RECON: TNO occultation with 32532

Event between (32532) Thereus and star GA0800:04244050 with event index number of 2196047

Geocentric closest approach at 2026/04/04 19:13:00 UTC

J2000 position of star is 12:32:41.9 -09:30:58
Equinox of date position of star is 12:33:57.5 -09:39:00
Stellar brightness G=15.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 34 degrees from the moon. Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.3

Object is 10.6 AU from the Sun and 9.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.5 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 11.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 27 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 439 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=86.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Diameter=35.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 32532, (2026/04/04 19:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:34.8 -11:17:51  1.0 13.01  22
4Gam Crv       12:17:09.7 -17:41:15  2.6  9.01  36
21 Vir         12:35:08.2 -09:35:48  5.6  0.27  34
PPM 195573     12:32:46.9 -09:19:35  7.4  0.46  35
PPM 195584     12:33:51.9 -09:31:53  9.1  0.14  34
32532          12:34:03.5 -09:39:38 15.2        34
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 32532, (2026/04/04 19:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 13.01  22
4Gam Crv       12:15:48.1 -17:32:30  2.6  9.01  36
21 Vir         12:33:46.6 -09:27:07  5.6  0.27  34
PPM 195573     12:31:25.4 -09:10:54  7.4  0.46  35
PPM 195584     12:32:30.3 -09:23:13  9.1  0.14  34
32532          12:32:41.9 -09:30:58 15.2        34
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/22 04:03:59 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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