Uranus_2032-12-23T01_11_32.7200_SAAO.txt
 
Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:39:40 2023
 
target                  : Uranus
target radius (km)      :  25559.00
C/A epoch               : 2032-12-23T01:08:53.520
Event type              : XRt
                        : No Uranus occs
                        : Ring occs: topocentric, not geoecetric
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          : 3424835101113362688
2Mass ID (if available) : 05555654+2339010
ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 05h 55m 56.53752s +23:39:00.93046s
RUWE (>1.4 is poor)     :   1.07
K magnitude             : 11.239
G magnitude             : 15.274
RP magnitude            : 14.172
BP magnitude            : 16.529
DUPflag                 : 0
Distance (au)           : 18.036
f0 (km)                 :       0.000
g0 (km)                 :       0.000
skyplane vel. (km/s)    : -23.40
Sun-Target sep (deg)    :  177.77
Sun-Moon sep (deg)      :   72.86
B (ring opening deg)    :   76.12
PA of pole (deg)        :   54.49
Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100
               Dec (deg): -15.17500
C/A sky separation (")  :   3.667
C/A sky separation (km) :  47967.3
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
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epsilon       I 2032-12-23T00:55:55.457    23.68  -25.09   51498.86    -8.30
lambda        I 2032-12-23T00:59:21.650    23.23  -24.66   50026.71    -6.04
 
No planet occultations
 
lambda        E 2032-12-23T01:16:33.903    20.89  -22.42   50026.71     6.03
epsilon       E 2032-12-23T01:20:06.479    20.39  -21.93   51549.71     8.29