Uranus_2026-10-02T03_41_58.9700_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:23:57 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2026-10-02T03:50:13.960 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 : 52362523286618240 2Mass ID (if available) : 04125327+2100019 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 12m 53.29800s +21:00:01.54741s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.10 K magnitude : 14.748 G magnitude : 18.114 RP magnitude : 17.096 BP magnitude : 19.154 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.871 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -10.09 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 123.48 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 16.16 B (ring opening deg) : 75.41 PA of pole (deg) : -68.81 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.341 C/A sky separation (km) : 18350.6 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 2026-10-02T02:33:31.714 -11.55x -24.94 50828.34 -9.38 lambda I 2026-10-02T02:34:57.116 -11.29x -25.24 50026.71 -9.38 delta I 2026-10-02T02:38:01.716 -10.73x -25.89 48300.35 -9.33 gamma I 2026-10-02T02:39:13.601 -10.51x -26.14 47630.64 -9.31 eta I 2026-10-02T02:40:02.481 -10.36x -26.32 47176.12 -9.29 beta I 2026-10-02T02:42:45.064 -9.87x -26.89 45668.92 -9.24 alpha I 2026-10-02T02:44:28.453 -9.55x -27.25 44717.68 -9.21 4 I 2026-10-02T02:48:26.620 -8.82x -28.08 42529.75 -9.11 5 I 2026-10-02T02:48:58.611 -8.72x -28.19 42235.53 -9.10 6 I 2026-10-02T02:49:39.733 -8.59x -28.34 41879.72 -9.08 Uranus I 2026-10-02T03:21:42.862 -2.51x -34.97 25053.14 13.99 14.62 Uranus E 2026-10-02T04:19:43.994 9.05 -46.33 25528.50 -3.35 -3.51 6 E 2026-10-02T04:51:40.705 15.63 -51.97 41810.39 9.30 5 E 2026-10-02T04:52:33.631 15.82 -52.11 42297.84 9.33 4 E 2026-10-02T04:53:06.747 15.93 -52.21 42611.28 9.34 alpha E 2026-10-02T04:56:53.682 16.72 -52.83 44744.62 9.45 beta E 2026-10-02T04:58:31.261 17.06 -53.09 45669.65 9.49 eta E 2026-10-02T05:01:09.408 17.61 -53.51 47176.12 9.56 gamma E 2026-10-02T05:01:55.921 17.77 -53.64 47621.06 9.57 delta E 2026-10-02T05:03:06.770 18.02 -53.82 48300.35 9.60 lambda E 2026-10-02T05:06:05.994 18.64 -54.29 50026.71 9.66 epsilon E 2026-10-02T05:08:08.517 19.07 -54.60 51213.07 9.67