RECON: TNO occultation with 471143

Event between (471143) Dziewanna and star GA0440:08866607 with event index number of 2265424

Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/29 04:38:06 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:32:16.4 -44:12:16
Equinox of date position of star is 14:33:42.6 -44:18:05
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 138 degrees from the moon. Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=19.6

TNO is 35.1 AU from the Sun and 34.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.4 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 135 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2391 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.1
Diameter=933.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 39.9 sec chord
Diameter=381.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 16.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:2EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471143, (2022/04/29 04:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:41:08.3 -60:55:35  0.0 16.66 122
Alp Lup        14:43:25.5 -47:28:57  2.3  3.60 134
PPM 319585     14:31:35.7 -45:25:12  5.8  1.18 137
PPM 319665     14:36:08.8 -44:07:30  8.3  0.47 137
PPM 319638     14:34:48.8 -44:08:01  9.9  0.26 138
471143         14:33:43.1 -44:18:07 16.2       137
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, (2022/04/29 04:38UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:25.2 -60:49:52  0.0 16.66 122
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  3.60 134
PPM 319585     14:30:08.6 -45:19:18  5.8  1.18 137
PPM 319665     14:34:42.0 -44:01:42  8.3  0.47 137
PPM 319638     14:33:22.2 -44:02:11  9.9  0.26 138
471143         14:32:16.4 -44:12:16 16.2       137
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/15 01:01:07 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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