Uranus_2028-12-29T17_39_23.2100_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:39:02 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2028-12-29T17:42:48.380 Event type : PRgt : Uranus occs: not geocentric or topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : SAAO Location : So. Afr. Astro. Obs. (Sutherland) Latitude (deg) : -32.37953 E. Longitude (deg) : 20.81070 Altitude (km) : 1.768 Gaia source ID : 144910689034698368 2Mass ID (if available) : 04364126+2201520 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 36m 41.26579s +22:01:51.89082s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.10 K magnitude : 10.981 G magnitude : 13.751 RP magnitude : 12.920 BP magnitude : 14.483 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.411 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -20.11 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 152.61 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 5.02 B (ring opening deg) : 79.68 PA of pole (deg) : -49.74 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.481 C/A sky separation (km) : 33122.1 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 2028-12-29T17:10:35.335 16.09 5.92x 51446.73 -15.64 lambda I 2028-12-29T17:12:07.499 16.34 5.63x 50026.71 -15.24 delta I 2028-12-29T17:14:02.454 16.65 5.26x 48300.35 -14.79 gamma I 2028-12-29T17:14:48.018 16.77 5.11x 47630.94 -14.59 eta I 2028-12-29T17:15:19.330 16.86 5.01x 47176.12 -14.46 beta I 2028-12-29T17:17:04.497 17.14 4.67x 45681.21 -13.96 alpha I 2028-12-29T17:18:16.596 17.33 4.44x 44687.68 -13.59 4 I 2028-12-29T17:21:00.728 17.76 3.92x 42529.65 -12.68 5 I 2028-12-29T17:21:30.357 17.84 3.82x 42158.62 -12.49 6 I 2028-12-29T17:21:59.512 17.92 3.73x 41794.76 -12.30 No planet occultations 6 E 2028-12-29T18:02:45.497 23.92 -3.89x 41826.44 12.33 5 E 2028-12-29T18:03:18.756 24.00 -4.00x 42239.13 12.52 4 E 2028-12-29T18:03:45.902 24.06 -4.08x 42579.03 12.70 alpha E 2028-12-29T18:06:26.381 24.42 -4.56x 44700.88 13.63 beta E 2028-12-29T18:07:35.962 24.58 -4.77x 45661.60 14.00 eta E 2028-12-29T18:09:22.298 24.81 -5.09 47176.12 14.50 gamma E 2028-12-29T18:09:53.025 24.88 -5.19 47623.67 14.63 delta E 2028-12-29T18:10:38.956 24.98 -5.32 48300.35 14.83 lambda E 2028-12-29T18:12:33.565 25.23 -5.67 50026.71 15.29 epsilon E 2028-12-29T18:14:00.641 25.42 -5.93 51371.88 15.69