Uranus_2027-12-02T00_05_19.3200_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:38:59 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-12-02T00:04:11.690 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 : 145339253756105856 2Mass ID (if available) : 04224314+2127543 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 22m 43.14193s +21:27:53.89206s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.04 K magnitude : 14.706 G magnitude : 18.179 RP magnitude : 17.194 BP magnitude : 19.207 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.377 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.45 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 178.28 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 134.18 B (ring opening deg) : 77.30 PA of pole (deg) : -62.27 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.156 C/A sky separation (km) : 15410.1 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 2027-12-01T23:30:31.865 33.59 -33.75 50954.57 -23.00 lambda I 2027-12-01T23:31:12.161 33.54 -33.71 50026.71 -23.00 delta I 2027-12-01T23:32:27.356 33.45 -33.62 48300.35 -22.91 gamma I 2027-12-01T23:32:56.607 33.41 -33.59 47630.68 -22.87 eta I 2027-12-01T23:33:16.491 33.38 -33.57 47176.12 -22.85 beta I 2027-12-01T23:34:23.131 33.30 -33.49 45656.41 -22.76 alpha I 2027-12-01T23:35:02.955 33.25 -33.44 44751.61 -22.69 4 I 2027-12-01T23:36:40.584 33.12 -33.33 42542.40 -22.53 5 I 2027-12-01T23:36:57.607 33.10 -33.31 42157.72 -22.49 6 I 2027-12-01T23:37:13.782 33.08 -33.29 41803.25 -22.46 Uranus I 2027-12-01T23:49:57.607 32.00 -32.30 25515.84 3.45 3.62 Uranus E 2027-12-02T00:17:58.859 29.15 -29.64 25001.83 -12.70 -13.28 6 E 2027-12-02T00:30:42.005 27.66 -28.23 41844.27 22.42 5 E 2027-12-02T00:31:02.912 27.62 -28.19 42306.08 22.46 4 E 2027-12-02T00:31:16.886 27.59 -28.16 42616.14 22.49 alpha E 2027-12-02T00:32:48.988 27.41 -27.98 44698.20 22.65 beta E 2027-12-02T00:33:32.060 27.32 -27.90 45677.24 22.72 eta E 2027-12-02T00:34:37.918 27.18 -27.77 47176.12 22.81 gamma E 2027-12-02T00:34:57.413 27.14 -27.73 47620.97 22.83 delta E 2027-12-02T00:35:27.143 27.08 -27.67 48300.35 22.87 lambda E 2027-12-02T00:36:42.479 26.92 -27.52 50026.71 22.96 epsilon E 2027-12-02T00:37:29.009 26.83 -27.43 51096.18 22.95