Uranus_2026-10-31T07_30_04.6400_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 : 2026-10-31T07:30:57.560 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 : 52019887975678208 2Mass ID (if available) : 04092900+2051172 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 09m 29.01642s +20:51:17.31173s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.98 K magnitude : 14.682 G magnitude : 17.663 RP magnitude : 16.763 BP magnitude : 18.528 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.544 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -20.24 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 153.20 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 43.88 B (ring opening deg) : 74.71 PA of pole (deg) : -70.66 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.076 C/A sky separation (km) : 14474.4 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 2026-10-31T06:51:53.353 66.24 -73.39 51324.57 -20.32 lambda I 2026-10-31T06:52:57.426 66.46 -73.35 50026.71 -20.23 delta I 2026-10-31T06:54:22.893 66.75 -73.29 48300.35 -20.16 gamma I 2026-10-31T06:54:56.204 66.86 -73.26 47629.12 -20.14 eta I 2026-10-31T06:55:18.712 66.94 -73.24 47176.12 -20.12 beta I 2026-10-31T06:56:35.107 67.20 -73.18 45641.40 -20.04 alpha I 2026-10-31T06:57:22.919 67.36 -73.13 44686.46 -20.00 4 I 2026-10-31T06:59:08.411 67.72 -73.03 42577.73 -19.88 5 I 2026-10-31T06:59:29.058 67.79 -73.01 42168.55 -19.85 6 I 2026-10-31T06:59:47.578 67.85 -72.99 41812.35 -19.82 Uranus I 2026-10-31T07:14:01.715 70.69 -71.83 25452.89 6.60 6.91 Uranus E 2026-10-31T07:47:27.192 76.69 -67.41 25019.60 -15.21 -15.90 6 E 2026-10-31T08:01:24.004 78.64 -65.10 41833.57 19.86 5 E 2026-10-31T08:01:48.574 78.69 -65.03 42314.78 19.90 4 E 2026-10-31T08:02:02.980 78.72 -64.99 42595.01 19.92 alpha E 2026-10-31T08:03:50.517 78.93 -64.67 44750.58 20.04 beta E 2026-10-31T08:04:36.781 79.01 -64.54 45674.63 20.09 eta E 2026-10-31T08:05:51.331 79.15 -64.32 47176.12 20.16 gamma E 2026-10-31T08:06:13.402 79.19 -64.26 47621.34 20.18 delta E 2026-10-31T08:06:47.021 79.24 -64.16 48300.35 20.21 lambda E 2026-10-31T08:08:12.283 79.39 -63.90 50026.71 20.28 epsilon E 2026-10-31T08:09:09.857 79.48 -63.73 51195.69 20.37