Uranus_2031-10-27T03_18_42.7400_SAAO.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:39:24 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2031-10-27T03:16:15.600 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 : 3427645104939508352 2Mass ID (if available) : 05450080+2332077 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 05h 45m 00.81207s +23:32:07.70421s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.03 K magnitude : 14.980 G magnitude : 18.400 RP magnitude : 17.421 BP magnitude : 19.384 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.488 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -11.37 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 126.50 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 93.89 B (ring opening deg) : 78.13 PA of pole (deg) : 46.83 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.313 C/A sky separation (km) : 4197.4 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 2031-10-27T02:05:00.580 34.25 -20.11 50934.21 -11.84 lambda I 2031-10-27T02:06:17.216 34.24 -19.87 50026.71 -11.84 delta I 2031-10-27T02:08:43.026 34.23 -19.43 48300.35 -11.84 gamma I 2031-10-27T02:09:39.536 34.22 -19.26 47631.40 -11.84 eta I 2031-10-27T02:10:17.999 34.22 -19.14 47176.12 -11.84 beta I 2031-10-27T02:12:26.726 34.20 -18.74 45652.61 -11.83 alpha I 2031-10-27T02:13:48.289 34.19 -18.49 44685.84 -11.83 4 I 2031-10-27T02:16:45.009 34.15 -17.94 42597.56 -11.83 5 I 2031-10-27T02:17:09.062 34.14 -17.87 42312.52 -11.83 6 I 2031-10-27T02:17:48.817 34.13 -17.74 41836.32 -11.82 Uranus I 2031-10-27T02:40:48.825 33.51 -13.38 25340.02 -7.31 -7.65 Uranus E 2031-10-27T03:51:28.124 28.46 0.70x 25156.57 9.99 10.45 6 E 2031-10-27T04:14:32.072 25.93 5.45x 41846.93 11.80 5 E 2031-10-27T04:14:58.408 25.88 5.55x 42163.47 11.80 4 E 2031-10-27T04:15:29.899 25.82 5.65x 42537.88 11.80 alpha E 2031-10-27T04:18:37.525 25.44 6.30x 44748.80 11.80 beta E 2031-10-27T04:19:55.060 25.29 6.57x 45666.02 11.80 eta E 2031-10-27T04:22:02.986 25.03 7.02x 47176.12 11.81 gamma E 2031-10-27T04:22:40.665 24.95 7.15x 47620.97 11.81 delta E 2031-10-27T04:23:38.205 24.83 7.35x 48300.35 11.81 lambda E 2031-10-27T04:26:04.405 24.53 7.85x 50026.71 11.81 epsilon E 2031-10-27T04:27:51.972 24.30 8.23x 51297.04 11.80