Uranus_2029-10-16T11_49_39.4900_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 : 2029-10-16T11:46:29.350 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 : 3418382509750084480 2Mass ID (if available) : 05072523+2254365 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 05h 07m 25.25042s +22:54:36.44294s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.08 K magnitude : 11.854 G magnitude : 13.836 RP magnitude : 13.165 BP magnitude : 14.341 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.644 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -10.80 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 125.08 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 121.26 B (ring opening deg) : 82.25 PA of pole (deg) : -3.27 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.701 C/A sky separation (km) : 23007.6 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 2029-10-16T10:38:26.003 81.82 -31.04 51261.51 -9.93 lambda I 2029-10-16T10:40:30.229 81.63 -30.60 50026.71 -9.91 delta I 2029-10-16T10:43:25.341 81.33 -29.98 48300.35 -9.81 gamma I 2029-10-16T10:44:34.346 81.20 -29.73 47624.99 -9.77 eta I 2029-10-16T10:45:20.377 81.11 -29.57 47176.12 -9.74 beta I 2029-10-16T10:47:58.689 80.79 -29.00 45642.85 -9.63 alpha I 2029-10-16T10:49:31.454 80.58 -28.67 44752.03 -9.56 4 I 2029-10-16T10:53:25.967 80.04 -27.83 42530.51 -9.37 5 I 2029-10-16T10:54:06.304 79.94 -27.69 42156.37 -9.34 6 I 2029-10-16T10:54:44.656 79.85 -27.55 41794.78 -9.30 Uranus I 2029-10-16T11:31:36.382 73.19 -19.63 25083.36 7.02 7.35 Uranus E 2029-10-16T12:01:17.605 67.08 -13.24 25060.92 7.19 7.53 6 E 2029-10-16T12:38:22.207 59.19 -5.29 41854.81 9.28 5 E 2029-10-16T12:39:07.641 59.03 -5.13 42279.97 9.31 4 E 2029-10-16T12:39:42.674 58.90 -5.01 42605.69 9.35 alpha E 2029-10-16T12:43:24.246 58.11 -4.22x 44698.65 9.54 beta E 2029-10-16T12:45:06.549 57.74 -3.86x 45677.15 9.60 eta E 2029-10-16T12:47:41.792 57.18 -3.31x 47176.12 9.71 gamma E 2029-10-16T12:48:28.612 57.02 -3.14x 47631.34 9.74 delta E 2029-10-16T12:49:37.173 56.77 -2.90x 48300.35 9.78 lambda E 2029-10-16T12:52:32.831 56.14 -2.28x 50026.71 9.88 epsilon E 2029-10-16T12:53:47.469 55.87 -2.01x 50765.27 9.90