Uranus_2027-08-26T19_06_42.3300_KAV.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:30:22 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-08-26T18:57:53.910 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : KAV Location : Kavalur Observatory Latitude (deg) : 12.57556 E. Longitude (deg) : 78.83167 Altitude (km) : 0.722 Gaia source ID : 144655975998312704 2Mass ID (if available) : 04305782+2145397 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 30m 57.84119s +21:45:39.81783s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.99 K magnitude : 14.924 G magnitude : 18.841 RP magnitude : 17.724 BP magnitude : 20.112 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.469 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 9.69 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 83.54 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 16.64 B (ring opening deg) : 78.79 PA of pole (deg) : -55.64 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 3.465 C/A sky separation (km) : 48932.2 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 2027-08-26T18:35:45.567 -0.46x -67.06 50864.00 -2.40 lambda I 2027-08-26T18:42:55.414 1.17x -67.20 50026.71 -1.55 No planet occultations lambda E 2027-08-26T19:09:40.536 7.26 -66.51 50026.71 1.54 epsilon E 2027-08-26T19:18:05.344 9.19 -65.91 51034.65 2.37