Uranus_2028-10-23T06_59_24.1200_ESO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:34:40 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2028-10-23T07:00:29.530 Event type : PtRgt : Uranus occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : 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 : 3413037371411104640 2Mass ID (if available) : 04474700+2221479 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 47m 46.99278s +22:21:47.67508s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.99 K magnitude : 14.221 G magnitude : 17.853 RP magnitude : 16.799 BP magnitude : 18.993 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.566 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -15.35 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 136.66 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 155.90 B (ring opening deg) : 81.20 PA of pole (deg) : -36.15 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.358 C/A sky separation (km) : 31755.4 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 2028-10-23T06:18:25.699 36.15 -41.25 50856.31 -12.28 lambda I 2028-10-23T06:19:33.903 36.23 -41.10 50026.71 -12.10 delta I 2028-10-23T06:21:58.450 36.39 -40.77 48300.35 -11.79 gamma I 2028-10-23T06:22:55.980 36.45 -40.64 47626.09 -11.65 eta I 2028-10-23T06:23:34.747 36.50 -40.55 47176.12 -11.56 beta I 2028-10-23T06:25:49.021 36.64 -40.25 45646.53 -11.22 alpha I 2028-10-23T06:27:09.489 36.72 -40.06 44752.28 -11.00 4 I 2028-10-23T06:30:29.610 36.92 -39.59 42612.24 -10.38 5 I 2028-10-23T06:30:58.337 36.95 -39.52 42312.72 -10.28 6 I 2028-10-23T06:31:41.171 36.99 -39.42 41879.34 -10.14 No planet occultations 6 E 2028-10-23T07:28:32.564 38.47 -30.25 41850.13 10.16 5 E 2028-10-23T07:29:09.174 38.47 -30.14 42226.56 10.30 4 E 2028-10-23T07:29:40.968 38.47 -30.05 42557.39 10.40 alpha E 2028-10-23T07:33:03.090 38.44 -29.45 44716.08 11.02 beta E 2028-10-23T07:34:29.132 38.42 -29.19 45675.19 11.25 eta E 2028-10-23T07:36:40.535 38.39 -28.80 47176.12 11.59 gamma E 2028-10-23T07:37:19.683 38.38 -28.68 47631.57 11.68 delta E 2028-10-23T07:38:16.613 38.36 -28.51 48300.35 11.81 lambda E 2028-10-23T07:40:40.814 38.32 -28.08 50026.71 12.13 epsilon E 2028-10-23T07:42:40.137 38.28 -27.72 51487.70 12.32