The Occultation Group at UVA

Executive & Contact

Phillip "Teddy" Oakey President rxr4nd@virginia.edu
Keya Garg Vice President vsp9cu@virginia.edu
Altony Foote Treasurer evv2dx@virginia.edu
Andrey Moore Secretary/Machinist pvz5hs@virginia.edu

Faculty Advisors

Dr. Mike Skrutskie
Dr. Anne Verbiscer
Dr. Matthew Nelson

Observers

James Beck First Year
Brigh Chawner First Year
Mark Chernov Second Year
John DiPasquale Second Year
Kaushik Elavarasu First Year
Diego Gomez First Year
Tristan Howdyshell First Year
Uday Kapoor Third Year
Kaila Kennedy Third Year
Ben King First Year
Preston Le First Year
Kaylee Marinus Third Year
Rene O'Reilly Second Year
Siwon Park First Year
Mudrika Patel First Year
Eleanor Press Fourth Year
Andrés Salinas First Year
Andrés Salinas First Year
Mason Strak Second Year
Colin Surovell First Year
Andy Valerio First Year
Matthew Walls First Year
Stephen Welch First Year
Casey York First Year
Casey York First Year
Winston Zhang Graduate Student

Recent Results

All asteroidal occultation reviewed results for North America can be found here . We have included some of the most recent results in which members of our group contriubted data to a compiled profile below.

Profile of 106 Dione from data collected on June 5, 2025. UVA Observers: Andrey Moore

Profile of 46195 2001 FM144 from data collected on April 18, 2025. UVA Observers: Phillip "Teddy" Oakey, Andrey Moore

Profile of 93 Minerva from data collected on March 3, 2025. UVA Observers: Phillip "Teddy" Oakey, Altony Foote

Profile of 468861 2013 LU28 from data collected on January 30, 2025. UVA Observers: Phillip "Teddy" Oakey, Keya Garg, Altony Foote, Andrey Moore, Eleanor Press, John DiPasquale, Winston Zhang, Vasilisa Sergienko, Charles Dorsey, Kaila Kennedy, Nadara Hudson

Profile of 238 Hypatia from data collected on January 17, 2025. UVA Observers: Keya Garg, Nathaneil Wattier, Jake Woodside, Matt Nelson, Phillip "Teddy" Oakey, Altony Foote

Profile of 3200 Phaethon from data collected on December 12, 2024. UVA Observers: Phillip "Teddy" Oakey

Profile of 888 Parysatis from data collected on December 10, 2024. UVA Observers: Keya Garg, Altony Foote, Phillip "Teddy" Oakey, Muhammad Mousa, Nick Velasquez/Philip Heuser