Uranus_2026-10-31T04_26_11.9300_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 : 2026-10-31T04:29:50.750 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 : 52019819256201600 2Mass ID (if available) : 04093013+2051223 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 09m 30.15338s +20:51:22.37799s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.04 K magnitude : 14.946 G magnitude : 17.144 RP magnitude : 16.492 BP magnitude : 17.638 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.545 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -20.21 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 153.07 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 42.14 B (ring opening deg) : 74.71 PA of pole (deg) : -70.64 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.120 C/A sky separation (km) : 15066.8 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 2026-10-31T03:51:22.830 27.61 -48.06 51088.66 -19.89 lambda I 2026-10-31T03:52:16.147 27.80 -48.24 50026.71 -19.90 delta I 2026-10-31T03:53:43.065 28.11 -48.54 48300.35 -19.83 gamma I 2026-10-31T03:54:16.840 28.23 -48.66 47631.23 -19.80 eta I 2026-10-31T03:54:39.843 28.31 -48.74 47176.12 -19.77 beta I 2026-10-31T03:55:57.215 28.59 -49.01 45648.00 -19.70 alpha I 2026-10-31T03:56:46.298 28.76 -49.18 44686.73 -19.65 4 I 2026-10-31T03:58:35.243 29.15 -49.56 42546.42 -19.51 5 I 2026-10-31T03:58:55.625 29.22 -49.63 42155.56 -19.49 6 I 2026-10-31T03:59:12.090 29.28 -49.69 41841.95 -19.48 Uranus I 2026-10-31T04:13:30.201 32.34 -52.65 25023.50 15.15 15.83 Uranus E 2026-10-31T04:46:36.843 39.47 -59.27 25463.98 -6.24 -6.53 6 E 2026-10-31T05:01:10.423 42.61 -62.04 41862.38 19.58 5 E 2026-10-31T05:01:33.388 42.69 -62.11 42301.07 19.59 4 E 2026-10-31T05:01:46.848 42.74 -62.15 42564.27 19.61 alpha E 2026-10-31T05:03:37.583 43.14 -62.49 44750.49 19.76 beta E 2026-10-31T05:04:24.714 43.31 -62.64 45680.92 19.81 eta E 2026-10-31T05:05:39.989 43.58 -62.87 47176.12 19.89 gamma E 2026-10-31T05:06:02.464 43.66 -62.94 47623.46 19.92 delta E 2026-10-31T05:06:36.424 43.78 -63.04 48300.35 19.95 lambda E 2026-10-31T05:08:02.798 44.09 -63.30 50026.71 20.02 epsilon E 2026-10-31T05:08:49.620 44.26 -63.44 50965.22 20.02