Uranus_2040-04-21T08_04_11.5600_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 : 2040-04-21T08:12:16.030 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 : 670904819696439424 2Mass ID (if available) : 08042554+2057043 ICRS Star Coord at Epoch: 08h 04m 25.54056s +20:57:04.66201s RUWE (>1.4 is poor) : 0.97 K magnitude : 13.549 G magnitude : 15.370 RP magnitude : 14.771 BP magnitude : 15.804 DUPflag : 0 Distance (au) : 18.591 f0 (km) : 0.000 g0 (km) : 0.000 skyplane vel. (km/s) : 7.80 Sun-Target sep (deg) : 87.57 Sun-Moon sep (deg) : 21.72 B (ring opening deg) : 48.09 PA of pole (deg) : 89.60 Pole direction: RA (deg): 257.31100 Dec (deg): -15.17500 C/A sky separation (") : 2.573 C/A sky separation (km) : 34689.5 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 2040-04-21T07:20:31.569 6.81 -46.95 51547.92 -7.57 lambda I 2040-04-21T07:23:54.897 6.12 -46.82 50026.71 -7.38 delta I 2040-04-21T07:27:52.975 5.32 -46.65 48300.35 -7.12 gamma I 2040-04-21T07:29:28.749 5.00x -46.58 47624.01 -7.01 eta I 2040-04-21T07:30:33.052 4.78x -46.53 47176.12 -6.93 beta I 2040-04-21T07:34:14.864 4.04x -46.34 45669.19 -6.64 alpha I 2040-04-21T07:36:36.587 3.57x -46.22 44752.32 -6.43 4 I 2040-04-21T07:42:22.144 2.42x -45.88 42604.98 -5.88 5 I 2040-04-21T07:43:26.606 2.20x -45.81 42215.70 -5.78 6 I 2040-04-21T07:44:44.111 1.95x -45.72 41825.15 -5.64 No planet occultations 6 E 2040-04-21T08:56:09.490 -11.67x -38.33 41869.38 5.74 5 E 2040-04-21T08:57:20.182 -11.89x -38.17 42299.52 5.88 4 E 2040-04-21T08:58:14.502 -12.05x -38.04 42611.64 5.99 alpha E 2040-04-21T09:03:50.822 -13.06x -37.26 44723.79 6.57 beta E 2040-04-21T09:06:13.424 -13.48x -36.92 45680.71 6.79 eta E 2040-04-21T09:09:48.937 -14.12x -36.40 47176.12 7.10 gamma E 2040-04-21T09:10:52.640 -14.31x -36.25 47630.85 7.18 delta E 2040-04-21T09:12:25.085 -14.58x -36.02 48300.35 7.30 lambda E 2040-04-21T09:16:16.954 -15.26x -35.45 50026.71 7.58 epsilon E 2040-04-21T09:18:29.889 -15.64x -35.11 51044.94 7.79