Uranus_2025-10-27T19_27_55.3600_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:52 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2025-10-27T19:32:38.780 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 : 51128222702163968 2Mass ID (if available) : 03514472+1957255 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 51m 44.72903s +19:57:25.76442s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.05 K magnitude : 14.662 G magnitude : 18.049 RP magnitude : 16.995 BP magnitude : 19.189 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.602 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -20.49 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 154.21 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 137.55 B (ring opening deg) : 70.93 PA of pole (deg) : -78.57 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.132 C/A sky separation (km) : 15276.2 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 2025-10-27T18:55:39.167 -0.37x -23.31 50947.73 -20.58 lambda I 2025-10-27T18:56:24.051 -0.23x -23.44 50026.71 -20.50 delta I 2025-10-27T18:57:48.414 0.05x -23.68 48300.35 -20.42 gamma I 2025-10-27T18:58:21.468 0.15x -23.78 47625.76 -20.39 eta I 2025-10-27T18:58:43.530 0.22x -23.84 47176.12 -20.37 beta I 2025-10-27T18:59:58.197 0.46x -24.06 45656.76 -20.29 alpha I 2025-10-27T19:00:44.119 0.61x -24.19 44727.58 -20.24 4 I 2025-10-27T19:02:29.191 0.95x -24.49 42616.57 -20.10 5 I 2025-10-27T19:02:48.585 1.01x -24.55 42231.94 -20.06 6 I 2025-10-27T19:03:09.246 1.08x -24.61 41802.03 -20.05 Uranus I 2025-10-27T19:16:33.643 3.65x -26.87 25067.90 18.44 19.25 Uranus E 2025-10-27T19:49:04.333 9.69 -32.00 25425.22 -9.40 -9.84 6 E 2025-10-27T20:03:05.115 12.20 -34.03 41879.19 20.15 5 E 2025-10-27T20:03:19.988 12.24 -34.07 42182.51 20.17 4 E 2025-10-27T20:03:37.846 12.30 -34.11 42537.62 20.21 alpha E 2025-10-27T20:05:26.418 12.62 -34.36 44732.76 20.35 beta E 2025-10-27T20:06:12.684 12.75 -34.47 45676.99 20.41 eta E 2025-10-27T20:07:25.961 12.97 -34.64 47176.12 20.49 gamma E 2025-10-27T20:07:48.093 13.03 -34.69 47629.91 20.52 delta E 2025-10-27T20:08:20.746 13.13 -34.76 48300.35 20.55 lambda E 2025-10-27T20:09:44.587 13.37 -34.95 50026.71 20.63 epsilon E 2025-10-27T20:10:56.614 13.58 -35.11 51515.05 20.72