Uranus_2028-08-05T11_11_38.1800_ESO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:34:39 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2028-08-05T11:09:28.590 Event type : PRgt : Uranus occs: not geocentric or topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : ESO Location : European Southern Obs. (3.6m) Latitude (deg) : -29.26097 E. Longitude (deg) : 289.26831 Altitude (km) : 2.400 Gaia source ID : 3413044969208307840 2Mass ID (if available) : 04462256+2218451 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 46m 22.57681s +22:18:44.93297s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.99 K magnitude : 13.382 G magnitude : 15.440 RP magnitude : 14.740 BP magnitude : 15.971 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.802 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 21.15 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 60.14 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 119.07 B (ring opening deg) : 81.04 PA of pole (deg) : -38.14 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.282 C/A sky separation (km) : 32773.4 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 2028-08-05T10:38:55.999 31.67 -10.17 50828.45 -15.78 lambda I 2028-08-05T10:39:46.907 31.77 -9.99 50026.71 -15.65 delta I 2028-08-05T10:41:38.783 31.98 -9.60 48300.35 -15.20 gamma I 2028-08-05T10:42:23.659 32.06 -9.44 47622.50 -15.01 eta I 2028-08-05T10:42:53.538 32.11 -9.33 47176.12 -14.87 beta I 2028-08-05T10:44:38.353 32.31 -8.96 45643.20 -14.37 alpha I 2028-08-05T10:45:43.131 32.42 -8.73 44724.85 -14.02 4 I 2028-08-05T10:48:21.782 32.71 -8.17 42564.65 -13.10 5 I 2028-08-05T10:48:49.676 32.76 -8.08 42199.76 -12.91 6 I 2028-08-05T10:49:21.390 32.81 -7.96 41801.63 -12.73 No planet occultations 6 E 2028-08-05T11:30:11.907 36.37 0.56x 41805.74 12.71 5 E 2028-08-05T11:30:39.108 36.40 0.66x 42156.75 12.89 4 E 2028-08-05T11:31:07.743 36.44 0.75x 42526.03 13.08 alpha E 2028-08-05T11:33:47.145 36.61 1.30x 44685.98 13.99 beta E 2028-08-05T11:34:56.572 36.68 1.54x 45669.24 14.34 eta E 2028-08-05T11:36:39.821 36.79 1.89x 47176.12 14.83 gamma E 2028-08-05T11:37:09.789 36.82 1.99x 47622.66 14.97 delta E 2028-08-05T11:37:54.777 36.87 2.15x 48300.35 15.16 lambda E 2028-08-05T11:39:46.969 36.98 2.53x 50026.71 15.61 epsilon E 2028-08-05T11:40:45.676 37.03 2.73x 50949.35 15.73