Uranus_2026-07-21T02_13_50.2200_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:54 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2026-07-21T02:09:47.100 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 : 52029680500892288 2Mass ID (if available) : 04091059+2050143 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 09m 10.56858s +20:50:14.59254s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.03 K magnitude : 10.802 G magnitude : 12.629 RP magnitude : 12.010 BP magnitude : 13.071 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 20.038 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 23.94 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 53.76 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 138.79 B (ring opening deg) : 74.65 PA of pole (deg) : -70.83 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.284 C/A sky separation (km) : 18654.8 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 2026-07-21T01:37:44.257 -1.94x -49.49 51346.41 -22.78 lambda I 2026-07-21T01:38:42.153 -1.75x -49.28 50026.71 -22.74 delta I 2026-07-21T01:39:58.286 -1.51x -49.02 48300.35 -22.60 gamma I 2026-07-21T01:40:27.921 -1.41x -48.91 47631.31 -22.55 eta I 2026-07-21T01:40:48.129 -1.35x -48.84 47176.12 -22.50 beta I 2026-07-21T01:41:55.863 -1.13x -48.60 45657.79 -22.36 alpha I 2026-07-21T01:42:38.398 -0.99x -48.46 44705.53 -22.26 4 I 2026-07-21T01:44:16.925 -0.67x -48.11 42533.14 -22.01 5 I 2026-07-21T01:44:29.780 -0.63x -48.06 42255.52 -21.99 6 I 2026-07-21T01:44:46.313 -0.58x -48.01 41876.41 -21.91 Uranus I 2026-07-21T01:58:05.118 1.97x -45.19 25064.16 -14.60 -15.26 Uranus E 2026-07-21T02:21:58.791 6.44 -40.14 25531.45 3.36 3.52 6 E 2026-07-21T02:35:35.424 8.93 -37.26 41800.72 21.82 5 E 2026-07-21T02:35:57.468 8.99 -37.18 42284.46 21.90 4 E 2026-07-21T02:36:12.714 9.04 -37.13 42613.88 21.92 alpha E 2026-07-21T02:37:49.679 9.33 -36.79 44750.84 22.17 beta E 2026-07-21T02:38:31.425 9.45 -36.64 45678.25 22.26 eta E 2026-07-21T02:39:38.520 9.65 -36.41 47176.12 22.40 gamma E 2026-07-21T02:39:58.499 9.71 -36.34 47624.02 22.44 delta E 2026-07-21T02:40:28.602 9.80 -36.23 48300.35 22.50 lambda E 2026-07-21T02:41:45.112 10.03 -35.96 50026.71 22.63 epsilon E 2026-07-21T02:42:17.540 10.13 -35.85 50761.41 22.66