Uranus_2024-11-22T11_08_27.4600_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:23:53 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2024-11-22T11:04:23.000 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 : 57461203519965056 2Mass ID (if available) : 03292998+1840411 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 29m 30.00150s +18:40:41.09676s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.01 K magnitude : 14.683 G magnitude : 16.878 RP magnitude : 16.181 BP magnitude : 17.407 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.577 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.29 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 174.36 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 89.31 B (ring opening deg) : 65.91 PA of pole (deg) : -85.46 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.982 C/A sky separation (km) : 13236.0 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 2024-11-22T10:32:20.497 32.05 -37.60 51530.90 -24.66 lambda I 2024-11-22T10:33:21.599 31.83 -37.38 50026.71 -24.59 delta I 2024-11-22T10:34:31.909 31.58 -37.13 48300.35 -24.52 gamma I 2024-11-22T10:34:59.575 31.48 -37.03 47622.46 -24.49 eta I 2024-11-22T10:35:17.810 31.41 -36.96 47176.12 -24.47 beta I 2024-11-22T10:36:20.351 31.19 -36.74 45646.53 -24.39 alpha I 2024-11-22T10:36:57.641 31.05 -36.61 44737.37 -24.35 4 I 2024-11-22T10:38:28.270 30.73 -36.28 42529.03 -24.20 5 I 2024-11-22T10:38:39.808 30.69 -36.24 42242.17 -24.20 6 I 2024-11-22T10:38:56.213 30.63 -36.18 41853.25 -24.15 Uranus I 2024-11-22T10:49:14.222 28.41 -33.97 25096.62 23.41 24.39 Uranus E 2024-11-22T11:19:45.649 21.88 -27.45 25354.53 -15.20 -15.88 6 E 2024-11-22T11:30:48.396 19.53 -25.10 41800.59 24.07 5 E 2024-11-22T11:31:08.129 19.46 -25.03 42277.16 24.11 4 E 2024-11-22T11:31:21.074 19.42 -24.98 42595.20 24.12 alpha E 2024-11-22T11:32:48.699 19.11 -24.67 44719.12 24.25 beta E 2024-11-22T11:33:28.225 18.97 -24.53 45680.97 24.30 eta E 2024-11-22T11:34:29.612 18.75 -24.32 47176.12 24.37 gamma E 2024-11-22T11:34:48.128 18.68 -24.25 47627.47 24.39 delta E 2024-11-22T11:35:15.703 18.59 -24.15 48300.35 24.42 lambda E 2024-11-22T11:36:26.314 18.34 -23.90 50026.71 24.48 epsilon E 2024-11-22T11:37:01.448 18.21 -23.78 50887.41 24.55