RECON: TNO occultation with 471143

Event between (471143) Dziewanna and star GA0440:09202394 with event index number of 2265727

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/01 18:17:51 UTC

J2000 position of star is 14:45:36.2 -45:29:32
Equinox of date position of star is 14:47:13.5 -45:35:38
Stellar brightness G=16.2, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon. Moon is 8% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.6

Object is 34.4 AU from the Sun and 34.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 142 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2269 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.1
Diameter=933.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 76.0 sec chord
Diameter=381.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 31.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:2EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471143, (2024/08/01 18:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:41:17.8 -60:56:08  0.0 15.37 129
Alp Lup        14:43:34.6 -47:29:32  2.3  2.00 131
PPM 319747     14:40:48.4 -46:41:26  6.1  1.56 131
PPM 319860     14:47:23.2 -45:59:01  8.5  0.39 132
PPM 319849     14:46:52.9 -45:31:40  9.5  0.09 132
471143         14:47:14.0 -45:35:40 16.2       132
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, (2024/08/01 18:20UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:24.2 -60:49:51  0.0 15.37 129
Alp Lup        14:41:55.7 -47:23:18  2.3  2.00 131
PPM 319747     14:39:10.5 -46:35:08  6.1  1.56 131
PPM 319860     14:45:45.1 -45:52:53  8.5  0.39 132
PPM 319849     14:45:15.1 -45:25:31  9.5  0.09 132
471143         14:45:36.2 -45:29:32 16.2       132
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/11 03:49:25 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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