RECON: TNO occultation with 471143

Event between (471143) Dziewanna and star GA0400:16271496 with event index number of 2826951

Geocentric closest approach at 2029/09/12 12:37:14 UTC

J2000 position of star is 15:47:25.2 -49:46:06
Equinox of date position of star is 15:49:13.1 -49:50:33
Stellar brightness G=16.8, use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 32 degrees from the moon. Moon is 23% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=19.5

Object is 33.3 AU from the Sun and 33.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.1 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 229 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 2654 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.1
Diameter=933.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 48.9 sec chord
Diameter=381.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 20.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:2EEEEE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 471143, (2029/09/12 12:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:41:41.7 -60:57:26  0.0 14.61  41
Eps Lup        15:24:42.7 -44:47:38  2.8  6.59  25
PPM 320910     15:44:47.1 -49:34:56  6.0  0.83  31
PPM 321040     15:50:27.5 -49:19:41  7.9  0.55  31
PPM 321025     15:49:51.3 -49:42:18  9.8  0.16  31
471143         15:49:36.0 -49:51:29 16.8        32
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, (2029/09/12 12:43UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
PPM 360911     14:39:24.5 -60:49:51  0.0 14.61  41
Eps Lup        15:22:40.8 -44:41:23  2.8  6.59  25
PPM 320910     15:42:37.2 -49:29:23  6.0  0.83  31
PPM 321040     15:48:17.3 -49:14:20  7.9  0.55  31
PPM 321025     15:47:40.7 -49:36:56  9.8  0.16  31
471143         15:47:25.2 -49:46:06 16.8        32
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/27 21:04:58 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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