Saturn_2047-09-13T19_55_25.8000_ESO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:20:28 2023 target : Saturn target radius (km) : 60268.00 C/A epoch : 2047-09-13T19:42:47.930 Event type : PgtRgt : Saturn occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : ESO Location : European Southern Obs. (3.6m) Latitude (deg) : -29.26097 E. Longitude (deg) : 289.26831 Altitude (km) : 2.400 Gaia source ID : 4068970450597019648 2Mass ID (if available) : 17485412-2231553 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 17h 48m 54.12593s -22:31:55.52302s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.79 K magnitude : 8.557 G magnitude : 14.694 RP magnitude : 13.197 BP magnitude : 17.810 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 9.871 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 5.91 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 97.14 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 172.38 B (ring opening deg) : 26.91 PA of pole (deg) : 5.30 Pole direction: RA (deg): 40.60000 Dec (deg): 83.50000 C/A sky separation (") : 2.342 C/A sky separation (km) : 16764.9 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 2047-09-13T13:10:53.864 -30.09x 30.40x 140461.00 -6.02 A (OER) I 2047-09-13T13:21:07.256 -28.80x 32.42x 136774.40 -6.00 Encke (OEG) I 2047-09-13T13:29:32.603 -27.69x 34.06x 133744.89 -5.99 Encke (IEG) I 2047-09-13T13:30:26.317 -27.57x 34.23x 133423.31 -5.99 A (IER) I 2047-09-13T14:02:16.370 -22.95x 40.19x 122050.38 -5.92 B (OER) I 2047-09-13T14:14:55.092 -20.97x 42.43x 117571.16 -5.89 B (IER) I 2047-09-13T15:28:53.633 -8.05x 53.21x 91984.69 -5.61 C (IER) I 2047-09-13T16:22:20.465 2.28x 57.03x 74490.58 -5.27 Saturn I 2047-09-13T16:55:40.989 9.01 57.02x 60226.08 9.63 11.77 Saturn E 2047-09-13T22:34:55.509 80.87 -0.92x 60113.44 18.76 22.60 C (IER) E 2047-09-13T22:37:27.308 81.25 -1.47x 74490.58 4.85 B (IER) E 2047-09-13T23:35:57.044 80.12 -14.23 91984.69 5.10 B (OER) E 2047-09-14T00:57:42.308 63.41 -31.82 117571.16 5.32 A (IER) E 2047-09-14T01:11:41.696 60.36 -34.75 122050.38 5.35 Encke (IEG) E 2047-09-14T01:46:50.703 52.67 -41.93 133423.31 5.43 Encke (OEG) E 2047-09-14T01:47:49.886 52.46 -42.12 133744.89 5.43 A (OER) E 2047-09-14T01:57:06.251 50.43 -43.96 136774.40 5.46 F ring E 2047-09-14T02:08:20.404 47.97 -46.13 140461.00 5.48