Uranus_2031-03-01T05_13_41.1200_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:24:21 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2031-03-01T05:53:35.900 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 : 3415408747410005632 2Mass ID (if available) : 05093215+2301564 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 05h 09m 32.14296s +23:01:56.30520s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.99 K magnitude : 14.674 G magnitude : 18.469 RP magnitude : 17.314 BP magnitude : 19.955 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.971 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 1.97 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 98.42 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 8.70 B (ring opening deg) : 82.14 PA of pole (deg) : 0.51 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.458 C/A sky separation (km) : 6296.7 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 2031-02-28T21:05:29.313 30.56 42.54x 51036.13 -1.66 lambda I 2031-02-28T21:15:38.159 32.72 41.07x 50026.71 -1.65 delta I 2031-02-28T21:33:10.463 36.47 38.36x 48300.35 -1.63 gamma I 2031-02-28T21:40:06.760 37.96 37.23x 47623.63 -1.62 eta I 2031-02-28T21:44:43.224 38.94 36.46x 47176.12 -1.62 beta I 2031-02-28T22:00:17.552 42.29 33.80x 45674.82 -1.60 alpha I 2031-02-28T22:10:32.974 44.50 31.99x 44695.20 -1.59 4 I 2031-02-28T22:33:16.191 49.41 27.81x 42547.19 -1.56 5 I 2031-02-28T22:36:20.119 50.07 27.23x 42262.14 -1.56 6 I 2031-02-28T22:40:24.886 50.95 26.46x 41878.19 -1.56 Uranus I 2031-03-01T01:42:04.306 82.28 -11.11 25495.55 2.56 2.69 Uranus E 2031-03-01T09:17:17.881 -8.86x -52.16 25533.17 1.63 1.71 6 E 2031-03-01T11:15:43.766 -27.34x -28.04 41802.83 2.39 5 E 2031-03-01T11:18:44.835 -27.71x -27.40 42235.54 2.40 4 E 2031-03-01T11:21:19.348 -28.03x -26.85 42607.07 2.40 alpha E 2031-03-01T11:36:07.861 -29.74x -23.68 44748.77 2.42 beta E 2031-03-01T11:42:20.701 -30.41x -22.34 45653.17 2.43 eta E 2031-03-01T11:52:45.832 -31.46x -20.10 47176.12 2.44 gamma E 2031-03-01T11:55:50.384 -31.76x -19.44 47627.25 2.45 delta E 2031-03-01T12:00:25.224 -32.18x -18.45 48300.35 2.45 lambda E 2031-03-01T12:12:07.473 -33.18x -15.93 50026.71 2.46 epsilon E 2031-03-01T12:19:33.179 -33.75x -14.33 51127.01 2.47