Uranus_2029-01-12T23_51_14.8600_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:39:03 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2029-01-12T23:46:39.670 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 : 145005178316293888 2Mass ID (if available) : 04344310+2158088 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 34m 43.07147s +21:58:08.29683s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.08 K magnitude : 13.230 G magnitude : 16.695 RP magnitude : 15.675 BP magnitude : 17.792 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.548 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -15.70 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 137.62 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 157.92 B (ring opening deg) : 79.37 PA of pole (deg) : -51.75 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.308 C/A sky separation (km) : 31049.9 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 2029-01-12T23:05:26.064 17.22 -36.11 51069.55 -12.64 lambda I 2029-01-12T23:06:48.601 17.00 -36.08 50026.71 -12.55 delta I 2029-01-12T23:09:07.787 16.63 -36.03 48300.35 -12.25 gamma I 2029-01-12T23:10:02.731 16.48 -36.01 47630.78 -12.12 eta I 2029-01-12T23:10:40.380 16.38 -35.99 47176.12 -12.03 beta I 2029-01-12T23:12:47.152 16.04 -35.93 45671.75 -11.70 alpha I 2029-01-12T23:14:09.738 15.81 -35.89 44715.97 -11.48 4 I 2029-01-12T23:17:24.146 15.28 -35.79 42535.62 -10.88 5 I 2029-01-12T23:17:58.000 15.19 -35.77 42177.29 -10.78 6 I 2029-01-12T23:18:31.024 15.10 -35.75 41816.12 -10.66 No planet occultations 6 E 2029-01-13T00:16:06.087 5.03 -32.12 41871.21 10.59 5 E 2029-01-13T00:16:44.729 4.91x -32.06 42284.34 10.71 4 E 2029-01-13T00:17:13.705 4.82x -32.01 42596.04 10.81 alpha E 2029-01-13T00:20:27.626 4.22x -31.72 44752.37 11.40 beta E 2029-01-13T00:21:45.059 3.99x -31.60 45643.53 11.61 eta E 2029-01-13T00:23:55.195 3.58x -31.39 47176.12 11.94 gamma E 2029-01-13T00:24:32.490 3.47x -31.33 47622.90 12.02 delta E 2029-01-13T00:25:28.539 3.29x -31.24 48300.35 12.15 lambda E 2029-01-13T00:27:48.911 2.86x -31.01 50026.71 12.44 epsilon E 2029-01-13T00:28:49.194 2.67x -30.91 50780.31 12.53