Uranus_2027-11-08T02_34_56.4400_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:58 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-11-08T02:32:50.410 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 : 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) : 94.50 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 (") : 0.281 C/A sky separation (km) : 3759.3 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 2027-11-08T01:53:27.938 29.36 -19.54 51325.95 -21.59 lambda I 2027-11-08T01:54:28.165 29.24 -19.37 50026.71 -21.57 delta I 2027-11-08T01:55:48.210 29.10 -19.14 48300.35 -21.56 gamma I 2027-11-08T01:56:19.262 29.04 -19.05 47630.79 -21.56 eta I 2027-11-08T01:56:40.349 29.00 -18.99 47176.12 -21.56 beta I 2027-11-08T01:57:51.529 28.87 -18.78 45641.09 -21.55 alpha I 2027-11-08T01:58:34.394 28.78 -18.66 44718.52 -21.55 4 I 2027-11-08T02:00:15.634 28.59 -18.36 42535.53 -21.54 5 I 2027-11-08T02:00:30.269 28.56 -18.32 42214.23 -21.54 6 I 2027-11-08T02:00:47.142 28.53 -18.27 41864.46 -21.54 Uranus I 2027-11-08T02:13:25.265 27.02 -16.03 25145.47 10.18 10.66 Uranus E 2027-11-08T02:52:24.139 21.72 -8.81 25307.36 -7.89 -8.26 6 E 2027-11-08T03:05:01.585 19.82 -6.38 41816.44 21.49 5 E 2027-11-08T03:05:23.178 19.77 -6.31 42269.34 21.48 4 E 2027-11-08T03:05:38.829 19.73 -6.26 42611.39 21.48 alpha E 2027-11-08T03:07:16.565 19.47 -5.95 44712.64 21.49 beta E 2027-11-08T03:08:01.675 19.36 -5.80 45680.72 21.49 eta E 2027-11-08T03:09:11.218 19.18 -5.58 47176.12 21.50 gamma E 2027-11-08T03:09:31.929 19.13 -5.51 47621.36 21.50 delta E 2027-11-08T03:10:03.511 19.04 -5.41 48300.35 21.50 lambda E 2027-11-08T03:11:23.801 18.83 -5.15 50026.71 21.50 epsilon E 2027-11-08T03:12:10.183 18.71 -5.00x 51024.13 21.52