Uranus_2028-12-01T01_43_46.3200_MCD.txt
Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:24:04 2023
target : Uranus
target radius (km) : 25559.00
C/A epoch : 2028-12-01T01:47:08.980
Event type : XRgt
: No Uranus occs
: Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric
Observer code : MCD
Location : McDonald Obs. 2.7m
Latitude (deg) : 30.67158
E. Longitude (deg) : 255.97844
Altitude (km) : 2.075
Gaia source ID : 146370084562725632
2Mass ID (if available) : 04413934+2211080
ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 41m 39.33853s +22:11:07.84364s
RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.26
K magnitude : 13.573
G magnitude : 15.787
RP magnitude : 15.057
BP magnitude : 16.327
DUPflag : 0
Distance (au) : 18.310
f0 (km) : 0.000
g0 (km) : 0.000
skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.41
Sun-Target sep (deg) : 177.07
Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 14.43
B (ring opening deg) : 80.42
PA of pole (deg) : -44.15
Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100
Dec (deg): -15.17500
C/A sky separation (") : 2.858
C/A sky separation (km) : 37957.5
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
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epsilon I 2028-12-01T01:22:42.690 16.19 -18.63 51260.01 -15.78
lambda I 2028-12-01T01:24:02.773 16.47 -18.91 50026.71 -15.15
delta I 2028-12-01T01:25:59.789 16.87 -19.31 48300.35 -14.35
gamma I 2028-12-01T01:26:46.985 17.04 -19.48 47631.45 -14.00
eta I 2028-12-01T01:27:19.806 17.15 -19.59 47176.12 -13.75
beta I 2028-12-01T01:29:12.709 17.54 -19.98 45675.22 -12.83
alpha I 2028-12-01T01:30:29.961 17.81 -20.25 44710.64 -12.13
4 I 2028-12-01T01:33:43.672 18.48 -20.93 42535.80 -10.23
5 I 2028-12-01T01:34:19.192 18.60 -21.05 42179.20 -9.83
6 I 2028-12-01T01:34:56.782 18.73 -21.18 41818.85 -9.42
No planet occultations
6 E 2028-12-01T01:58:33.743 23.68 -26.15 41796.64 9.44
5 E 2028-12-01T01:59:12.268 23.82 -26.29 42154.97 9.85
4 E 2028-12-01T01:59:48.685 23.94 -26.42 42527.08 10.25
alpha E 2028-12-01T02:03:00.995 24.62 -27.09 44685.70 12.16
beta E 2028-12-01T02:04:20.353 24.90 -27.37 45679.95 12.87
eta E 2028-12-01T02:06:12.621 25.29 -27.77 47176.12 13.79
gamma E 2028-12-01T02:06:45.168 25.41 -27.89 47628.91 14.04
delta E 2028-12-01T02:07:32.406 25.58 -28.05 48300.35 14.39
lambda E 2028-12-01T02:09:29.054 25.99 -28.47 50026.71 15.20
epsilon E 2028-12-01T02:11:07.213 26.33 -28.81 51549.11 15.84