Occultation event with (32475) 00SD234, event index number 4839
Regions able to see the event: Europe
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/11/23 18:55:22 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:23:46.5 +52:14:14
Equinox of date position of star is 04:25:51.7 +52:17:52
Star is 33 degrees from the moon. Moon is 99% illuminated.
Stellar brightness G=15.9, apparent brightess of occulting body is G=16.1
Use an exposure time of 0.50 seconds with the standard RECON-QHY system.
SNR of 3.2 per integration for unocculted signal
Expected flux drop is 54% with SNR of 1.7 for the occulted depth (per occulted point)
Apparent velocity is 19.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 20.4 arcsec/hr.
Position angle of asteroid motion is 99.3 degrees
The recommended exposure time corresponds to 9.5 km per image.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 0.7 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 40.3 km.
The sky-plane scale is 3356.2 km/arcsec.
Diameter estimates:
41.9 km assuming a 5% albedo, maximum of 2.2 sec for a central chord
17.1 km assuming a 30% albedo, maximum of 0.9 sec for a central chord
Cross-track diameter of 38.4 km used for deployment plan.
Star training set for 32475_00SD234, (2026/11/23 18:55UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:57.5 +27:57:32 1.1 44.26 63 Mirphak 03:26:15.5 +49:57:17 1.8 9.62 28 PPM 029033 04:18:49.8 +53:40:35 5.2 1.74 34 PPM 029118 04:26:18.6 +51:59:50 6.9 0.31 33 32475_00SD234 04:25:51.7 +52:17:52 16.1 34 Positions are for equinox of date
Star training set for 32475_00SD234, (2026/11/23 18:55UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:17.7 +28:01:33 1.1 44.26 63 Mirphak 03:24:19.4 +49:51:40 1.8 9.62 28 PPM 029033 04:16:43.0 +53:36:43 5.2 1.74 34 PPM 029118 04:24:13.9 +51:56:14 6.9 0.31 33 32475_00SD234 04:23:46.5 +52:14:14 16.1 33 Positions are for J2000