Uranus_2026-08-26T04_39_11.0300_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 : 2026-08-26T04:37:09.700 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 : 52362012186180096 2Mass ID (if available) : 04131654+2100561 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 13m 16.56270s +21:00:55.83084s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.15 K magnitude : 13.979 G magnitude : 16.461 RP magnitude : 15.656 BP magnitude : 17.140 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.467 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 7.68 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 87.40 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 116.12 B (ring opening deg) : 75.48 PA of pole (deg) : -68.59 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.775 C/A sky separation (km) : 10945.0 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 2026-08-26T02:45:57.855 30.76 -29.31 51555.08 -7.37 lambda I 2026-08-26T02:49:25.317 31.12 -28.59 50026.71 -7.36 delta I 2026-08-26T02:53:20.194 31.51 -27.76 48300.35 -7.34 gamma I 2026-08-26T02:54:52.091 31.66 -27.44 47626.11 -7.33 eta I 2026-08-26T02:55:53.478 31.76 -27.22 47176.12 -7.33 beta I 2026-08-26T02:59:23.305 32.10 -26.49 45641.09 -7.31 alpha I 2026-08-26T03:01:33.471 32.30 -26.03 44687.14 -7.30 4 I 2026-08-26T03:06:26.747 32.74 -24.99 42557.59 -7.27 5 I 2026-08-26T03:07:21.443 32.82 -24.80 42154.94 -7.26 6 I 2026-08-26T03:08:03.977 32.88 -24.65 41838.26 -7.26 Uranus I 2026-08-26T03:45:47.673 35.48 -16.67 25017.01 -14.42 -15.07 Uranus E 2026-08-26T05:29:39.773 35.05 5.02x 25398.73 7.69 8.06 6 E 2026-08-26T06:08:13.111 32.10 12.76x 41857.89 7.18 5 E 2026-08-26T06:09:13.515 32.00 12.96x 42302.00 7.19 4 E 2026-08-26T06:09:49.385 31.95 13.08x 42561.39 7.19 alpha E 2026-08-26T06:14:52.630 31.46 14.07x 44739.97 7.22 beta E 2026-08-26T06:17:02.162 31.24 14.49x 45678.29 7.23 eta E 2026-08-26T06:20:29.285 30.89 15.17x 47176.12 7.24 gamma E 2026-08-26T06:21:31.769 30.78 15.37x 47628.78 7.25 delta E 2026-08-26T06:23:04.401 30.61 15.67x 48300.35 7.25 lambda E 2026-08-26T06:27:02.169 30.19 16.44x 50026.71 7.27 epsilon E 2026-08-26T06:28:45.040 30.00 16.77x 50774.71 7.28