Uranus_2028-12-14T08_00_43.0500_ESO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:34:41 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2028-12-14T07:57:37.520 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, 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 : 144879112435214720 2Mass ID (if available) : 04391584+2206452 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 39m 15.84612s +22:06:45.16823s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.97 K magnitude : 13.779 G magnitude : 15.942 RP magnitude : 15.237 BP magnitude : 16.489 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.325 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -22.92 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 168.90 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 168.86 B (ring opening deg) : 80.08 PA of pole (deg) : -46.93 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.912 C/A sky separation (km) : 25418.2 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 2028-12-14T07:25:35.630 17.05 -23.90 51262.45 -20.26 lambda I 2028-12-14T07:26:37.147 16.87 -23.75 50026.71 -20.00 delta I 2028-12-14T07:28:04.023 16.62 -23.53 48300.35 -19.74 gamma I 2028-12-14T07:28:38.005 16.52 -23.45 47631.50 -19.63 eta I 2028-12-14T07:29:01.254 16.46 -23.39 47176.12 -19.55 beta I 2028-12-14T07:30:18.518 16.23 -23.20 45676.35 -19.27 alpha I 2028-12-14T07:31:09.047 16.09 -23.08 44707.44 -19.06 4 I 2028-12-14T07:33:04.591 15.75 -22.79 42532.25 -18.56 5 I 2028-12-14T07:33:24.045 15.69 -22.74 42171.54 -18.46 6 I 2028-12-14T07:33:43.498 15.64 -22.69 41813.28 -18.37 No planet occultations 6 E 2028-12-14T08:21:00.686 7.02 -15.03 41809.16 18.32 5 E 2028-12-14T08:21:22.886 6.95 -14.96 42204.18 18.40 4 E 2028-12-14T08:21:41.836 6.89 -14.91 42559.69 18.50 alpha E 2028-12-14T08:23:35.463 6.53 -14.58 44692.19 18.99 beta E 2028-12-14T08:24:26.482 6.37 -14.43 45667.69 19.20 eta E 2028-12-14T08:25:44.523 6.12 -14.21 47176.12 19.47 gamma E 2028-12-14T08:26:07.525 6.05 -14.14 47624.89 19.55 delta E 2028-12-14T08:26:41.980 5.94 -14.04 48300.35 19.66 lambda E 2028-12-14T08:28:09.213 5.66 -13.79 50026.71 19.92 epsilon E 2028-12-14T08:29:19.122 5.44 -13.59 51425.79 20.17