Uranus_2027-11-19T20_55_57.3200_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 : 2027-11-19T20:58:40.850 Event type : PtRgt : Uranus occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : 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 : 145349699116323456 2Mass ID (if available) : 04245271+2132470 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 24m 52.73373s +21:32:47.01712s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.01 K magnitude : 14.493 G magnitude : 18.835 RP magnitude : 17.565 BP magnitude : 20.411 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.394 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -22.90 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 168.93 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 64.37 B (ring opening deg) : 77.70 PA of pole (deg) : -60.66 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.858 C/A sky separation (km) : 24790.3 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 2027-11-19T20:27:18.541 23.78 -31.40 51382.64 -20.61 lambda I 2027-11-19T20:28:24.838 23.93 -31.52 50026.71 -20.36 delta I 2027-11-19T20:29:50.124 24.13 -31.68 48300.35 -20.12 gamma I 2027-11-19T20:30:23.514 24.21 -31.74 47630.42 -20.01 eta I 2027-11-19T20:30:46.257 24.26 -31.78 47176.12 -19.94 beta I 2027-11-19T20:32:03.758 24.44 -31.92 45641.06 -19.67 alpha I 2027-11-19T20:32:50.906 24.54 -32.01 44716.25 -19.48 4 I 2027-11-19T20:34:43.913 24.80 -32.21 42535.89 -19.03 5 I 2027-11-19T20:35:00.917 24.84 -32.24 42214.43 -18.97 6 I 2027-11-19T20:35:20.089 24.88 -32.27 41864.11 -18.87 Uranus I 2027-11-19T20:55:17.123 27.45 -34.22 25237.48 9.23 9.66 Uranus E 2027-11-19T21:02:50.138 28.35 -34.87 25457.11 5.15 5.39 6 E 2027-11-19T21:22:48.113 30.54 -36.32 41861.14 18.91 5 E 2027-11-19T21:23:12.300 30.58 -36.35 42315.18 19.01 4 E 2027-11-19T21:23:27.608 30.60 -36.36 42609.10 19.07 alpha E 2027-11-19T21:25:15.213 30.78 -36.47 44687.95 19.53 beta E 2027-11-19T21:26:05.257 30.87 -36.52 45669.66 19.72 eta E 2027-11-19T21:27:21.098 30.99 -36.60 47176.12 19.99 gamma E 2027-11-19T21:27:43.335 31.03 -36.62 47621.45 20.06 delta E 2027-11-19T21:28:17.082 31.08 -36.65 48300.35 20.17 lambda E 2027-11-19T21:29:42.132 31.22 -36.73 50026.71 20.42 epsilon E 2027-11-19T21:30:44.467 31.32 -36.79 51304.98 20.67