Uranus_2027-03-12T17_10_39.1200_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:56 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-03-12T17:12:12.600 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : SAAO Location : So. Afr. Astro. Obs. (Sutherland) Latitude (deg) : -32.37953 E. Longitude (deg) : 20.81070 Altitude (km) : 1.768 Gaia source ID : 51389391073609728 2Mass ID (if available) : 03584215+2023198 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 03h 58m 42.15401s +20:23:19.85569s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.96 K magnitude : 14.544 G magnitude : 16.628 RP magnitude : 15.944 BP magnitude : 17.146 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.725 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 16.41 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 70.23 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 19.55 B (ring opening deg) : 72.43 PA of pole (deg) : -75.60 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.563 C/A sky separation (km) : 36667.1 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 2027-03-12T16:38:40.780 33.79 3.37x 50910.72 -11.35 lambda I 2027-03-12T16:39:58.924 33.68 3.09x 50026.71 -11.20 delta I 2027-03-12T16:42:36.594 33.45 2.54x 48300.35 -10.69 gamma I 2027-03-12T16:43:39.901 33.36 2.31x 47630.24 -10.48 eta I 2027-03-12T16:44:23.573 33.29 2.16x 47176.12 -10.32 beta I 2027-03-12T16:46:56.459 33.06 1.62x 45641.18 -9.74 alpha I 2027-03-12T16:48:35.612 32.91 1.27x 44698.75 -9.32 4 I 2027-03-12T16:52:31.691 32.54 0.44x 42616.51 -8.25 5 I 2027-03-12T16:53:13.680 32.47 0.29x 42283.69 -8.02 6 I 2027-03-12T16:54:13.007 32.38 0.08x 41809.77 -7.73 No planet occultations 6 E 2027-03-12T17:32:58.700 28.03 -8.07 41794.95 7.75 5 E 2027-03-12T17:33:51.129 27.92 -8.25 42207.32 8.04 4 E 2027-03-12T17:34:38.865 27.81 -8.42 42596.30 8.27 alpha E 2027-03-12T17:38:35.687 27.31 -9.24 44685.59 9.35 beta E 2027-03-12T17:40:16.662 27.09 -9.60 45652.72 9.77 eta E 2027-03-12T17:42:47.891 26.76 -10.12 47176.12 10.36 gamma E 2027-03-12T17:43:31.417 26.66 -10.27 47630.54 10.52 delta E 2027-03-12T17:44:34.434 26.52 -10.49 48300.35 10.74 lambda E 2027-03-12T17:47:11.416 26.17 -11.03 50026.71 11.25 epsilon E 2027-03-12T17:48:20.000 26.01 -11.27 50805.24 11.40