Uranus_2026-02-23T00_00_12.3700_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:23:56 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2026-02-22T23:59:43.940 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 : 57087056031232384 2Mass ID (if available) : 03400296+1921561 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 40m 02.96765s +19:21:56.37443s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.01 K magnitude : 14.872 G magnitude : 17.440 RP magnitude : 16.711 BP magnitude : 18.006 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.572 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 9.85 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 83.24 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 14.26 B (ring opening deg) : 68.32 PA of pole (deg) : -82.36 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.173 C/A sky separation (km) : 2458.7 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 2026-02-22T22:35:36.502 62.70 26.13x 50925.19 -10.10 lambda I 2026-02-22T22:37:05.467 63.00 25.86x 50026.71 -10.10 delta I 2026-02-22T22:39:56.441 63.59 25.33x 48300.35 -10.10 gamma I 2026-02-22T22:41:03.651 63.81 25.12x 47621.84 -10.09 eta I 2026-02-22T22:41:47.807 63.96 24.98x 47176.12 -10.09 beta I 2026-02-22T22:44:20.018 64.48 24.51x 45641.23 -10.09 alpha I 2026-02-22T22:45:54.344 64.80 24.21x 44684.63 -10.09 4 I 2026-02-22T22:49:28.324 65.52 23.54x 42530.73 -10.09 5 I 2026-02-22T22:49:55.851 65.61 23.45x 42261.58 -10.09 6 I 2026-02-22T22:50:35.023 65.75 23.33x 41869.56 -10.09 Uranus I 2026-02-22T23:15:41.114 70.62 18.47x 25164.27 -19.00 -19.83 Uranus E 2026-02-23T00:43:39.161 78.24 0.47x 25095.18 20.71 21.60 6 E 2026-02-23T01:08:19.774 75.36 -4.76x 41808.35 10.10 5 E 2026-02-23T01:08:58.579 75.27 -4.90x 42199.60 10.09 4 E 2026-02-23T01:09:40.060 75.16 -5.04 42609.12 10.09 alpha E 2026-02-23T01:13:12.952 74.61 -5.80 44752.09 10.10 beta E 2026-02-23T01:14:44.436 74.37 -6.12 45681.23 10.10 eta E 2026-02-23T01:17:12.560 73.97 -6.65 47176.12 10.10 gamma E 2026-02-23T01:17:57.521 73.85 -6.81 47630.36 10.10 delta E 2026-02-23T01:19:03.830 73.66 -7.05 48300.35 10.10 lambda E 2026-02-23T01:21:54.652 73.18 -7.66 50026.71 10.11 epsilon E 2026-02-23T01:24:03.994 72.81 -8.12 51334.23 10.11