Uranus_2029-02-04T15_59_25.1300_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 : 2029-02-04T16:08:33.450 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, 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 : 144992804514327424 2Mass ID (if available) : 04324987+2154274 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 32m 49.87621s +21:54:27.20801s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.02 K magnitude : 14.871 G magnitude : 17.200 RP magnitude : 16.490 BP magnitude : 17.752 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.858 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -5.87 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 114.13 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 139.26 B (ring opening deg) : 79.06 PA of pole (deg) : -53.57 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.499 C/A sky separation (km) : 6823.5 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- epsilon I 2029-02-04T13:50:53.366 7.53 46.19x 51511.14 -6.07 lambda I 2029-02-04T13:54:58.123 8.26 45.34x 50026.71 -6.07 delta I 2029-02-04T13:59:42.703 9.11 44.35x 48300.35 -6.07 gamma I 2029-02-04T14:01:33.305 9.43 43.97x 47629.31 -6.07 eta I 2029-02-04T14:02:47.997 9.65 43.71x 47176.12 -6.07 beta I 2029-02-04T14:06:55.107 10.38 42.84x 45677.06 -6.07 alpha I 2029-02-04T14:09:38.634 10.85 42.27x 44685.74 -6.07 4 I 2029-02-04T14:15:28.393 11.86 41.05x 42559.56 -6.07 5 I 2029-02-04T14:16:26.981 12.03 40.84x 42209.55 -6.07 6 I 2029-02-04T14:17:31.107 12.21 40.62x 41814.72 -6.07 Uranus I 2029-02-04T15:02:25.702 19.52 31.13x 25399.50 5.72 5.99 Uranus E 2029-02-04T17:13:28.278 34.12 3.78x 25109.54 -9.71 -10.17 6 E 2029-02-04T17:57:58.299 35.74 -5.09 41869.80 6.19 5 E 2029-02-04T17:59:03.196 35.76 -5.30 42282.46 6.19 4 E 2029-02-04T17:59:55.176 35.77 -5.47 42595.66 6.19 alpha E 2029-02-04T18:05:42.611 35.81 -6.60 44752.41 6.20 beta E 2029-02-04T18:08:06.483 35.82 -7.06 45642.40 6.20 eta E 2029-02-04T18:12:13.900 35.82 -7.86 47176.12 6.20 gamma E 2029-02-04T18:13:25.813 35.82 -8.09 47622.16 6.20 delta E 2029-02-04T18:15:15.136 35.81 -8.44 48300.35 6.20 lambda E 2029-02-04T18:19:53.322 35.78 -9.33 50026.71 6.21 epsilon E 2029-02-04T18:22:04.930 35.76 -9.75 50843.71 6.21