Uranus_2031-11-17T02_38_12.1200_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:24:27 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2031-11-17T02:42:59.920 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 : 3428383018979444480 2Mass ID (if available) : 05422838+2331271 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 05h 42m 28.38875s +23:31:27.15768s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.00 K magnitude : 11.754 G magnitude : 15.982 RP magnitude : 14.838 BP magnitude : 17.353 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.245 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -18.96 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 148.11 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 175.95 B (ring opening deg) : 78.56 PA of pole (deg) : 44.65 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.326 C/A sky separation (km) : 4310.8 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 2031-11-17T01:58:27.021 0.23x -25.79 51122.52 -18.95 lambda I 2031-11-17T01:59:24.799 0.41x -25.99 50026.71 -18.97 delta I 2031-11-17T02:00:55.832 0.71x -26.32 48300.35 -18.96 gamma I 2031-11-17T02:01:31.120 0.82x -26.44 47631.21 -18.96 eta I 2031-11-17T02:01:55.122 0.90x -26.53 47176.12 -18.96 beta I 2031-11-17T02:03:14.699 1.15x -26.81 45667.05 -18.96 alpha I 2031-11-17T02:04:05.563 1.31x -26.99 44702.04 -18.95 4 I 2031-11-17T02:05:55.548 1.67x -27.38 42616.57 -18.95 5 I 2031-11-17T02:06:14.640 1.73x -27.45 42261.48 -18.95 6 I 2031-11-17T02:06:38.564 1.81x -27.54 41800.90 -18.94 Uranus I 2031-11-17T02:20:58.180 4.60x -30.61 25362.89 -6.65 -6.97 Uranus E 2031-11-17T03:04:48.570 13.37 -40.04 25173.95 9.40 9.83 6 E 2031-11-17T03:19:08.167 16.30 -43.13 41877.39 19.09 5 E 2031-11-17T03:19:25.873 16.36 -43.19 42224.58 19.09 4 E 2031-11-17T03:19:42.056 16.41 -43.25 42526.84 19.09 alpha E 2031-11-17T03:21:37.324 16.81 -43.66 44728.84 19.10 beta E 2031-11-17T03:22:25.548 16.97 -43.83 45651.65 19.11 eta E 2031-11-17T03:23:45.280 17.25 -44.12 47176.12 19.12 gamma E 2031-11-17T03:24:08.588 17.33 -44.20 47621.77 19.12 delta E 2031-11-17T03:24:44.071 17.45 -44.33 48300.35 19.13 lambda E 2031-11-17T03:26:14.315 17.76 -44.65 50026.71 19.13 epsilon E 2031-11-17T03:27:10.413 17.95 -44.86 51100.23 19.13