Next 60 years of occultations



Venus transit over Jupiter in 1818 (Simulation)

Table of occultations of bright stars and planets by planets:


Date: December 4th, 2015
Occulting planet: Mercury
Occulted object: Theta Ophiuchi


Date: Feb 37th, 2035
Occulting planet: Venus
Occulted object: Pi Sagittarii


Date: October 1st, 2044
Occulting planet: Venus
Occulted object: Regulus


Date: February 23rd, 2046
Occulting planet: Venus
Occulted object: Rho-1 Sagittarii


Date: November 10th, 2052
Occulting planet: Mercury
Occulted object: Zuben-el-genubi


Date: November 22nd, 2065
Occulting planet: Venus
Occulted object: Jupiter


Date: July 15th, 2067
Occulting planet: Mercury
Occulted object: Neptune

In very rare cases, planets can transit in front of another. There are only 7 mutual planetary transits between 1800 and 2100. The next one occurring in 1965 (Being only 8° from the Sun, it will be essentially unobservable.). The last one occurred in 1818 (Venus transits Jupiter).

A slightly more common event is the transit of Mercury or Venus across the Sun (Venus transit in 2012). Also this is not strictly an occultation but a passage of the planets' discs on the Sun.

Mutual Occultation of Superior Planets

These are very very rare events but much easier to observe as occuring at a greater elongation frmo the Sun.


Date: December 2nd, 2223
Occulting planet: Mars
Occulted object: Jupiter

Jupiter and Saturn get close in 2020 Also there are no forecast of occultations of Jupiter and Saturn, there is a close (still 10+ times Jupiter diameter) encounter (6'):
Date: Decemeber 21st, 2020
No occultation

Occultations of PPM stars by Saturn 2006-2012

  Star    RA(1950)      Dec(1950)   V     UT Date   UT Time SpT  Julian Date      (")    (")  (km/s) Sun Trn   Immersion (UT JD)       Emersion (UT JD)
 
125631   8:39:19.402   19:06:49.89  8.00 2006-01-25 20:29:09 A5 2453761.353575    9.45 10.3 s  20.1 178  -58 20:17:17 2453761.345332 20:34:38 2453761.357389
125304   8:25:27.758   20:00:37.53 11.00 2006-03-19  4:25:07 G0 2453813.684110   28.55 9.89 n   8.0 126  116
125304   8:25:27.757   20:00:37.53 11.00 2006-04-22 21:50:44 G0 2453848.410228    6.96 9.30 s   8.5  92   51 20:46:50 2453848.365853 23:05:31 2453848.462170
127603  10:37:13.774   10:35:26.24  9.40 2008-01-18 23:49:15 K0 2454484.492536   21.54 9.90 s  13.5 140  -45
127484  10:29:17.478   11:27:46.05 11.20 2008-02-18 19:24:37 G5 2454515.308759    5.00 10.1 n  20.0 174  -79 18:44:57 2454515.281212 20:08:42 2454515.339377
158628  12:11:19.299    1:06:41.82 10.60 2009-12-01  2:52:39 G0 2455166.619891   20.30 8.56 s  21.6  66  -70

158415  11:58:06.034    2:41:33.99 10.20 2010-07-12 16:01:18 K0 2455390.167574    0.07 8.54 n  20.1  69  -10 15:12:14 2455390.133498 16:50:16 2455390.201569
196878  13:44:43.231   -8:15:13.76  8.60 2011-12-29 14:00:25 G5 2455925.083622   26.40 8.41 s  20.0  69  101
196966  13:49:41.982   -8:28:30.88  9.50 2012-02-20  1:06:52 __ 2455977.546433    7.95 9.18 s   6.1 121  -42 23:52:18 2455977.494655  1:55:35 2455977.580266

Occultations of PPM stars by Jupiter 2006-2012


229647  14:58:46.874  -15:44:15.29  8.50 2006-02-04  0:35:46 K0 2453770.524839   21.00 18.2 s  13.9  87  -82
229681  15:00:05.297  -15:48:39.86  9.70 2006-02-08  1:26:44 __ 2453774.560236    4.22 18.5 n  12.0  91  -66 23:50:52 2453774.493654  3:03:12 2453774.627220
229745  15:03:06.122  -15:54:39.38  9.70 2006-03-16  9:49:26 __ 2453810.909331   21.32 20.6 n   5.2 127   95
229483  14:52:23.246  -15:05:47.64  9.80 2006-04-18 20:00:10 G5 2453844.333451    0.34 22.1 n  15.7 163  -77 18:44:17 2453844.280758 21:16:00 2453844.386115
228997  14:32:15.267  -13:37:36.17  9.70 2006-05-31  6:44:12 G0 2453886.780694   21.22 21.8 s  13.4 151  131

