Uranus_2027-08-23T09_47_28.6400_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:24:00 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-08-23T09:42:11.640 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : MCD Location : McDonald Obs. 2.7m Latitude (deg) : 30.67158 E. Longitude (deg) : 255.97844 Altitude (km) : 2.075 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) : 30.66 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 (") : 2.928 C/A sky separation (km) : 41466.7 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 2027-08-23T08:58:36.418 30.91 -39.12 50767.95 -6.43 lambda I 2027-08-23T09:00:33.995 31.33 -38.85 50026.71 -6.20 delta I 2027-08-23T09:05:25.339 32.36 -38.17 48300.35 -5.64 gamma I 2027-08-23T09:07:27.346 32.80 -37.89 47627.08 -5.39 eta I 2027-08-23T09:08:52.391 33.10 -37.68 47176.12 -5.21 beta I 2027-08-23T09:14:02.901 34.21 -36.93 45664.59 -4.52 alpha I 2027-08-23T09:17:37.705 34.98 -36.40 44752.40 -3.99 4 I 2027-08-23T09:29:56.678 37.63 -34.52 42531.54 -1.98 5 I 2027-08-23T09:33:44.411 38.44 -33.92 42156.16 -1.30 No planet occultations 5 E 2027-08-23T09:48:12.744 41.56 -31.56 42154.97 1.30 4 E 2027-08-23T09:52:08.009 42.41 -30.90 42541.59 1.98 alpha E 2027-08-23T10:04:24.284 45.05 -28.80 44744.81 3.96 beta E 2027-08-23T10:08:05.972 45.85 -28.15 45678.00 4.48 eta E 2027-08-23T10:13:16.382 46.97 -27.24 47176.12 5.16 gamma E 2027-08-23T10:14:41.421 47.28 -26.98 47622.31 5.33 delta E 2027-08-23T10:16:45.664 47.72 -26.61 48300.35 5.58 lambda E 2027-08-23T10:21:40.529 48.78 -25.73 50026.71 6.12 epsilon E 2027-08-23T10:24:38.695 49.43 -25.19 51144.10 6.35