Uranus_2027-08-14T04_12_55.5200_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:57 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-08-14T04:10:10.110 Event type : PtRgt : Uranus occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : 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 : 144663711237441792 2Mass ID (if available) : 04294861+2143075 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 29m 48.60903s +21:43:07.38969s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.97 K magnitude : 14.010 G magnitude : 16.722 RP magnitude : 15.864 BP magnitude : 17.471 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.678 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 15.69 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 71.67 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 142.93 B (ring opening deg) : 78.59 PA of pole (deg) : -56.67 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.748 C/A sky separation (km) : 24950.7 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 2027-08-14T03:22:21.968 26.92 -24.24 50764.53 -13.49 lambda I 2027-08-14T03:23:16.706 27.03 -24.05 50026.71 -13.45 delta I 2027-08-14T03:25:25.904 27.29 -23.59 48300.35 -13.28 gamma I 2027-08-14T03:26:16.488 27.40 -23.42 47630.61 -13.20 eta I 2027-08-14T03:26:50.975 27.47 -23.29 47176.12 -13.15 beta I 2027-08-14T03:28:47.990 27.70 -22.88 45647.63 -12.97 alpha I 2027-08-14T03:29:58.496 27.84 -22.63 44736.51 -12.86 4 I 2027-08-14T03:32:51.805 28.18 -22.02 42536.10 -12.52 5 I 2027-08-14T03:33:16.842 28.23 -21.93 42223.99 -12.46 6 I 2027-08-14T03:33:45.231 28.28 -21.83 41871.76 -12.41 Uranus I 2027-08-14T04:05:00.868 31.55 -15.25 25397.92 6.00 6.28 Uranus E 2027-08-14T04:14:07.433 32.35 -13.34 25214.87 8.84 9.25 6 E 2027-08-14T04:45:30.602 34.54 -6.82 41803.87 12.35 5 E 2027-08-14T04:45:58.535 34.56 -6.72 42162.06 12.40 4 E 2027-08-14T04:46:30.707 34.59 -6.61 42554.44 12.46 alpha E 2027-08-14T04:49:23.650 34.75 -6.02 44738.63 12.79 beta E 2027-08-14T04:50:36.935 34.81 -5.77 45680.12 12.90 eta E 2027-08-14T04:52:32.105 34.90 -5.37 47176.12 13.08 gamma E 2027-08-14T04:53:06.107 34.93 -5.26 47621.61 13.13 delta E 2027-08-14T04:53:57.677 34.97 -5.08 48300.35 13.20 lambda E 2027-08-14T04:56:07.668 35.07 -4.63x 50026.71 13.36 epsilon E 2027-08-14T04:57:37.501 35.13 -4.33x 51231.77 13.41