Uranus_2029-12-06T18_25_39.0900_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:39:08 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2029-12-06T18:29:10.870 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 : 3412524178654162816 2Mass ID (if available) : 04595197+2244565 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 59m 51.98441s +22:44:56.37731s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.06 K magnitude : 14.737 G magnitude : 16.812 RP magnitude : 16.135 BP magnitude : 17.309 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.240 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.46 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 178.35 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 166.60 B (ring opening deg) : 82.11 PA of pole (deg) : -16.71 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.726 C/A sky separation (km) : 22829.4 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 2029-12-06T17:56:41.749 3.73x -5.18 51408.79 -21.02 lambda I 2029-12-06T17:57:47.540 3.93x -5.38 50026.71 -20.93 delta I 2029-12-06T17:59:10.413 4.19x -5.63 48300.35 -20.73 gamma I 2029-12-06T17:59:43.083 4.29x -5.72 47624.61 -20.64 eta I 2029-12-06T18:00:04.844 4.35x -5.79 47176.12 -20.58 beta I 2029-12-06T18:01:18.078 4.57x -6.01 45676.66 -20.37 alpha I 2029-12-06T18:02:06.933 4.72x -6.16 44685.69 -20.21 4 I 2029-12-06T18:03:50.274 5.04 -6.47 42616.23 -19.84 5 I 2029-12-06T18:04:05.420 5.08 -6.51 42313.47 -19.78 6 I 2029-12-06T18:04:27.808 5.15 -6.58 41875.29 -19.69 Uranus I 2029-12-06T18:21:41.046 8.24 -9.62 25181.65 -6.35 -6.65 Uranus E 2029-12-06T18:36:23.109 10.80 -12.15 25011.19 -7.70 -8.06 6 E 2029-12-06T18:53:40.843 13.72 -15.02 41804.82 19.75 5 E 2029-12-06T18:54:00.224 13.77 -15.07 42187.70 19.84 4 E 2029-12-06T18:54:18.827 13.82 -15.12 42557.52 19.91 alpha E 2029-12-06T18:56:06.780 14.12 -15.41 44726.46 20.28 beta E 2029-12-06T18:56:52.875 14.25 -15.54 45664.60 20.44 eta E 2029-12-06T18:58:06.451 14.45 -15.73 47176.12 20.66 gamma E 2029-12-06T18:58:28.458 14.51 -15.79 47631.42 20.72 delta E 2029-12-06T18:59:00.675 14.60 -15.88 48300.35 20.81 lambda E 2029-12-06T19:00:23.222 14.82 -16.10 50026.71 21.02 epsilon E 2029-12-06T19:00:57.301 14.91 -16.19 50744.32 21.10