RECON: TNO occultation with 47932

Event between (47932) 00GN171 and star GA0560:27271634 with event index number of 2316958

Geocentric closest approach at 2028/04/28 00:41:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 17:57:22.0 -33:12:07
Equinox of date position of star is 17:58:58.7 -33:12:11
Stellar brightness G=15.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 166 degrees from the moon. Moon is 11% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.3

Object is 30.4 AU from the Sun and 29.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 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 4903 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.7 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 47932, (2028/04/28 00:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:31:08.9 -26:29:32  0.9 20.20 173
Kap Sco        17:44:27.0 -39:02:30  2.4  6.56 164
PPM 297024     17:58:07.3 -32:28:37  6.5  0.76 166
PPM 297043     17:58:53.9 -33:24:36  8.2  0.22 166
47932          17:59:13.8 -33:12:11 15.8       165
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, (2028/04/28 00:41UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Antares        16:29:24.4 -26:25:56  0.9 20.20 173
Kap Sco        17:42:29.3 -39:01:49  2.4  6.56 164
PPM 297024     17:56:16.1 -32:28:30  6.5  0.76 166
PPM 297043     17:57:01.8 -33:24:30  8.2  0.22 166
47932          17:57:22.0 -33:12:07 15.8       166
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:33:19 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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