Uranus_2026-12-04T17_26_50.5100_MSO.txt
 
Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:41:04 2023
 
target                  : Uranus
target radius (km)      :  25559.00
C/A epoch               : 2026-12-04T17:24:01.250
Event type              : XRt
                        : No Uranus occs
                        : Ring occs: topocentric, not geoecetric
Observer code           : MSO
Location                : Mt. Stromlo Observatory
Latitude (deg)          : -35.32000
E. Longitude (deg)      : 149.00833
Altitude (km)           :   0.770
Gaia source ID          : 52147087726499712
2Mass ID (if available) : 04033731+2035514
ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 03m 37.32259s +20:35:50.96148s
RUWE (>1.4 is poor)     :   0.99
K magnitude             : 14.810
G magnitude             : 18.584
RP magnitude            : 17.379
BP magnitude            : 20.017
DUPflag                 : 0
Distance (au)           : 18.456
f0 (km)                 :       0.000
g0 (km)                 :       0.000
skyplane vel. (km/s)    : -23.07
Sun-Target sep (deg)    :  170.72
Sun-Moon sep (deg)      :  141.23
B (ring opening deg)    :   73.48
PA of pole (deg)        :  -73.51
Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100
               Dec (deg): -15.17500
C/A sky separation (")  :   3.642
C/A sky separation (km) :  48753.8
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
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epsilon       I 2026-12-04T17:15:50.069    10.20  -15.30   51022.30    -6.21
lambda        I 2026-12-04T17:18:54.938     9.68  -14.84   50026.71    -4.37
 
No planet occultations
 
lambda        E 2026-12-04T17:31:29.117     7.51  -12.89   50026.71     4.36
epsilon       E 2026-12-04T17:34:06.058     7.06  -12.47   50847.26     6.20