6 108.7 Up 07:28:39 - 07:58:39 620
Peachland 07:43:41 -51.4 Dark Down 43.5 108.3 Up 07:28:41 - 07:58:41 619
Victoria 07:43:58 -52.5 Dark Down 41.6 103.9 Up 07:28:58 - 07:58:58 613
Summerland 07:43:41 -51.6 Dark Down 43.6 108.3 Up 07:28:41 - 07:58:41 605
Penticton 07:43:41 -51.6 Dark Down 43.7 108.3 Up 07:28:41 - 07:58:41 596
Oliver 07:43:43 -52.0 Dark Down 43.8 108.0 Up 07:28:43 - 07:58:43 567
Anarchist Mountain Observatory 07:43:43 -52.2 Dark Down 44.0 108.0 Up 07:28:43 - 07:58:43 549
Okanogan 07:43:47 -52.8 Dark Down 44.1 107.2 Up 07:28:47 - 07:58:47 501
Sleaford 07:42:43 -47.6 Dark Down 50.1 125.2 Up 07:27:43 - 07:57:43 498
Brewster 07:43:49 -53.1 Dark Down 44.0 106.8 Up 07:28:49 - 07:58:49 484
Manson/Chelan 07:43:51 -53.3 Dark Down 43.8 106.3 Up 07:28:51 - 07:58:51 476
Wenatchee 07:43:54 -53.8 Dark Down 43.9 105.7 Up 07:28:54 - 07:58:54 441
Ellensburg 07:43:56 -54.2 Dark Down 43.8 105.1 Up 07:28:56 - 07:58:56 412
Yakima 07:43:58 -54.6 Dark Down 43.9 104.7 Up 07:28:58 - 07:58:58 378
Toppenish/White Swan 07:43:59 -54.8 Dark Down 44.1 104.7 Up 07:28:59 - 07:58:59 355
The Dalles 07:44:05 -55.6 Dark Down 43.8 103.3 Up 07:29:05 - 07:59:05 311
PNWRO 07:43:55 -55.2 Dark Down 45.2 105.7 Up 07:28:55 - 07:58:55 284
Maupin 07:44:07 -56.0 Dark Down 43.9 103.0 Up 07:29:07 - 07:59:07 272
Sisters 07:44:12 -56.9 Dark Down 43.8 101.8 Up 07:29:12 - 07:59:12 211
Bend 07:44:13 -57.1 Dark Down 44.0 101.8 Up 07:29:13 - 07:59:13 183
Oregon Observatory 07:44:14 -57.3 Dark Down 44.0 101.5 Up 07:29:14 - 07:59:14 172
Chiloquin 07:44:21 -58.6 Dark Down 44.0 99.9 Up 07:29:21 - 07:59:21 69
Klamath Falls 07:44:23 -58.9 Dark Down 44.1 99.7 Up 07:29:23 - 07:59:23 36
Cedarville 07:44:20 -59.6 Dark Down 45.4 100.3 Up 07:29:20 - 07:59:20 -72
Fall River/Burney 07:44:26 -60.1 Dark Down 44.6 98.8 Up 07:29:26 - 07:59:26 -80
Greenville 07:44:29 -61.0 Dark Down 45.0 98.3 Up 07:29:29 - 07:59:29 -175
Gimple 07:44:28 -61.0 Dark Down 45.1 98.4 Up 07:29:28 - 07:59:28 -177
Quincy 07:44:30 -61.2 Dark Down 45.1 98.1 Up 07:29:30 - 07:59:30 -193
Portola 07:44:29 -61.4 Dark Down 45.5 98.3 Up 07:29:29 - 07:59:29 -219
Reno 07:44:27 -61.6 Dark Down 46.0 98.5 Up 07:29:27 - 07:59:27 -262
Carson City 07:44:29 -62.0 Dark Down 46.1 98.2 Up 07:29:29 - 07:59:29 -296
Gardnerville 07:44:30 -62.2 Dark Down 46.1 98.0 Up 07:29:30 - 07:59:30 -320
Yerington 07:44:27 -62.2 Dark Down 46.6 98.5 Up 07:29:27 - 07:59:27 -333
Hawthorne 07:44:27 -62.6 Dark Down 47.0 98.4 Up 07:29:27 - 07:59:27 -392
Lee Vining 07:44:31 -63.2 Dark Down 46.8 97.4 Up 07:29:31 - 07:59:31 -429
Bishop 07:44:31 -63.8 Dark Down 47.4 97.3 Up 07:29:31 - 07:59:31 -507
Dunrhomin 07:43:23 -58.2 Dark Down 56.4 112.3 Up 07:28:23 - 07:58:23 -598
Beatty 07:44:26 -64.1 Dark Down 48.7 98.0 Up 07:29:26 - 07:59:26 -600
Nikitin 07:43:24 -58.4 Dark Down 56.5 112.0 Up 07:28:24 - 07:58:24 -615
CU-SBO 07:43:25 -58.5 Dark Down 56.5 111.9 Up 07:28:25 - 07:58:25 -619
Wildwood 07:44:44 -67.0 Dark Down 47.6 93.7 Up 07:29:44 - 07:59:44 -812
Patrick 07:44:19 -65.1 Dark Down 51.2 98.3 Up 07:29:19 - 07:59:19 -829
Laughlin/Bullhead City 07:44:23 -65.5 Dark Down 50.7 97.5 Up 07:29:23 - 07:59:23 -832
Lake Havasu City 07:44:25 -66.1 Dark Down 51.0 96.9 Up 07:29:25 - 07:59:25 -905
Idyllwild 07:44:38 -67.2 Dark Down 49.2 94.4 Up 07:29:38 - 07:59:38 -906
Calipatria 07:44:35 -67.7 Dark Down 50.2 94.4 Up 07:29:35 - 07:59:35 -1002
George/Scottsdale 07:44:16 -66.3 Dark Down 53.1 97.6 Up 07:29:16 - 07:59:16 -1055
Yuma 07:44:32 -67.9 Dark Down 51.0 94.5 Up 07:29:32 - 07:59:32 -1072

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 15VB166, (2025/10/22 07:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  8.20 147
Alnath         05:26:17.6 +28:36:23  1.6  8.58 135
102Iot Tau     05:03:05.8 +21:35:23  4.6  0.82 141
PPM 094029     05:04:22.1 +21:38:36  8.3  1.00 141
PPM 093959     05:00:19.5 +21:58:24 10.0  0.28 141
15VB166        05:00:52.4 +22:13:21 16.3       141
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/14 03:56:45 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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