Uranus_2025-02-23T17_05_43.7900_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:51 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2025-02-23T17:06:13.450 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 : 55969166240040832 2Mass ID (if available) : 03231993+1820036 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 23m 19.93112s +18:20:03.78280s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 2.59 K magnitude : 14.811 G magnitude : 18.146 RP magnitude : 17.086 BP magnitude : 18.971 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.723 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 12.44 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 78.18 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 134.02 B (ring opening deg) : 64.47 PA of pole (deg) : -86.90 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.941 C/A sky separation (km) : 27771.2 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 2025-02-23T16:14:08.824 38.93 12.63x 51408.96 -11.01 lambda I 2025-02-23T16:16:14.557 38.86 12.18x 50026.71 -10.93 delta I 2025-02-23T16:18:53.862 38.77 11.62x 48300.35 -10.74 gamma I 2025-02-23T16:19:57.323 38.73 11.40x 47621.02 -10.66 eta I 2025-02-23T16:20:39.144 38.70 11.25x 47176.12 -10.61 beta I 2025-02-23T16:23:04.494 38.61 10.74x 45649.25 -10.42 alpha I 2025-02-23T16:24:32.484 38.55 10.43x 44735.63 -10.29 4 I 2025-02-23T16:28:08.740 38.39 9.67x 42549.82 -9.92 5 I 2025-02-23T16:28:45.662 38.36 9.54x 42181.47 -9.87 6 I 2025-02-23T16:29:15.088 38.33 9.44x 41878.73 -9.80 No planet occultations 6 E 2025-02-23T17:47:25.035 31.62 -6.81 41823.84 9.85 5 E 2025-02-23T17:48:12.568 31.53 -6.97 42300.63 9.93 4 E 2025-02-23T17:48:36.432 31.48 -7.05 42534.39 9.97 alpha E 2025-02-23T17:52:14.017 31.04 -7.79 44743.45 10.35 beta E 2025-02-23T17:53:44.094 30.86 -8.09 45679.75 10.48 eta E 2025-02-23T17:56:05.567 30.56 -8.57 47176.12 10.68 gamma E 2025-02-23T17:56:47.676 30.47 -8.71 47627.09 10.74 delta E 2025-02-23T17:57:50.144 30.34 -8.92 48300.35 10.82 lambda E 2025-02-23T18:00:28.336 30.00 -9.45 50026.71 11.01 epsilon E 2025-02-23T18:01:34.769 29.86 -9.68 50760.31 11.10