Uranus_2029-09-30T08_51_27.3600_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:24:08 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2029-09-30T09:10:53.640 Event type : PtRgt : Uranus occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : 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 : 3415404177564689408 2Mass ID (if available) : 05081811+2255326 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 05h 08m 18.13820s +22:55:32.22798s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.06 K magnitude : 14.536 G magnitude : 18.196 RP magnitude : 17.065 BP magnitude : 19.475 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.889 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -3.34 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 108.96 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 13.86 B (ring opening deg) : 82.25 PA of pole (deg) : -1.69 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.186 C/A sky separation (km) : 29940.5 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 2029-09-30T05:57:30.811 17.23 -60.13 51017.49 -2.68 lambda I 2029-09-30T06:03:39.803 18.50 -60.66 50026.71 -2.68 delta I 2029-09-30T06:14:29.514 20.75 -61.44 48300.35 -2.64 gamma I 2029-09-30T06:18:44.969 21.64 -61.68 47628.77 -2.62 eta I 2029-09-30T06:21:38.122 22.24 -61.83 47176.12 -2.61 beta I 2029-09-30T06:31:26.461 24.30 -62.22 45654.79 -2.56 alpha I 2029-09-30T06:37:27.063 25.56 -62.36 44736.05 -2.53 4 I 2029-09-30T06:52:00.097 28.64 -62.40 42566.14 -2.44 5 I 2029-09-30T06:54:28.554 29.16 -62.37 42207.76 -2.42 6 I 2029-09-30T06:57:09.419 29.73 -62.31 41817.85 -2.40 No planet occultations 6 E 2029-09-30T11:18:32.336 82.16 -20.31 41873.59 2.65 5 E 2029-09-30T11:21:12.601 82.30 -19.74 42308.99 2.68 4 E 2029-09-30T11:23:08.698 82.38 -19.33 42616.07 2.70 alpha E 2029-09-30T11:35:37.341 82.28 -16.66 44688.56 2.83 beta E 2029-09-30T11:41:24.981 81.90 -15.42 45680.71 2.88 eta E 2029-09-30T11:49:57.988 81.02 -13.59 47176.12 2.95 gamma E 2029-09-30T11:52:31.470 80.70 -13.04 47630.48 2.97 delta E 2029-09-30T11:56:15.931 80.19 -12.23 48300.35 3.00 lambda E 2029-09-30T12:05:45.348 78.71 -10.19 50026.71 3.06 epsilon E 2029-09-30T12:10:00.239 77.99 -9.28 50811.22 3.08