Uranus_2027-12-03T17_37_18.6000_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 : 2027-12-03T17:41:23.560 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : 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 : 145336303114517248 2Mass ID (if available) : 04222449+2127153 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 22m 24.51969s +21:27:14.97746s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.92 K magnitude : 11.582 G magnitude : 13.914 RP magnitude : 13.136 BP magnitude : 14.550 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.379 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.41 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 176.46 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 113.75 B (ring opening deg) : 77.24 PA of pole (deg) : -62.49 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.211 C/A sky separation (km) : 29475.9 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 2027-12-03T17:12:44.383 0.69x 2.51x 51304.68 -19.55 lambda I 2027-12-03T17:13:50.525 0.90x 2.30x 50026.71 -19.19 delta I 2027-12-03T17:15:21.369 1.19x 2.01x 48300.35 -18.81 gamma I 2027-12-03T17:15:57.099 1.30x 1.90x 47631.21 -18.64 eta I 2027-12-03T17:16:21.583 1.38x 1.82x 47176.12 -18.53 beta I 2027-12-03T17:17:45.329 1.64x 1.55x 45642.15 -18.11 alpha I 2027-12-03T17:18:35.944 1.80x 1.39x 44729.41 -17.82 4 I 2027-12-03T17:20:41.994 2.20x 0.99x 42526.79 -17.07 5 I 2027-12-03T17:21:02.858 2.26x 0.93x 42180.01 -16.95 6 I 2027-12-03T17:21:22.698 2.33x 0.86x 41844.31 -16.82 No planet occultations 6 E 2027-12-03T18:02:24.205 9.84 -6.75 41879.22 16.86 5 E 2027-12-03T18:02:48.852 9.91 -6.82 42293.76 17.00 4 E 2027-12-03T18:03:05.611 9.96 -6.87 42580.93 17.12 alpha E 2027-12-03T18:05:05.734 10.32 -7.23 44685.38 17.88 beta E 2027-12-03T18:05:59.680 10.47 -7.39 45657.52 18.17 eta E 2027-12-03T18:07:22.260 10.72 -7.64 47176.12 18.60 gamma E 2027-12-03T18:07:46.234 10.79 -7.71 47623.30 18.71 delta E 2027-12-03T18:08:22.259 10.89 -7.82 48300.35 18.88 lambda E 2027-12-03T18:09:52.765 11.16 -8.09 50026.71 19.27 epsilon E 2027-12-03T18:11:06.037 11.37 -8.30 51449.04 19.63