Uranus_2027-08-15T03_21_02.0600_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 : 2027-08-15T03:17:15.380 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 : 144669414954006912 2Mass ID (if available) : 04295499+2143220 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 29m 55.00287s +21:43:21.96256s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.00 K magnitude : 13.717 G magnitude : 16.575 RP magnitude : 15.643 BP magnitude : 17.266 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.662 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 15.24 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 72.57 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 131.66 B (ring opening deg) : 78.61 PA of pole (deg) : -56.57 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.341 C/A sky separation (km) : 33391.0 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 2027-08-15T02:34:45.611 20.91 -34.12 50745.28 -11.33 lambda I 2027-08-15T02:35:49.376 21.06 -33.90 50026.71 -11.20 delta I 2027-08-15T02:38:25.862 21.45 -33.34 48300.35 -10.86 gamma I 2027-08-15T02:39:28.067 21.60 -33.13 47629.68 -10.71 eta I 2027-08-15T02:40:10.637 21.71 -32.98 47176.12 -10.60 beta I 2027-08-15T02:42:36.988 22.06 -32.46 45652.30 -10.22 alpha I 2027-08-15T02:44:07.010 22.28 -32.14 44744.06 -9.97 4 I 2027-08-15T02:47:57.698 22.83 -31.33 42528.78 -9.22 5 I 2027-08-15T02:48:33.680 22.92 -31.20 42198.64 -9.08 6 I 2027-08-15T02:49:10.862 23.00 -31.07 41861.55 -8.97 No planet occultations 6 E 2027-08-15T03:43:50.439 29.82 -19.51 41811.17 8.92 5 E 2027-08-15T03:44:27.228 29.89 -19.38 42156.24 9.04 4 E 2027-08-15T03:45:10.587 29.97 -19.23 42545.08 9.18 alpha E 2027-08-15T03:49:00.833 30.36 -18.42 44744.03 9.91 beta E 2027-08-15T03:50:34.026 30.52 -18.10 45678.32 10.16 eta E 2027-08-15T03:52:58.750 30.76 -17.59 47176.12 10.53 gamma E 2027-08-15T03:53:40.899 30.83 -17.44 47622.21 10.63 delta E 2027-08-15T03:54:44.228 30.93 -17.22 48300.35 10.78 lambda E 2027-08-15T03:57:21.824 31.18 -16.66 50026.71 11.12 epsilon E 2027-08-15T03:59:02.718 31.34 -16.31 51158.96 11.24