RECON: TNO occultation with 32532

Event between (32532) Thereus and star GA0820:03896066 with event index number of 1028598

Geocentric closest approach at 2020/12/28 23:54:16 UTC

J2000 position of star is 09:43:33.5 -06:00:38
Equinox of date position of star is 09:44:36.3 -06:06:27
Stellar brightness G=14.4, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 67 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.1

TNO is 12.3 AU from the Sun and 11.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 5.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 34 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 423 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.0
Diameter=94.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.7 sec chord
Diameter=38.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 32532, (2020/12/28 23:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:09:29.3 +11:51:50  1.3 19.01  65
Alphard        09:28:37.2 -08:45:02  2.0  4.76  65
33 Hya         09:35:35.5 -06:00:35  5.6  2.24  65
PPM 192680     09:45:12.2 -06:16:40  7.7  0.23  67
PPM 192665     09:44:19.7 -06:07:52  9.1  0.07  67
32532          09:44:36.3 -06:06:27 14.4        68
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, (2020/12/28 23:54UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Regulus        10:08:22.0 +11:58:02  1.3 19.01  65
Alphard        09:27:35.2 -08:39:30  2.0  4.76  65
33 Hya         09:34:32.7 -05:54:55  5.6  2.24  65
PPM 192680     09:44:09.3 -06:10:51  7.7  0.23  67
PPM 192665     09:43:16.8 -06:02:03  9.1  0.07  67
32532          09:43:33.5 -06:00:38 14.4        67
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/21 23:28:11 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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