Uranus_2026-07-19T11_18_08.6800_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 : 2026-07-19T11:15:11.800 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 : 52030543790169472 2Mass ID (if available) : 04085419+2049324 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 08m 54.18159s +20:49:31.75345s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.01 K magnitude : 12.501 G magnitude : 15.790 RP magnitude : 14.796 BP magnitude : 16.807 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 20.060 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 24.56 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 52.27 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 119.03 B (ring opening deg) : 74.59 PA of pole (deg) : -70.97 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.216 C/A sky separation (km) : 3144.7 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 2026-07-19T10:41:11.392 27.92 -16.59 51435.82 -25.07 lambda I 2026-07-19T10:42:07.581 28.12 -16.43 50026.71 -25.08 delta I 2026-07-19T10:43:16.435 28.37 -16.23 48300.35 -25.07 gamma I 2026-07-19T10:43:43.152 28.46 -16.15 47630.62 -25.07 eta I 2026-07-19T10:44:01.285 28.53 -16.10 47176.12 -25.06 beta I 2026-07-19T10:45:02.128 28.74 -15.92 45652.12 -25.06 alpha I 2026-07-19T10:45:40.181 28.88 -15.81 44696.80 -25.05 4 I 2026-07-19T10:47:06.970 29.19 -15.56 42527.47 -25.05 5 I 2026-07-19T10:47:19.079 29.23 -15.53 42230.79 -25.05 6 I 2026-07-19T10:47:32.695 29.28 -15.49 41879.59 -25.04 Uranus I 2026-07-19T10:58:11.555 31.56 -13.62 25095.29 -14.16 -14.81 Uranus E 2026-07-19T11:32:18.133 38.89 -7.39 25210.67 12.20 12.76 6 E 2026-07-19T11:42:58.977 41.20 -5.37 41794.84 24.94 5 E 2026-07-19T11:43:16.970 41.26 -5.32 42251.09 24.95 4 E 2026-07-19T11:43:31.869 41.31 -5.27 42616.29 24.94 alpha E 2026-07-19T11:44:57.298 41.62 -5.00x 44743.72 24.94 beta E 2026-07-19T11:45:34.485 41.76 -4.88x 45672.58 24.95 eta E 2026-07-19T11:46:34.783 41.97 -4.69x 47176.12 24.95 gamma E 2026-07-19T11:46:52.670 42.04 -4.63x 47622.36 24.95 delta E 2026-07-19T11:47:19.846 42.14 -4.54x 48300.35 24.95 lambda E 2026-07-19T11:48:29.037 42.38 -4.32x 50026.71 24.95 epsilon E 2026-07-19T11:49:01.098 42.50 -4.22x 50826.70 24.94