Asteroids Reaching 2008 Brightest - July


  • Includes asteroids 14.5 <= m <= 15.0 at brightest during the month
  • Initial Data based on numerically integrated positions from 1995 through 2050, computed by Brian D. Warner
  • Postions based on elements with Date of Osculation = J.D. 2451200.5
  • (F) means favorable apparition (one of five brightest through 2050)
  • Date with missing decimal part of day, e.g., 01. , means the asteroid was at minimum distance at 0h UT on January 1
  • Opposition Date (O Date) of 99 99.9 means asteroid does not reach an opposition in the current year


    Check one or more asteroids to generate an ephemeris. 40 positions starting with today's date are generated

    Enter Longitude and Latitude to the nearest whole degree.
    Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative

        (For example:  Florissant, CO  =  –106 +39;    Adelaide, Australia =  +138  –34)

    Enter Elevation above sea level in meters  (1 foot = 0.3048m)

    If invalid entries are made for Longitude and/or Latitude, geocentric positions are returned

    Geocentric Topocentric           Longitude     Latitude    Elevation

    # Asteroid O. Date Mag M. Date Dist B. Date Mag Dec
    3702  Trubetskaya 6 28.5 14.9 7 09.2 1.534 7 01.2 14.9 -13
    4798  Mercator (F) 7 02.0 14.8 6 30.3 0.958 7 02.8 14.8 -24
    933  Susi 7 03.4 15.0 6 28.5 1.543 7 03.5 15.0 -17
    2465  Wilson (F) 7 03.9 15.0 7 04.6 1.533 7 03.7 15.0 -24
    7776  Takeishi 7 03.4 14.9 7 10.5 1.065 7 04.4 14.9 -32
    5139  Rumoi (F) 7 05.0 14.7 7 04.7 1.739 7 04.6 14.7 -26
    15805  1994 GB1 (F) 7 06.3 14.9 7 04.0 0.815 7 04.7 14.9 -34
    19774  2000 OS51 7 04.0 14.5 6 25.8 1.238 7 04.8 14.5 -22
    2906  Caltech 7 07.2 14.5 7 07.8 2.154 7 05.1 14.5 -39
    3028  Zhangguoxi 7 04.3 15.0 7 04.6 2.011 7 05.3 15.0 - 9
    3880  Kaiserman (F) 7 05.0 15.0 7 08.7 0.821 7 05.6 15.0 -17
    1114  Lorraine 7 03.0 14.5 7 07.6 2.182 7 05.8 14.5 - 7
    1280  Baillauda 7 07.0 15.0 7 08.6 2.444 7 06.9 15.0 -24
    1223  Neckar 7 10.1 14.5 7 11.2 1.943 7 09.7 14.5 -26
    1447  Utra 7 11.2 14.7 7 10.4 1.624 7 10.3 14.7 -30
    2108  Otto Schmidt 7 11.3 14.6 7 10.5 1.434 7 10.4 14.6 -34
    1639  Bower 7 10.0 14.8 7 13.6 1.844 7 10.6 14.8 -30
    452  Hamiltonia 7 11.5 14.9 7 10.8 1.849 7 11.2 14.9 -23
    5051  Ralph (F) 7 11.2 15.0 7 14.8 0.980 7 11.7 15.0 -18
    945  Barcelona 7 14.1 14.7 7 10.9 2.098 7 11.9 14.7 -48
    4919  Vishnevskaya (F) 7 12.5 14.8 7 18.2 0.747 7 12.7 14.8 -32
    57356  2001 QG293 (F) 7 11.4 15.0 7 19.8 1.010 7 12.7 15.0 - 9
    1067  Lunaria 7 12.9 14.8 7 19.1 1.971 7 12.9 14.8 -22
    3782  Celle 7 13.0 14.8 7 10.0 1.227 7 13.1 14.8 -19
    648  Pippa 7 13.0 14.8 7 14.3 2.823 7 14.0 14.8 -22
    4145  Maximova (F) 7 14.0 14.6 7 20.9 0.856 7 15.0 14.6 -22
    4844  Matsuyama 7 15.3 14.6 7 08.0 1.111 7 15.2 14.6 -13
    3494  Purple Mountain (F) 7 14.1 14.7 7 16.5 1.040 7 15.5 14.7 -12
    1327  Namaqua (F) 7 17.6 15.0 7 19.5 1.365 7 16.5 15.0 -30
    1558  Jarnefelt 7 18.1 14.5 7 18.7 2.230 7 17.8 14.5 -22
    1835  Gajdariya 7 19.2 14.9 7 22.2 1.741 7 19.1 14.9 -21
    90403  2003 YE45 (F) 1 01.7 17.0 7 13.4 0.042 7 19.4 15.0 +60
    3543  Ningbo (F) 7 20.1 14.8 7 17.4 1.651 7 20.2 14.8 -19
    1421  Esperanto 7 24.8 14.7 7 18.5 2.080 7 20.9 14.7 -34
    2085  Henan 7 22.2 14.8 7 24.9 1.751 7 22.1 14.8 -20
    6524  Baalke 7 20.8 14.9 7 25.5 1.390 7 22.5 14.9 -15
    3261  Tvardovskij 7 22.2 15.0 7 23.5 1.678 7 22.6 15.0 -18
    5588  Jennabelle (F) 7 24.4 15.0 7 25.7 1.482 7 22.6 15.0 -29
    2644  Victor Jara (F) 7 24.8 14.8 7 22.8 0.797 7 23.8 14.8 -24
    6332  Vorarlberg 7 24.0 14.8 7 21.1 1.070 7 24.1 14.8 -23
    8195  1993 UC1 (F) 7 22.8 15.0 7 29.3 1.093 7 25.8 15.0 - 4
    1754  Cunningham (F) 7 24.9 14.5 7 24.4 2.350 7 26.9 14.5 - 9
    4643  Cisneros (F) 7 27.2 14.7 7 24.8 0.880 7 27.0 14.7 -20
    1317  Silvretta 7 28.1 14.7 7 31.4 2.200 7 27.1 14.7 -47
    4446  Carolyn (F) 7 25.8 15.0 7 27.9 1.860 7 28.0 15.0 - 9
    5967  Edithlevy (F) 7 28.2 15.0 7 25.6 0.882 7 28.3 14.9 -18
    1928  Summa (F) 7 26.1 14.6 8 01.7 1.019 7 28.4 14.6 -12
    1115  Sabauda 8 03.8 14.6 7 29.4 2.644 7 29.8 14.6 -35
    3918  Brel 7 26.0 15.0 8 06.3 0.916 7 29.8 14.9 -10
    2315  Czechoslovakia 8 03.5 15.0 8 03.0 2.006 7 31.6 15.0 -34
    6409  1992 VC (F) 8 09.5 15.1 7 30.8 1.120 7 31.6 15.0 -42