Uranus_2026-12-09T09_30_50.8300_KPNO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:21:45 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2026-12-09T09:27:42.310 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : KPNO Location : Kitt Peak Natl Obs Latitude (deg) : 31.96333 E. Longitude (deg) : 248.40000 Altitude (km) : 2.120 Gaia source ID : 52148775651908096 2Mass ID (if available) : 04024928+2033368 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 02m 49.28674s +20:33:36.25924s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.22 K magnitude : 13.198 G magnitude : 16.078 RP magnitude : 15.180 BP magnitude : 16.886 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.472 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -22.55 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 165.79 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 160.92 B (ring opening deg) : 73.32 PA of pole (deg) : -73.88 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.351 C/A sky separation (km) : 4699.5 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 2026-12-09T08:51:26.940 54.10 -67.59 51526.10 -23.58 lambda I 2026-12-09T08:52:30.566 53.88 -67.38 50026.71 -23.56 delta I 2026-12-09T08:53:43.851 53.62 -67.13 48300.35 -23.55 gamma I 2026-12-09T08:54:12.567 53.52 -67.03 47624.09 -23.55 eta I 2026-12-09T08:54:31.592 53.46 -66.97 47176.12 -23.55 beta I 2026-12-09T08:55:36.405 53.23 -66.75 45649.99 -23.54 alpha I 2026-12-09T08:56:16.043 53.09 -66.61 44719.51 -23.53 4 I 2026-12-09T08:57:45.539 52.77 -66.31 42616.28 -23.51 5 I 2026-12-09T08:58:00.089 52.72 -66.26 42280.88 -23.52 6 I 2026-12-09T08:58:19.705 52.65 -66.19 41804.73 -23.50 Uranus I 2026-12-09T09:09:37.698 50.26 -63.87 25220.67 13.09 13.69 Uranus E 2026-12-09T09:45:40.994 42.59 -56.32 25063.41 -15.99 -16.70 6 E 2026-12-09T09:56:56.892 40.19 -53.94 41875.01 23.43 5 E 2026-12-09T09:57:10.154 40.14 -53.89 42204.59 23.44 4 E 2026-12-09T09:57:24.136 40.09 -53.84 42526.20 23.44 alpha E 2026-12-09T09:58:58.081 39.76 -53.51 44724.58 23.45 beta E 2026-12-09T09:59:38.704 39.61 -53.37 45675.46 23.45 eta E 2026-12-09T10:00:42.676 39.39 -53.14 47176.12 23.46 gamma E 2026-12-09T10:01:01.916 39.32 -53.07 47627.45 23.46 delta E 2026-12-09T10:01:30.597 39.22 -52.97 48300.35 23.46 lambda E 2026-12-09T10:02:44.166 38.96 -52.71 50026.71 23.47 epsilon E 2026-12-09T10:03:17.329 38.84 -52.59 50805.06 23.48