Uranus_2026-11-18T08_15_21.4400_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:23:58 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2026-11-18T08:14:12.830 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 : 52121700178108288 2Mass ID (if available) : 04063012+2043301 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 06m 30.12964s +20:43:29.95349s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.98 K magnitude : 12.801 G magnitude : 15.532 RP magnitude : 14.703 BP magnitude : 16.251 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.453 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.16 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 172.02 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 89.25 B (ring opening deg) : 74.09 PA of pole (deg) : -72.16 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.428 C/A sky separation (km) : 5732.7 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 2026-11-18T07:39:20.594 78.82 -72.70 51335.68 -24.10 lambda I 2026-11-18T07:40:14.865 78.72 -72.55 50026.71 -24.11 delta I 2026-11-18T07:41:26.473 78.58 -72.34 48300.35 -24.10 gamma I 2026-11-18T07:41:54.349 78.53 -72.26 47628.56 -24.10 eta I 2026-11-18T07:42:13.126 78.49 -72.20 47176.12 -24.09 beta I 2026-11-18T07:43:16.822 78.36 -72.02 45641.05 -24.08 alpha I 2026-11-18T07:43:56.495 78.27 -71.90 44689.77 -24.07 4 I 2026-11-18T07:45:23.543 78.09 -71.64 42592.08 -24.05 5 I 2026-11-18T07:45:40.704 78.05 -71.59 42188.08 -24.04 6 I 2026-11-18T07:45:56.598 78.02 -71.54 41801.44 -24.05 Uranus I 2026-11-18T07:56:57.318 76.41 -69.52 25053.70 15.34 16.03 Uranus E 2026-11-18T08:31:37.195 70.15 -62.66 25251.83 -11.83 -12.37 6 E 2026-11-18T08:42:48.390 67.92 -60.35 41877.98 24.03 5 E 2026-11-18T08:43:04.402 67.86 -60.29 42262.13 24.03 4 E 2026-11-18T08:43:16.268 67.82 -60.25 42540.21 24.03 alpha E 2026-11-18T08:44:47.645 67.52 -59.94 44741.61 24.05 beta E 2026-11-18T08:45:26.828 67.38 -59.80 45680.56 24.06 eta E 2026-11-18T08:46:28.933 67.17 -59.58 47176.12 24.07 gamma E 2026-11-18T08:46:47.587 67.11 -59.52 47625.21 24.08 delta E 2026-11-18T08:47:15.625 67.01 -59.42 48300.35 24.08 lambda E 2026-11-18T08:48:27.294 66.77 -59.17 50026.71 24.09 epsilon E 2026-11-18T08:49:02.795 66.65 -59.05 50882.14 24.08