Asteroid-Asteroid Appulses - 2025 May


All dates and times are Universal Time
Positions are geocentric J2000 and include planetary perturbations
The first asteroid in the pair is the brighter of the two
Separations are in arcseconds, Position Angle is from the brighter asteroid to the fainter
Calculations by Brian D. Warner
 
Asteroid < mag 16; Elong from Sun > 45 degrees

Ast 1 :  Asteroid 1 Number
Name 1:  Asteroid 1 Name
Ast 2 :  Asteroid 2 Number
Name 2:  Asteroid 2 Name
RA:      Asteroid 1 RA
Dec:     Asteroid 1 Declination
Mag 1:   Asteroid 1 V magnitude
Mag 2:   Asteroid 2 V magnitude
Sep:     Separation, arcsec
PA:      Position Angle, Ast 1 to Ast 2
         0 = North, 90 = East, 180 = South, 270 = West
SE:      Angular separation between Sun and Ast 1
ME:      Angular separation between Moon and Ast 1
MP:      Moon Phase
         0 = New, 0.5 = Quarter, 1 = Full. + = Waxing; – = Waning

Date     UT    Ast1     Name1                 Ast2     Name2                      RA            Dec     Mag1  Mag2  Sep  PA   SE   ME     MP  
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05 01   21:45       51  Nemausa                   862  Franzia                  08 03.58     +15 15.28  12.4  15.4   28   48   77    9  +0.391
05 02   08:17      651  Antikleia                1017  Jacqueline               10 48.31     +17 31.61  15.8  15.4  160    5  112   18  +0.547
05 06   16:53      470  Kilia                     762  Pulcova                  22 38.73     -04 19.16  15.2  14.9   42  355   67  160  +0.834
05 10   00:42      422  Berolina                 3983  Sakiko                   14 05.44     -17 30.86  13.9  15.8   87  195  161   27  -0.992
05 12   00:24     4041  Miyamotoyohko            9058  1992 JB                  13 26.64     +07 33.65  15.8  15.8   45   32  143   33  +0.995
05 16   15:37      448  Natalie                  1055  Tynka                    12 12.50     +05 23.64  16.0  16.0    6  245  124  113  -0.771
05 18   23:45     1236  Thais                    5952  Davemonet                16 42.09     -29 18.09  15.1  15.9  269   76  165   80  -0.470
05 19   04:17     1082  Pirola                   1419  Danzig                   14 49.04     -13 28.70  15.3  15.0  254  130  161  148  -0.182
05 20   00:31     1856  Ruzena                   2253  Espinette                16 25.46     -13 46.65  15.1  14.7  271   89  172  161  +0.014
05 22   23:18       23  Thalia                    980  Anacostia                19 16.38     -28 32.42  12.2  12.1  116   74  136  100  -0.100
05 23   14:32       29  Amphitrite                911  Agamemnon                09 50.06     +14 06.57  11.2  15.9  288  163   82  119  -0.100
05 26   09:39      555  Norma                    1243  Pamela                   17 13.58     -19 54.26  15.8  13.9  162   88  169  159  +0.067
05 26   22:20       51  Nemausa                    79  Eurynome                 08 44.08     +14 34.95  12.6  13.0   49  200   62    7  +0.243
05 27   04:30     3523  Arina                  424482  2008 DG5                 14 19.26     -12 12.68  15.0  14.2   13  269  151  148  +0.002
05 27   21:55     8479  Held                    40310  1999 KU4                 17 14.01     -20 09.49  15.1  15.9  188  289  167  171  +0.021
05 28   13:12     4185  Phystech               163696  2003 EB50                15 57.39     -22 06.89  15.2  14.2    3  226  175  155  +0.030
05 29   16:56     4826  Wilhelms                19261  1995 MB                  20 23.96     -21 45.31  15.9  15.6   99  283  125  165  +0.117
05 29   17:43      305  Gordonia                  396  Aeolia                   00 35.79     +06 08.49  15.1  15.5  237   30   60  134  +0.364
05 29   20:01      727  Nipponia                 3237  Victorplatt              21 32.91     -10 13.51  14.4  16.0   60  119  108  167  +0.266
05 30   20:31     2610  Tuva                    17681  Tweedledum               16 11.68     -20 09.52  15.1  15.8  219  244  175  119  +0.220
05 31   02:02      667  Denise                    932  Hooveria                 09 42.26     +17 53.33  15.1  15.2  167   97   71    3  +0.364