Uranus_2027-11-08T02_34_56.4400_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 : 2027-11-08T02:38:57.660 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, topocentric : 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 : 145389869947809536 2Mass ID (if available) : 04265161+2137065 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 26m 51.60871s +21:37:06.26151s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.07 K magnitude : 14.383 G magnitude : 17.713 RP magnitude : 16.768 BP magnitude : 18.672 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.454 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -21.01 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 156.63 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 94.44 B (ring opening deg) : 78.07 PA of pole (deg) : -59.11 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.936 C/A sky separation (km) : 12524.5 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 2027-11-08T02:00:09.512 7.51 -25.32 51389.69 -20.61 lambda I 2027-11-08T02:01:15.801 7.73 -25.56 50026.71 -20.54 delta I 2027-11-08T02:02:39.935 8.02 -25.86 48300.35 -20.49 gamma I 2027-11-08T02:03:12.652 8.13 -25.98 47630.16 -20.47 eta I 2027-11-08T02:03:34.836 8.20 -26.06 47176.12 -20.46 beta I 2027-11-08T02:04:49.923 8.46 -26.33 45641.28 -20.41 alpha I 2027-11-08T02:05:35.566 8.61 -26.49 44711.45 -20.37 4 I 2027-11-08T02:07:22.142 8.97 -26.87 42542.50 -20.29 5 I 2027-11-08T02:07:37.190 9.02 -26.93 42231.81 -20.28 6 I 2027-11-08T02:07:55.786 9.08 -26.99 41871.04 -20.26 Uranus I 2027-11-08T02:21:47.398 11.91 -29.97 25012.45 11.78 12.32 Uranus E 2027-11-08T02:56:32.075 19.11 -37.46 25483.22 -4.30 -4.50 6 E 2027-11-08T03:10:17.686 22.00 -40.42 41824.47 20.37 5 E 2027-11-08T03:10:40.575 22.08 -40.50 42283.33 20.39 4 E 2027-11-08T03:10:56.589 22.14 -40.56 42614.80 20.40 alpha E 2027-11-08T03:12:38.840 22.50 -40.92 44706.38 20.49 beta E 2027-11-08T03:13:26.344 22.66 -41.09 45679.53 20.53 eta E 2027-11-08T03:14:39.102 22.92 -41.36 47176.12 20.59 gamma E 2027-11-08T03:15:00.703 23.00 -41.43 47621.07 20.61 delta E 2027-11-08T03:15:33.650 23.11 -41.55 48300.35 20.63 lambda E 2027-11-08T03:16:57.225 23.41 -41.85 50026.71 20.68 epsilon E 2027-11-08T03:17:48.565 23.59 -42.03 51089.38 20.76