Uranus_2025-11-27T20_52_24.1300_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 : 2025-11-27T20:54:05.540 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 : 51050947649474304 2Mass ID (if available) : 03463178+1941253 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 46m 31.78089s +19:41:25.47052s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 5.48 K magnitude : 12.495 G magnitude : 14.843 RP magnitude : 14.070 BP magnitude : 15.409 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.516 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.24 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 173.30 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 88.92 B (ring opening deg) : 69.78 PA of pole (deg) : -80.38 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.777 C/A sky separation (km) : 23860.2 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 2025-11-27T20:23:30.097 33.43 -29.18 50789.11 -21.99 lambda I 2025-11-27T20:24:04.918 33.48 -29.24 50026.71 -21.85 delta I 2025-11-27T20:25:24.373 33.61 -29.39 48300.35 -21.61 gamma I 2025-11-27T20:25:55.880 33.66 -29.45 47621.25 -21.50 eta I 2025-11-27T20:26:16.615 33.69 -29.49 47176.12 -21.43 beta I 2025-11-27T20:27:28.431 33.80 -29.62 45645.14 -21.18 alpha I 2025-11-27T20:28:14.003 33.87 -29.71 44685.78 -21.00 4 I 2025-11-27T20:29:57.530 34.02 -29.90 42538.66 -20.54 5 I 2025-11-27T20:30:09.713 34.04 -29.92 42289.69 -20.47 6 I 2025-11-27T20:30:30.640 34.07 -29.96 41850.66 -20.39 Uranus I 2025-11-27T20:47:37.275 35.45 -31.70 25558.92 -0.25 -0.26 Uranus E 2025-11-27T21:00:05.837 36.29 -32.82 25330.27 -13.20 -13.80 6 E 2025-11-27T21:16:16.652 37.13 -34.07 41870.55 20.41 5 E 2025-11-27T21:16:30.461 37.14 -34.08 42160.86 20.49 4 E 2025-11-27T21:16:49.268 37.16 -34.10 42553.61 20.56 alpha E 2025-11-27T21:18:34.148 37.23 -34.22 44740.33 21.02 beta E 2025-11-27T21:19:18.845 37.26 -34.27 45679.15 21.20 eta E 2025-11-27T21:20:28.990 37.31 -34.35 47176.12 21.46 gamma E 2025-11-27T21:20:50.120 37.32 -34.37 47630.24 21.53 delta E 2025-11-27T21:21:21.173 37.34 -34.41 48300.35 21.63 lambda E 2025-11-27T21:22:40.536 37.39 -34.49 50026.71 21.87 epsilon E 2025-11-27T21:23:47.864 37.43 -34.56 51505.65 22.01