Uranus_2024-11-12T18_00_22.2400_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 : 2024-11-12T18:04:28.710 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, 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 : 56716009513720320 2Mass ID (if available) : 03310965+1846263 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 31m 09.65189s +18:46:26.75527s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 5.96 K magnitude : 11.168 G magnitude : 12.755 RP magnitude : 12.212 BP magnitude : 13.129 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.575 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.34 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 175.43 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 47.81 B (ring opening deg) : 66.29 PA of pole (deg) : -85.04 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.490 C/A sky separation (km) : 6603.4 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 2024-11-12T17:30:42.657 0.20x -4.40x 51505.16 -25.11 lambda I 2024-11-12T17:31:41.525 0.39x -4.59x 50026.71 -25.11 delta I 2024-11-12T17:32:50.301 0.61x -4.81x 48300.35 -25.09 gamma I 2024-11-12T17:33:17.300 0.70x -4.90x 47622.93 -25.09 eta I 2024-11-12T17:33:35.112 0.76x -4.95x 47176.12 -25.08 beta I 2024-11-12T17:34:36.105 0.96x -5.15 45645.34 -25.06 alpha I 2024-11-12T17:35:12.294 1.08x -5.26 44735.23 -25.05 4 I 2024-11-12T17:36:40.256 1.36x -5.54 42529.52 -25.02 5 I 2024-11-12T17:36:51.590 1.40x -5.58 42240.64 -25.01 6 I 2024-11-12T17:37:06.866 1.45x -5.63 41853.59 -25.01 Uranus I 2024-11-12T17:47:10.184 3.39x -7.54 25215.11 19.59 20.44 Uranus E 2024-11-12T18:21:39.580 9.89 -13.89 25070.01 -23.67 -24.66 6 E 2024-11-12T18:31:19.349 11.66 -15.60 41833.91 25.10 5 E 2024-11-12T18:31:34.073 11.70 -15.64 42204.64 25.10 4 E 2024-11-12T18:31:50.185 11.75 -15.69 42616.39 25.12 alpha E 2024-11-12T18:33:12.598 12.00 -15.93 44693.86 25.15 beta E 2024-11-12T18:33:51.397 12.12 -16.05 45672.71 25.17 eta E 2024-11-12T18:34:51.036 12.30 -16.22 47176.12 25.19 gamma E 2024-11-12T18:35:09.077 12.35 -16.27 47630.61 25.20 delta E 2024-11-12T18:35:35.654 12.43 -16.35 48300.35 25.20 lambda E 2024-11-12T18:36:44.125 12.64 -16.55 50026.71 25.22 epsilon E 2024-11-12T18:37:12.987 12.72 -16.63 50754.79 25.22