Uranus_2040-02-04T12_15_14.9900_MCD.txt Occultation predictions computed by rfrench@wellesley.edu Sun Jun 11 11:25:39 2023 target : Uranus target radius (km) : 25559.00 C/A epoch : 2040-02-04T12:11:49.930 Event type : PtRgt : Uranus occs: topocentric, not geoecetric : 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 : 675910415101233152 2Mass ID (if available) : 08101213+2041012 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 08h 10m 12.12373s +20:41:01.15347s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 1.01 K magnitude : 14.338 G magnitude : 16.430 RP magnitude : 15.757 BP magnitude : 16.961 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 17.630 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : -22.29 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 165.48 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 86.72 B (ring opening deg) : 46.74 PA of pole (deg) : 90.41 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 1.686 C/A sky separation (km) : 21556.3 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- epsilon I 2040-02-04T11:47:49.706 15.15 -25.59 51282.55 -27.36 lambda I 2040-02-04T11:48:35.569 14.99 -25.42 50026.71 -27.30 delta I 2040-02-04T11:49:39.066 14.77 -25.19 48300.35 -27.07 gamma I 2040-02-04T11:50:04.009 14.68 -25.10 47626.46 -26.97 eta I 2040-02-04T11:50:20.729 14.63 -25.05 47176.12 -26.90 beta I 2040-02-04T11:51:17.011 14.43 -24.84 45670.53 -26.66 alpha I 2040-02-04T11:51:51.381 14.31 -24.72 44752.35 -26.49 4 I 2040-02-04T11:53:14.987 14.02 -24.42 42575.78 -26.08 5 I 2040-02-04T11:53:31.547 13.96 -24.36 42164.00 -25.99 6 I 2040-02-04T11:53:42.916 13.93 -24.32 41796.73 -25.86 Uranus I 2040-02-04T12:01:45.810 12.26 -22.60 25410.96 -28.17 -29.28 Uranus E 2040-02-04T12:22:03.703 8.09 -18.26 25519.44 14.08 14.72 6 E 2040-02-04T12:33:02.687 5.85 -15.92 41867.23 25.78 5 E 2040-02-04T12:33:18.814 5.80 -15.86 42301.26 25.91 4 E 2040-02-04T12:33:30.442 5.76 -15.82 42608.64 26.00 alpha E 2040-02-04T12:34:50.793 5.49 -15.54 44702.61 26.40 beta E 2040-02-04T12:35:27.644 5.37 -15.41 45670.88 26.56 eta E 2040-02-04T12:36:23.999 5.18 -15.21 47176.12 26.80 gamma E 2040-02-04T12:36:40.930 5.12 -15.15 47630.47 26.87 delta E 2040-02-04T12:37:05.817 5.04 -15.06 48300.35 26.97 lambda E 2040-02-04T12:38:09.560 4.82x -14.84 50026.71 27.20 epsilon E 2040-02-04T12:38:36.752 4.73x -14.74 50767.46 27.25