266120  16:51:38.971  -21:47:58.56  8.40 2007-02-07  1:32:20 B5 2454138.564120   17.77 17.2 n  26.6  63  -94
266120  16:51:38.971  -21:47:58.56  8.40 2007-06-05 10:54:16 B5 2454256.954356   19.83 22.8 n  16.6 179  163 10:26:35 2454256.935125 11:21:52 2454256.973520
266091  16:50:32.375  -21:47:07.27  9.50 2007-06-07 11:25:21 __ 2454258.975940   24.03 22.8 s  16.6 178  173
265741  16:35:01.704  -21:34:20.47  9.80 2007-09-04  3:37:58 __ 2454347.651369   17.42 18.9 n  13.0  90  148  3:18:23 2454347.637765  3:56:38 2454347.664330
266043  16:48:09.493  -22:03:32.71  9.50 2007-09-30 19:11:21 K5 2454374.299553   12.73 17.6 n  24.6  67   44 18:40:30 2454374.278122 19:42:02 2454374.320853

269661  19:18:02.560  -22:10:10.63  9.70 2008-03-21 13:50:49 F5 2454547.076961   28.47 18.1 n  22.4  72   97
269489  19:10:38.608  -22:39:08.19  8.40 2008-07-12  7:43:00 B9 2454659.821529   13.35 23.6 s  16.1 177  118  6:44:10 2454659.780671  8:41:48 2454659.862367
269160  18:55:55.121  -23:09:06.66  8.90 2008-10-04 23:30:36 K0 2454744.479579   17.02 19.6 s  12.5  92   82 22:54:36 2454744.454586  0:07:13 2454744.505008
269340  19:04:31.076  -22:57:29.39  9.80 2008-10-23 11:45:21 K5 2454762.989828    3.11 18.5 s  21.0  75  -78 10:49:37 2454762.951118 12:41:07 2454763.028552
269825  19:25:19.294  -22:21:39.83  9.30 2008-11-22  8:06:08 A5 2454792.837596   11.47 17.2 n  32.6  50 -109  7:40:18 2454792.819655  8:31:47 2454792.855405

239245  21:40:20.793  -14:37:44.05  6.20 2009-04-26 17:02:56 A5 2454948.210372   21.32 18.6 n  22.2  73  145
239413  21:47:29.705  -14:23:39.31 10.20 2009-07-21  1:13:24 __ 2455033.550975   26.63 23.9 n  12.8 153  -10
239268  21:41:17.147  -14:58:45.14  6.40 2009-08-03 23:57:13 A5 2455047.498072   17.31 24.3 s  15.3 168  -14 23:06:27 2455047.462815  0:47:44 2455047.533146
239199  21:38:29.973  -15:13:02.65 10.10 2009-08-09 14:05:15 __ 2455053.086984   10.51 24.4 n  15.8 174 -156 12:58:28 2455053.040604 15:12:12 2455053.133470
239268  21:41:17.147  -14:58:45.14  6.40 2009-08-03 23:57:13 A5 2455047.498072   17.31 24.3 s  15.3 168  -14 23:06:29 2455047.462840  0:47:46 2455047.533172
239318  21:43:25.635  -14:40:24.13  8.90 2009-12-20  0:02:38 K0 2455185.501825   17.32 17.9 n  30.4  56  123

118125   2:16:31.740   12:23:05.44 10.70 2011-07-14  1:15:24 F8 2455756.552360    7.40 19.2 n  21.2  74  -85  0:24:17 2455756.516862  2:06:19 2455756.587717
118193   2:21:50.316   12:47:29.15  9.50 2011-07-25  0:01:02 G0 2455767.500715    9.71 19.8 s  16.6  83  -94 23:00:10 2455767.458448  1:02:26 2455767.543358
118193   2:21:50.316   12:47:29.15  9.50 2011-07-25  0:01:02 G0 2455767.500715    9.71 19.8 s  16.6  83  -94 23:00:08 2455767.458430  1:02:25 2455767.543342
117908   2:00:45.709   10:46:38.86 11.10 2011-11-17 22:19:19 G5 2455883.430076   25.70 24.3 n  14.0 157    0
117842   1:56:08.648   10:24:06.77 10.50 2011-11-29 16:30:26 K2 2455895.187805    6.26 23.8 n  10.8 144  -74 14:45:15 2455895.114753 18:16:23 2455895.261378

118059   2:12:10.648   12:15:42.14 10.60 2012-02-23  7:26:00 G5 2455980.809717   27.44 18.3 n  27.4  62 -130
118210   2:22:26.179   13:10:37.95  8.40 2012-03-08 23:28:41 A0 2455995.478254    1.91 17.7 n  32.6  50  123 22:52:27 2455995.453086  0:04:55 2455995.503410
 93924   4:54:51.507   21:44:56.82 10.60 2012-10-23  9:35:38 G5 2456223.899746   25.17 22.9 s   8.1 135  101
 93872   4:51:26.805   21:40:10.89  9.40 2012-11-02 15:17:25 G5 2456234.137094   14.28 23.4 n  11.7 146 -162 14:00:02 2456234.083359 16:34:39 2456234.190733

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