Uranus_2027-12-08T21_57_21.0300_KAV.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:30:24 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2027-12-08T21:53:41.460 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : KAV Location : Kavalur Observatory Latitude (deg) : 12.57556 E. Longitude (deg) : 78.83167 Altitude (km) : 0.722 Gaia source ID : 145522842134567296 2Mass ID (if available) : 04212937+2125034 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 21m 29.37463s +21:25:03.37388s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.00 K magnitude : 11.090 G magnitude : 14.687 RP magnitude : 13.675 BP magnitude : 15.740 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.388 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.08 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 170.98 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 51.83 B (ring opening deg) : 77.07 PA of pole (deg) : -63.14 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 3.601 C/A sky separation (km) : 48024.8 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 2027-12-08T21:42:18.198 35.92 -44.78 50744.07 -7.04 lambda I 2027-12-08T21:44:09.296 35.49 -44.36 50026.71 -5.88 No planet occultations lambda E 2027-12-08T22:01:33.568 31.43 -40.35 50026.71 5.87 epsilon E 2027-12-08T22:03:36.584 30.95 -39.88 50827.31 7.03