Asteroid-Asteroid Appulses - 2026 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   12:03        9  Metis                    1609  Brenda                   22 06.23     -16 26.87  11.4  14.9  133  164   74   97  -0.992
05 01   12:42     1010  Marlene                 54071  2000 GQ146               11 48.41     +06 52.07  16.0  15.4  242   78  134   45  +0.998
05 02   10:36       13  Egeria                   1120  Cannonia                 13 43.99     -05 04.97  10.5  15.7  194  262  161   47  -0.939
05 07   17:24      475  Ocllo                     671  Carnegia                 15 12.17     -27 13.05  14.8  15.0  147   43  170   75  -0.585
05 08   23:50     1628  Strobel                  5010  Amenemhet                16 09.98     +02 38.74  15.2  15.9   16  248  142  146  -0.013
05 10   03:16       13  Egeria                   1344  Caubeta                  13 36.72     -05 23.33  10.7  15.3  248  224  150  172  -0.063
05 10   03:36      279  Thule                     599  Luisa                    14 16.62     -11 56.45  14.8  12.9  280   24  165  131  -0.285
05 12   06:22      136  Austria                   356  Liguria                  10 40.93     +07 25.77  14.2  13.5  140  250  105  131  -0.049
05 12   13:56      201  Penelope                 1266  Tone                     08 37.62     +17 22.74  14.6  15.9  263  234   73   85  -0.012
05 13   04:53     1182  Ilona                    1583  Antilochus               12 41.68     -17 14.27  15.6  16.0  211   24  143  164  -0.170
05 13   09:30      217  Eudora                    236  Honoria                  22 28.83     -03 08.83  14.2  13.1   29  356   76   57  -0.027
05 14   14:27      451  Patientia                 503  Evelyn                   19 44.77     -24 19.54  12.2  14.6   25  104  126  179  +0.216
05 16   06:50      898  Hildegard                1343  Nicole                   15 25.44     -21 17.19  13.2  13.7   38  262  177  168  +0.009
05 19   14:10      127  Johanna                  1048  Feodosia                 16 59.89     -30 43.43  12.7  12.5  170  267  161  135  +0.266
05 22   23:10      510  Mabella                   701  Oriola                   23 45.28     +05 21.21  14.5  15.3   25   23   64  163  +0.587
05 23   14:53      320  Katharina                1409  Isko                     18 40.66     -13 15.44  15.5  15.2  216  262  150   20  -0.980
05 24   05:32     1596  Itzigsohn                2621  Goto                     18 04.03     -19 02.34  15.6  15.8  108   92  154   83  +0.775
05 25   21:37      516  Amherstia                 760  Massinga                 00 53.19     +12 25.38  14.4  14.7  142  217   50  142  +0.987
05 28   11:14     1664  Felix                    2465  Wilson                   16 26.26     -26 14.88  15.3  15.8    6  250  175    0  +0.998