Saturn_2033-12-02T17_31_36.5400_MSO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:22:43 2023 target : Saturn target radius (km) : 60268.00 C/A epoch : 2033-12-02T17:28:42.120 Event type : XRt : No Saturn occs : Ring occs: topocentric, not geoecetric Observer code : MSO Location : Mt. Stromlo Observatory Latitude (deg) : -35.32000 E. Longitude (deg) : 149.00833 Altitude (km) : 0.770 Gaia source ID : 865976491908550528 2Mass ID (if available) : 07262195+2135496 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 07h 26m 21.95210s +21:35:49.33798s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.92 K magnitude : 9.250 G magnitude : 11.491 RP magnitude : 10.800 BP magnitude : 12.029 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 8.247 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -13.31 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 140.37 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 89.35 B (ring opening deg) : -23.58 PA of pole (deg) : -6.71 Pole direction: RA (deg): 40.60000 Dec (deg): 83.50000 C/A sky separation (") : 10.757 C/A sky separation (km) : 64344.8 NAIF SPICE kernels : RAJobs_U111+rgf15.spk URKALLv1.spk Saturn_ring_plane.tf sat378.bsp sat286.bsp vgr1.sat286.bsp vgr2.sat286.bsp HST1081HSPephemUTC.bsp pfbl0000r.bsp cassini.bsp earthstns_itrf93_040916.bsp earth_200101_990628_predict.bpc earth_720101_070426.bpc cpck28Mar2008.tpc pck.sat440.tpc IAU_SATURN_for_RINGFIT.tpc naif0012.tls earth_flat_IAU.spk b: ring blocked by planet x: target alt < 5.0 deg or sun > -5.0 deg Ring I/E UTC b? alt alt-sun radius r-dot lat-geo lat-geodetic --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F ring I 2033-12-02T18:10:08.599 29.82 -6.56 140461.00 -4.10 A (OER) I 2033-12-02T18:30:51.719 27.99 -2.94x 136774.40 -1.81 No planet occultations A (OER) E 2033-12-02T19:02:13.064 24.61 2.75x 136774.40 1.80 F ring E 2033-12-02T19:23:02.434 22.01 6.64x 140461.00 4.07