Uranus_2024-10-28T21_11_05.4200_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:50 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2024-10-28T21:14:28.040 Event type : PRgt : Uranus occs: not geocentric or topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : SAAO Location : So. Afr. Astro. Obs. (Sutherland) Latitude (deg) : -32.37953 E. Longitude (deg) : 20.81070 Altitude (km) : 1.768 Gaia source ID : 56824070890660864 2Mass ID (if available) : 03333741+1854596 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 33m 37.40000s +18:54:59.50812s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.95 K magnitude : 14.431 G magnitude : 15.859 RP magnitude : 15.332 BP magnitude : 16.212 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.628 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -21.64 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 159.93 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 120.45 B (ring opening deg) : 66.86 PA of pole (deg) : -84.39 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.938 C/A sky separation (km) : 26181.4 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 2024-10-28T20:44:14.994 23.58 -38.82 51500.33 -20.22 lambda I 2024-10-28T20:45:28.090 23.76 -38.95 50026.71 -20.05 delta I 2024-10-28T20:46:54.791 23.98 -39.11 48300.35 -19.77 gamma I 2024-10-28T20:47:29.253 24.07 -39.17 47621.18 -19.65 eta I 2024-10-28T20:47:51.953 24.13 -39.21 47176.12 -19.56 beta I 2024-10-28T20:49:09.510 24.32 -39.34 45668.66 -19.27 alpha I 2024-10-28T20:49:57.257 24.44 -39.42 44750.99 -19.06 4 I 2024-10-28T20:51:54.092 24.73 -39.62 42550.63 -18.53 5 I 2024-10-28T20:52:06.510 24.76 -39.64 42315.22 -18.45 6 I 2024-10-28T20:52:34.467 24.83 -39.69 41798.21 -18.29 No planet occultations 6 E 2024-10-28T21:38:15.424 30.97 -43.18 41828.56 18.34 5 E 2024-10-28T21:38:36.028 31.02 -43.20 42215.43 18.50 4 E 2024-10-28T21:38:57.690 31.06 -43.22 42615.26 18.58 alpha E 2024-10-28T21:40:48.444 31.28 -43.31 44699.41 19.11 beta E 2024-10-28T21:41:39.160 31.38 -43.35 45676.24 19.33 eta E 2024-10-28T21:42:56.164 31.52 -43.41 47176.12 19.63 gamma E 2024-10-28T21:43:19.222 31.57 -43.43 47629.62 19.71 delta E 2024-10-28T21:43:53.144 31.63 -43.45 48300.35 19.83 lambda E 2024-10-28T21:45:19.558 31.80 -43.52 50026.71 20.12 epsilon E 2024-10-28T21:45:58.147 31.87 -43.54 50805.37 20.29