Uranus_2026-10-02T03_41_58.9700_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 : 2026-10-02T03:39:59.050 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 : 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) : 15.91 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 (") : 0.648 C/A sky separation (km) : 8873.3 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 2026-10-02T02:22:30.445 36.61 -23.66 50884.79 -10.53 lambda I 2026-10-02T02:23:51.859 36.59 -23.39 50026.71 -10.54 delta I 2026-10-02T02:26:35.793 36.54 -22.85 48300.35 -10.52 gamma I 2026-10-02T02:27:39.389 36.52 -22.63 47631.19 -10.52 eta I 2026-10-02T02:28:22.657 36.50 -22.49 47176.12 -10.52 beta I 2026-10-02T02:30:46.432 36.44 -22.01 45664.54 -10.50 alpha I 2026-10-02T02:32:17.476 36.41 -21.71 44709.87 -10.50 4 I 2026-10-02T02:35:45.217 36.31 -21.02 42526.56 -10.47 5 I 2026-10-02T02:36:14.463 36.29 -20.92 42215.81 -10.47 6 I 2026-10-02T02:36:48.199 36.28 -20.81 41878.72 -10.46 Uranus I 2026-10-02T03:02:41.759 35.13 -15.55 25028.26 14.35 15.00 Uranus E 2026-10-02T04:17:50.978 28.28 0.13x 25345.96 -8.95 -9.36 6 E 2026-10-02T04:43:58.544 24.90 5.66x 41803.64 10.43 5 E 2026-10-02T04:44:45.601 24.79 5.83x 42285.11 10.43 4 E 2026-10-02T04:45:16.723 24.72 5.94x 42614.99 10.43 alpha E 2026-10-02T04:48:39.902 24.25 6.65x 44739.52 10.46 beta E 2026-10-02T04:50:08.425 24.04 6.96x 45665.76 10.46 eta E 2026-10-02T04:52:32.669 23.70 7.47x 47176.12 10.48 gamma E 2026-10-02T04:53:15.128 23.60 7.62x 47620.96 10.48 delta E 2026-10-02T04:54:19.951 23.44 7.85x 48300.35 10.48 lambda E 2026-10-02T04:57:04.546 23.05 8.43x 50026.71 10.49 epsilon E 2026-10-02T04:59:04.272 22.76 8.86x 51283.51 10.49