Uranus_2029-03-16T00_24_12.2300_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:24:06 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2029-03-16T00:25:12.240 Event type : PgtRgt : Uranus occs: geocentric, topocentric : Ring occs: geocentric, topocentric Observer code : MCD Location : McDonald Obs. 2.7m Latitude (deg) : 30.67158 E. Longitude (deg) : 255.97844 Altitude (km) : 2.075 Gaia source ID : 145002974996928128 2Mass ID (if available) : 04340017+2157177 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 34m 00.22101s +21:57:17.24790s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.93 K magnitude : 14.483 G magnitude : 18.798 RP magnitude : 17.501 BP magnitude : 20.667 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 19.511 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 14.12 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 74.83 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 66.65 B (ring opening deg) : 79.25 PA of pole (deg) : -52.41 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.487 C/A sky separation (km) : 6889.4 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 2029-03-15T23:24:26.256 78.89 20.48x 50797.26 -13.70 lambda I 2029-03-15T23:25:22.546 79.03 20.28x 50026.71 -13.69 delta I 2029-03-15T23:27:28.722 79.32 19.84x 48300.35 -13.68 gamma I 2029-03-15T23:28:17.782 79.43 19.67x 47629.47 -13.67 eta I 2029-03-15T23:28:50.942 79.50 19.56x 47176.12 -13.67 beta I 2029-03-15T23:30:41.046 79.74 19.17x 45671.35 -13.66 alpha I 2029-03-15T23:31:51.491 79.89 18.93x 44710.36 -13.65 4 I 2029-03-15T23:34:31.607 80.20 18.37x 42525.93 -13.63 5 I 2029-03-15T23:34:58.994 80.25 18.27x 42154.82 -13.63 6 I 2029-03-15T23:35:24.920 80.30 18.18x 41795.42 -13.63 Uranus I 2029-03-15T23:55:27.587 81.51 13.96x 25433.51 -4.98 -5.21 Uranus E 2029-03-16T00:54:32.611 74.43 1.33x 25136.37 9.24 9.67 6 E 2029-03-16T01:14:42.343 70.49 -3.00x 41874.30 13.67 5 E 2029-03-16T01:15:13.896 70.38 -3.12x 42310.80 13.68 4 E 2029-03-16T01:15:36.110 70.31 -3.20x 42614.26 13.68 alpha E 2029-03-16T01:18:09.735 69.79 -3.75x 44716.13 13.70 beta E 2029-03-16T01:19:18.422 69.56 -4.00x 45656.60 13.71 eta E 2029-03-16T01:21:09.162 69.18 -4.39x 47176.12 13.72 gamma E 2029-03-16T01:21:41.826 69.07 -4.51x 47624.43 13.73 delta E 2029-03-16T01:22:31.058 68.90 -4.69x 48300.35 13.73 lambda E 2029-03-16T01:24:36.722 68.47 -5.14 50026.71 13.74 epsilon E 2029-03-16T01:26:26.963 68.09 -5.53 51542.40 13.76