RECON: TNO occultation with 471143

Event between (471143) Dziewanna and star GA0460:07752533 with event index number of 1054477

Geocentric closest approach at 2021/02/18 15:45:09 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:28:40.0 -42:43:05
Equinox of date position of star is 14:30:00.7 -42:48:41
Stellar brightness G=16.4, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 151 degrees from the moon. Moon is 40% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=19.8

TNO is 35.4 AU from the Sun and 35.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.6 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 158 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2916 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.1
Diameter=933.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 64.0 sec chord
Diameter=381.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 26.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:2EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471143, (2021/02/18 15:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Hadar          14:05:20.0 -60:28:26  0.6 18.05 133
Alp Lup        14:43:20.7 -47:28:39  2.3  5.22 147
PPM 319404     14:21:29.9 -43:09:17  5.4  1.59 150
PPM 319612     14:33:02.5 -43:10:52  8.1  0.67 151
PPM 319555     14:29:33.8 -42:50:57  9.3  0.09 151
471143         14:30:00.8 -42:48:41 16.4       151
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 471143, (2021/02/18 15:45UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Hadar          14:03:49.3 -60:22:23  0.6 18.05 133
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  5.22 147
PPM 319404     14:20:09.7 -43:03:31  5.4  1.59 150
PPM 319612     14:31:41.2 -43:05:18  8.1  0.67 151
PPM 319555     14:28:13.0 -42:45:20  9.3  0.09 151
471143         14:28:40.0 -42:43:05 16.4       151
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/02/06 20:35:36 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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