RECON: TNO occultation with 47932

Event between (47932) 00GN171 and star GA0560:20247075 with event index number of 2315503

Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/27 03:14:02 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:16:03.1 -32:16:48
Equinox of date position of star is 17:17:38.5 -32:18:20
Stellar brightness G=16.7, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 142 degrees from the moon. Moon is 4% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0

Object is 29.8 AU from the Sun and 28.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 246 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1568 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.9 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 47932, (2025/06/27 03:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:30:58.5 -26:29:11  0.9 11.71 132
26Eps Sco      16:51:49.3 -34:20:13  2.3  5.78 137
PPM 296131     17:18:43.3 -32:41:21  5.5  0.44 142
PPM 296108     17:17:25.4 -32:04:16  8.3  0.24 142
47932          17:17:42.6 -32:18:24 16.7       143
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 47932, (2025/06/27 03:14UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 11.71 132
26Eps Sco      16:50:08.8 -34:17:41  2.3  5.78 137
PPM 296131     17:17:03.5 -32:39:48  5.5  0.44 142
PPM 296108     17:15:46.1 -32:02:40  8.3  0.24 142
47932          17:16:03.1 -32:16:48 16.7       142
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:56:47 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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