Uranus_2026-12-23T15_32_45.0900_KAV.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:30:20 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2026-12-23T15:34:23.110 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : KAV Location : Kavalur Observatory Latitude (deg) : 12.57556 E. Longitude (deg) : 78.83167 Altitude (km) : 0.722 Gaia source ID : 51404509358551808 2Mass ID (if available) : 04003304+2027260 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 00m 33.06176s +20:27:25.73583s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.96 K magnitude : 13.047 G magnitude : 15.639 RP magnitude : 14.824 BP magnitude : 16.327 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.562 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -19.65 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 150.75 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 24.39 B (ring opening deg) : 72.83 PA of pole (deg) : -74.88 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.142 C/A sky separation (km) : 15378.1 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 2026-12-23T14:55:30.938 64.16 -34.96 51514.77 -19.81 lambda I 2026-12-23T14:56:46.072 64.45 -35.25 50026.71 -19.78 delta I 2026-12-23T14:58:13.536 64.78 -35.58 48300.35 -19.70 gamma I 2026-12-23T14:58:47.892 64.91 -35.71 47624.12 -19.67 eta I 2026-12-23T14:59:10.684 64.99 -35.80 47176.12 -19.64 beta I 2026-12-23T15:00:28.521 65.29 -36.10 45650.75 -19.56 alpha I 2026-12-23T15:01:15.958 65.47 -36.28 44721.99 -19.51 4 I 2026-12-23T15:03:04.747 65.88 -36.69 42614.99 -19.38 5 I 2026-12-23T15:03:21.346 65.94 -36.76 42291.19 -19.35 6 I 2026-12-23T15:03:45.264 66.03 -36.85 41810.27 -19.31 Uranus I 2026-12-23T15:17:57.803 69.21 -40.10 25047.27 16.78 17.53 Uranus E 2026-12-23T15:51:13.074 76.22 -47.70 25446.19 -7.70 -8.06 6 E 2026-12-23T16:05:53.768 78.89 -51.03 41833.97 19.34 5 E 2026-12-23T16:06:09.567 78.93 -51.09 42154.88 19.38 4 E 2026-12-23T16:06:29.987 78.99 -51.16 42547.24 19.41 alpha E 2026-12-23T16:08:20.408 79.28 -51.58 44693.84 19.54 beta E 2026-12-23T16:09:09.736 79.41 -51.77 45658.08 19.59 eta E 2026-12-23T16:10:27.032 79.61 -52.06 47176.12 19.68 gamma E 2026-12-23T16:10:50.132 79.67 -52.14 47630.96 19.70 delta E 2026-12-23T16:11:24.082 79.75 -52.27 48300.35 19.73 lambda E 2026-12-23T16:12:51.393 79.97 -52.60 50026.71 19.81 epsilon E 2026-12-23T16:13:27.844 80.05 -52.74 50749.38 19.85