Uranus_2027-08-23T09_47_28.6400_KPNO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:21:46 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-08-23T09:41:49.780 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : KPNO Location : Kitt Peak Natl Obs Latitude (deg) : 31.96333 E. Longitude (deg) : 248.40000 Altitude (km) : 2.120 Gaia source ID : 144658763435090048 2Mass ID (if available) : 04304238+2145063 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 30m 42.41146s +21:45:05.60632s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.08 K magnitude : 12.401 G magnitude : 15.091 RP magnitude : 14.246 BP magnitude : 15.830 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.526 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 11.34 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 80.34 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 30.57 B (ring opening deg) : 78.75 PA of pole (deg) : -55.87 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.957 C/A sky separation (km) : 41870.3 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 2027-08-23T08:59:17.662 24.88 -41.67 50769.93 -6.33 lambda I 2027-08-23T09:01:17.700 25.30 -41.45 50026.71 -6.08 delta I 2027-08-23T09:06:15.679 26.34 -40.90 48300.35 -5.50 gamma I 2027-08-23T09:08:21.197 26.78 -40.66 47626.98 -5.23 eta I 2027-08-23T09:09:48.976 27.09 -40.49 47176.12 -5.04 beta I 2027-08-23T09:15:12.424 28.22 -39.85 45665.04 -4.29 alpha I 2027-08-23T09:19:00.478 29.02 -39.39 44752.43 -3.72 4 I 2027-08-23T09:33:46.452 32.13 -37.47 42533.10 -1.24 No planet occultations 4 E 2027-08-23T09:47:32.992 35.05 -35.53 42539.37 1.24 alpha E 2027-08-23T10:02:16.443 38.18 -33.33 44745.38 3.69 beta E 2027-08-23T10:06:11.427 39.01 -32.72 45677.75 4.26 eta E 2027-08-23T10:11:34.891 40.16 -31.87 47176.12 4.99 gamma E 2027-08-23T10:13:02.700 40.47 -31.63 47622.37 5.18 delta E 2027-08-23T10:15:10.499 40.92 -31.29 48300.35 5.43 lambda E 2027-08-23T10:20:12.127 41.99 -30.47 50026.71 6.00 epsilon E 2027-08-23T10:23:12.597 42.63 -29.98 51138.43 6.24