Uranus_2029-12-18T00_21_55.7300_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:39:09 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2029-12-18T00:19:48.900 Event type : XRgt : No Uranus occs : 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 : 3412545099438845312 2Mass ID (if available) : 04574879+2242080 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 04h 57m 48.78405s +22:42:08.08576s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.01 K magnitude : 14.503 G magnitude : 16.994 RP magnitude : 16.211 BP magnitude : 17.639 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.254 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -22.97 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 169.74 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 22.92 B (ring opening deg) : 82.00 PA of pole (deg) : -20.24 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.965 C/A sky separation (km) : 39253.0 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 2029-12-17T23:56:23.705 27.16 -30.97 51547.61 -14.89 lambda I 2029-12-17T23:58:07.978 26.95 -30.83 50026.71 -14.24 delta I 2029-12-18T00:00:13.116 26.71 -30.66 48300.35 -13.34 gamma I 2029-12-18T00:01:04.828 26.61 -30.58 47621.00 -12.93 eta I 2029-12-18T00:01:39.595 26.54 -30.53 47176.12 -12.66 beta I 2029-12-18T00:03:45.033 26.28 -30.36 45655.41 -11.57 alpha I 2029-12-18T00:05:09.215 26.11 -30.23 44714.25 -10.81 4 I 2029-12-18T00:08:49.644 25.66 -29.91 42580.22 -8.50 5 I 2029-12-18T00:09:25.361 25.59 -29.85 42275.12 -8.09 6 I 2029-12-18T00:10:19.038 25.47 -29.77 41866.45 -7.49 No planet occultations 6 E 2029-12-18T00:29:31.727 22.95 -27.86 41841.67 7.48 5 E 2029-12-18T00:30:21.742 22.83 -27.77 42220.34 8.08 4 E 2029-12-18T00:31:00.614 22.75 -27.70 42547.72 8.49 alpha E 2029-12-18T00:34:47.783 22.22 -27.29 44743.70 10.80 beta E 2029-12-18T00:36:08.105 22.03 -27.14 45641.65 11.56 eta E 2029-12-18T00:38:14.891 21.73 -26.90 47176.12 12.63 gamma E 2029-12-18T00:38:49.923 21.65 -26.84 47623.65 12.91 delta E 2029-12-18T00:39:41.522 21.53 -26.74 48300.35 13.31 lambda E 2029-12-18T00:41:46.898 21.23 -26.50 50026.71 14.21 epsilon E 2029-12-18T00:43:04.284 21.04 -26.35 51146.32 14.86