Uranus_2026-12-09T09_30_50.8300_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 : 2026-12-09T09:27:19.970 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 : 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) : 160.83 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 (") : 0.353 C/A sky separation (km) : 4730.9 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 2026-12-09T08:51:01.677 47.86 -61.64 51526.32 -23.55 lambda I 2026-12-09T08:52:05.395 47.63 -61.42 50026.71 -23.53 delta I 2026-12-09T08:53:18.775 47.37 -61.16 48300.35 -23.52 gamma I 2026-12-09T08:53:47.529 47.26 -61.05 47624.09 -23.52 eta I 2026-12-09T08:54:06.578 47.19 -60.99 47176.12 -23.51 beta I 2026-12-09T08:55:11.476 46.96 -60.76 45650.02 -23.50 alpha I 2026-12-09T08:55:51.166 46.82 -60.61 44719.56 -23.50 4 I 2026-12-09T08:57:20.785 46.50 -60.30 42616.27 -23.48 5 I 2026-12-09T08:57:35.350 46.44 -60.24 42280.99 -23.49 6 I 2026-12-09T08:57:54.997 46.37 -60.17 41804.78 -23.47 Uranus I 2026-12-09T09:09:14.037 43.93 -57.75 25221.77 13.07 13.67 Uranus E 2026-12-09T09:45:20.055 36.14 -49.99 25063.29 -15.99 -16.71 6 E 2026-12-09T09:56:37.180 33.71 -47.56 41875.01 23.38 5 E 2026-12-09T09:56:50.466 33.66 -47.51 42204.58 23.40 4 E 2026-12-09T09:57:04.474 33.61 -47.46 42526.20 23.39 alpha E 2026-12-09T09:58:38.588 33.27 -47.12 44724.57 23.41 beta E 2026-12-09T09:59:19.286 33.13 -46.98 45675.46 23.41 eta E 2026-12-09T10:00:23.374 32.90 -46.75 47176.12 23.42 gamma E 2026-12-09T10:00:42.648 32.83 -46.68 47627.45 23.42 delta E 2026-12-09T10:01:11.381 32.73 -46.58 48300.35 23.42 lambda E 2026-12-09T10:02:25.084 32.46 -46.31 50026.71 23.43 epsilon E 2026-12-09T10:02:58.306 32.34 -46.19 50805.02 23.44