Uranus_2027-10-01T20_08_22.3700_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 : 2027-10-01T20:20:00.610 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, topocentric : 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 : 145031360436889088 2Mass ID (if available) : 04310930+2146096 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 31m 09.30882s +21:46:09.63664s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.02 K magnitude : 13.149 G magnitude : 16.296 RP magnitude : 15.365 BP magnitude : 17.184 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.875 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -7.94 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 118.59 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 140.46 B (ring opening deg) : 78.82 PA of pole (deg) : -55.46 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.923 C/A sky separation (km) : 12638.3 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 2027-10-01T18:34:10.047 -35.03x -24.59 51498.72 -7.54 lambda I 2027-10-01T18:37:25.175 -34.34x -25.23 50026.71 -7.54 delta I 2027-10-01T18:41:14.350 -33.53x -25.97 48300.35 -7.53 gamma I 2027-10-01T18:42:43.798 -33.22x -26.26 47627.37 -7.52 eta I 2027-10-01T18:43:43.812 -33.01x -26.46 47176.12 -7.52 beta I 2027-10-01T18:47:07.137 -32.30x -27.12 45648.94 -7.50 alpha I 2027-10-01T18:49:15.368 -31.85x -27.53 44688.81 -7.49 4 I 2027-10-01T18:53:56.214 -30.86x -28.43 42589.33 -7.47 5 I 2027-10-01T18:54:34.036 -30.73x -28.55 42306.60 -7.46 6 I 2027-10-01T18:55:31.250 -30.53x -28.74 41873.63 -7.46 Uranus I 2027-10-01T19:33:04.610 -22.69x -35.70 25500.95 3.51 3.68 Uranus E 2027-10-01T21:05:13.966 -4.09x -49.56 25016.75 -10.95 -11.46 6 E 2027-10-01T21:41:38.876 2.87x -52.88 41820.19 7.77 5 E 2027-10-01T21:42:21.599 3.00x -52.93 42155.63 7.78 4 E 2027-10-01T21:43:09.428 3.15x -52.98 42532.69 7.78 alpha E 2027-10-01T21:47:53.921 4.03x -53.27 44752.34 7.83 beta E 2027-10-01T21:49:50.425 4.39x -53.38 45662.91 7.85 eta E 2027-10-01T21:53:02.814 4.98x -53.56 47176.12 7.88 gamma E 2027-10-01T21:54:00.164 5.16 -53.60 47628.00 7.88 delta E 2027-10-01T21:55:25.394 5.42 -53.67 48300.35 7.89 lambda E 2027-10-01T21:59:03.701 6.08 -53.84 50026.71 7.92 epsilon E 2027-10-01T22:00:34.150 6.36 -53.90 50743.65 7.93