Uranus_2028-12-30T22_03_32.9500_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 : 2028-12-30T22:02:26.650 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : 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 : 144910551595750016 2Mass ID (if available) : 04363031+2201362 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 36m 30.32782s +22:01:36.14595s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.08 K magnitude : 12.191 G magnitude : 14.134 RP magnitude : 13.476 BP magnitude : 14.625 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.420 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -19.81 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 151.37 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 18.94 B (ring opening deg) : 79.66 PA of pole (deg) : -49.92 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.640 C/A sky separation (km) : 35275.3 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 2028-12-30T21:33:07.147 34.00 -32.47 50911.68 -14.46 lambda I 2028-12-30T21:34:08.507 33.93 -32.54 50026.71 -14.30 delta I 2028-12-30T21:36:11.575 33.81 -32.67 48300.35 -13.75 gamma I 2028-12-30T21:37:00.835 33.76 -32.72 47628.75 -13.51 eta I 2028-12-30T21:37:34.532 33.72 -32.76 47176.12 -13.35 beta I 2028-12-30T21:39:30.765 33.60 -32.88 45660.15 -12.73 alpha I 2028-12-30T21:40:44.527 33.52 -32.95 44736.86 -12.33 4 I 2028-12-30T21:43:48.975 33.31 -33.13 42564.68 -11.16 5 I 2028-12-30T21:44:19.402 33.28 -33.16 42233.00 -10.97 6 I 2028-12-30T21:44:54.822 33.24 -33.19 41849.17 -10.71 No planet occultations 6 E 2028-12-30T22:20:59.195 30.14 -34.54 41879.06 10.69 5 E 2028-12-30T22:21:38.343 30.07 -34.55 42306.95 10.95 4 E 2028-12-30T22:22:05.934 30.02 -34.56 42609.74 11.15 alpha E 2028-12-30T22:25:08.150 29.71 -34.61 44750.91 12.31 beta E 2028-12-30T22:26:19.371 29.59 -34.63 45641.35 12.71 eta E 2028-12-30T22:28:17.237 29.38 -34.65 47176.12 13.32 gamma E 2028-12-30T22:28:50.489 29.32 -34.66 47621.90 13.49 delta E 2028-12-30T22:29:40.351 29.23 -34.67 48300.35 13.72 lambda E 2028-12-30T22:31:43.667 29.01 -34.69 50026.71 14.27 epsilon E 2028-12-30T22:32:38.981 28.91 -34.69 50822.10 14.42