RECON: TNO occultation with 471143

Event between (471143) Dziewanna and star GA0400:13331338 with event index number of 2266589

Geocentric closest approach at 2027/09/18 00:43:27 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:22:39.7 -48:04:53
Equinox of date position of star is 15:24:23.3 -48:10:02
Stellar brightness G=16.9, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 133 degrees from the moon. Moon is 96% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.6

Object is 33.7 AU from the Sun and 34.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.0 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 151 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1986 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.1
Diameter=933.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 42.5 sec chord
Diameter=381.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:2EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471143, (2027/09/18 00:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:41:33.2 -60:56:57  0.0 14.17 128
Eps Lup        15:24:34.5 -44:47:13  2.8  3.39 135
Nu 1Lup        15:24:05.0 -48:01:35  5.0  0.18 133
PPM 320483     15:22:46.4 -48:08:52  8.2  0.31 134
PPM 320529     15:25:31.1 -48:06:57  9.7  0.16 133
471143         15:24:37.0 -48:10:43 16.9       133
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, (2027/09/18 00:48UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:25.2 -60:49:52  0.0 14.17 128
Eps Lup        15:22:40.8 -44:41:23  2.8  3.39 135
Nu 1Lup        15:22:08.0 -47:55:43  5.0  0.18 133
PPM 320483     15:20:49.4 -48:02:59  8.2  0.31 134
PPM 320529     15:23:33.7 -48:01:08  9.7  0.16 133
471143         15:22:39.7 -48:04:53 16.9       133
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:28:33 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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