Uranus_2024-11-18T02_35_01.7800_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 : 2024-11-18T02:32:25.320 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 : 57465086170391808 2Mass ID (if available) : 03301468+1843141 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 30m 14.68903s +18:43:14.07972s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.03 K magnitude : 13.119 G magnitude : 14.752 RP magnitude : 14.196 BP magnitude : 15.135 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.572 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.42 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 178.91 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 31.26 B (ring opening deg) : 66.08 PA of pole (deg) : -85.28 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.263 C/A sky separation (km) : 30480.9 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 2024-11-18T02:04:37.889 15.56 -15.91 51313.80 -20.42 lambda I 2024-11-18T02:05:41.030 15.38 -15.73 50026.71 -20.23 delta I 2024-11-18T02:07:07.317 15.13 -15.48 48300.35 -19.78 gamma I 2024-11-18T02:07:41.555 15.03 -15.38 47626.55 -19.58 eta I 2024-11-18T02:08:04.637 14.96 -15.32 47176.12 -19.45 beta I 2024-11-18T02:09:24.547 14.73 -15.09 45641.21 -18.95 alpha I 2024-11-18T02:10:14.108 14.58 -14.94 44708.31 -18.60 4 I 2024-11-18T02:12:12.355 14.23 -14.60 42559.16 -17.74 5 I 2024-11-18T02:12:34.061 14.17 -14.54 42174.99 -17.51 6 I 2024-11-18T02:12:50.776 14.12 -14.49 41878.48 -17.40 No planet occultations 6 E 2024-11-18T02:49:48.282 7.37 -7.83 41850.66 17.36 5 E 2024-11-18T02:50:07.620 7.31 -7.77 42178.10 17.47 4 E 2024-11-18T02:50:32.075 7.24 -7.69 42614.40 17.69 alpha E 2024-11-18T02:52:25.930 6.88 -7.34 44686.78 18.55 beta E 2024-11-18T02:53:18.224 6.71 -7.18 45665.51 18.90 eta E 2024-11-18T02:54:37.034 6.47 -6.93 47176.12 19.39 gamma E 2024-11-18T02:55:00.435 6.39 -6.86 47631.45 19.53 delta E 2024-11-18T02:55:34.526 6.29 -6.75 48300.35 19.72 lambda E 2024-11-18T02:57:01.084 6.01 -6.48 50026.71 20.17 epsilon E 2024-11-18T02:57:36.688 5.90 -6.37 50747.73 20.35