Uranus_2024-10-14T10_22_17.9000_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 : 2024-10-14T10:20:18.110 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, topocentric : 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 : 57157360352933248 2Mass ID (if available) : 03354370+1902093 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 35m 43.68397s +19:02:09.23941s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.98 K magnitude : 14.185 G magnitude : 16.323 RP magnitude : 15.657 BP magnitude : 16.824 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.741 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -18.06 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 145.04 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 78.74 B (ring opening deg) : 67.34 PA of pole (deg) : -83.82 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.007 C/A sky separation (km) : 92.3 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 2024-10-14T09:36:59.126 75.81 -43.62 51533.65 -19.82 lambda I 2024-10-14T09:38:15.173 75.63 -43.37 50026.71 -19.82 delta I 2024-10-14T09:39:42.296 75.43 -43.07 48300.35 -19.82 gamma I 2024-10-14T09:40:16.580 75.35 -42.95 47621.01 -19.81 eta I 2024-10-14T09:40:39.032 75.30 -42.88 47176.12 -19.81 beta I 2024-10-14T09:41:55.200 75.11 -42.62 45666.63 -19.81 alpha I 2024-10-14T09:42:41.194 75.00 -42.46 44751.69 -19.81 4 I 2024-10-14T09:44:32.622 74.72 -42.08 42549.98 -19.81 5 I 2024-10-14T09:44:44.606 74.69 -42.04 42315.23 -19.82 6 I 2024-10-14T09:45:10.094 74.63 -41.95 41798.03 -19.81 Uranus I 2024-10-14T09:57:36.426 72.61 -39.38 25113.98 21.32 22.23 Uranus E 2024-10-14T10:43:00.380 63.96 -29.82 25116.49 -21.25 -22.16 6 E 2024-10-14T10:55:31.746 61.39 -27.14 41876.32 19.79 5 E 2024-10-14T10:55:45.204 61.34 -27.09 42154.83 19.79 4 E 2024-10-14T10:56:07.468 61.26 -27.01 42592.76 19.79 alpha E 2024-10-14T10:57:53.510 60.90 -26.64 44685.31 19.79 beta E 2024-10-14T10:58:42.366 60.73 -26.46 45655.78 19.79 eta E 2024-10-14T10:59:59.177 60.46 -26.19 47176.12 19.79 gamma E 2024-10-14T11:00:22.189 60.38 -26.11 47631.53 19.79 delta E 2024-10-14T11:00:55.986 60.26 -25.99 48300.35 19.79 lambda E 2024-10-14T11:02:23.223 59.96 -25.67 50026.71 19.79 epsilon E 2024-10-14T11:03:00.464 59.83 -25.54 50763.68 19.79