Uranus_2024-07-23T09_10_09.5500_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:23:52 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2024-07-23T09:06:20.860 Event type : PtRgt : Uranus occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : MCD Location : McDonald Obs. 2.7m Latitude (deg) : 30.67158 E. Longitude (deg) : 255.97844 Altitude (km) : 2.075 Gaia source ID : 57157635230835712 2Mass ID (if available) : 03360088+1903282 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 36m 00.89187s +19:03:28.26049s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.06 K magnitude : 14.734 G magnitude : 16.548 RP magnitude : 15.937 BP magnitude : 16.997 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.997 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 19.20 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 64.42 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 89.46 B (ring opening deg) : 67.41 PA of pole (deg) : -83.72 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.262 C/A sky separation (km) : 32814.2 NAIF SPICE kernels : RAJobs_U111+rgf15.spk URKALLv1.spk ura111.bsp IAU_URANUS_for_RINGFIT.tpc vgr2.ura111.bsp ura161.bsp vgr2.ura161.bsp peph.ura160.bsp earthstns_itrf93_040916.bsp earth_720101_070426.bpc earth_200101_990628_predict.bpc pg3f0000r.bsp pg490000r.bsp 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- epsilon I 2024-07-23T08:33:26.930 10.87 -35.04 51152.99 -15.63 lambda I 2024-07-23T08:34:39.117 11.12 -34.93 50026.71 -15.47 delta I 2024-07-23T08:36:32.329 11.51 -34.74 48300.35 -15.02 gamma I 2024-07-23T08:37:17.610 11.67 -34.67 47624.54 -14.83 eta I 2024-07-23T08:37:47.990 11.78 -34.62 47176.12 -14.69 beta I 2024-07-23T08:39:33.761 12.14 -34.44 45647.55 -14.19 alpha I 2024-07-23T08:40:38.009 12.37 -34.33 44746.35 -13.86 4 I 2024-07-23T08:43:22.214 12.94 -34.05 42539.80 -12.92 5 I 2024-07-23T08:43:39.551 13.00 -34.02 42314.29 -12.82 6 I 2024-07-23T08:44:20.050 13.14 -33.95 41799.14 -12.58 No planet occultations 6 E 2024-07-23T09:25:40.752 21.86 -28.97 41845.80 12.52 5 E 2024-07-23T09:26:12.707 21.97 -28.90 42240.71 12.76 4 E 2024-07-23T09:26:35.333 22.05 -28.84 42532.69 12.87 alpha E 2024-07-23T09:29:17.639 22.63 -28.47 44701.88 13.79 beta E 2024-07-23T09:30:25.503 22.87 -28.32 45645.67 14.12 eta E 2024-07-23T09:32:12.115 23.25 -28.07 47176.12 14.61 gamma E 2024-07-23T09:32:43.132 23.36 -28.00 47631.35 14.74 delta E 2024-07-23T09:33:28.220 23.52 -27.90 48300.35 14.93 lambda E 2024-07-23T09:35:22.136 23.92 -27.63 50026.71 15.37 epsilon E 2024-07-23T09:36:08.770 24.09 -27.52 50747.45 15.52