Uranus_2040-01-24T09_18_24.0700_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:25:38 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2040-01-24T09:16:27.960 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 : 675849976321519616 2Mass ID (if available) : 08121165+2034508 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 08h 12m 11.64571s +20:34:50.81767s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.00 K magnitude : 14.034 G magnitude : 15.728 RP magnitude : 15.173 BP magnitude : 16.110 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 17.605 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -23.20 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 177.20 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 51.81 B (ring opening deg) : 46.27 PA of pole (deg) : 90.69 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 0.484 C/A sky separation (km) : 6182.4 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 2040-01-24T08:50:28.288 62.65 -64.26 51472.46 -31.96 lambda I 2040-01-24T08:51:13.502 62.50 -64.11 50026.71 -31.97 delta I 2040-01-24T08:52:07.522 62.31 -63.93 48300.35 -31.95 gamma I 2040-01-24T08:52:28.725 62.23 -63.85 47623.06 -31.94 eta I 2040-01-24T08:52:42.720 62.19 -63.81 47176.12 -31.93 beta I 2040-01-24T08:53:30.399 62.02 -63.64 45655.79 -31.91 alpha I 2040-01-24T08:53:58.896 61.92 -63.55 44740.59 -31.90 4 I 2040-01-24T08:55:08.612 61.68 -63.31 42538.88 -31.88 5 I 2040-01-24T08:55:21.152 61.63 -63.27 42162.12 -31.88 6 I 2040-01-24T08:55:29.871 61.60 -63.24 41802.88 -31.81 Uranus I 2040-01-24T08:59:06.294 60.84 -62.50 25255.28 -43.67 -44.99 Uranus E 2040-01-24T09:33:52.940 53.44 -55.23 25311.23 38.51 39.80 6 E 2040-01-24T09:38:19.623 52.48 -54.28 41862.70 31.75 5 E 2040-01-24T09:38:30.924 52.44 -54.24 42294.95 31.82 4 E 2040-01-24T09:38:41.385 52.41 -54.21 42611.37 31.82 alpha E 2040-01-24T09:39:47.812 52.17 -53.97 44704.35 31.83 beta E 2040-01-24T09:40:18.130 52.06 -53.86 45671.51 31.85 eta E 2040-01-24T09:41:05.384 51.89 -53.70 47176.12 31.86 gamma E 2040-01-24T09:41:19.642 51.84 -53.64 47630.46 31.87 delta E 2040-01-24T09:41:40.659 51.76 -53.57 48300.35 31.88 lambda E 2040-01-24T09:42:34.801 51.57 -53.38 50026.71 31.89 epsilon E 2040-01-24T09:42:58.269 51.49 -53.29 50775.32 31.89