These targets reach their brightest between 2006 July1 and September 30.
This is list is by no means all inclusive. Some of the criteria for building were:
The asteroid had to be 15.0 or brighter at brightest (V as computed using H/G parameters)
The asteroid had to have either no or a poorly established lightcurve
This list was prepared by Brian D. Warner in support
of the "Lightcurve Opportunities" article that appears in each issue of
The Minor Planet Bulletin.
The 'U' (last) column indicates the uncertainty flag as assigned by Harris, Warner, and
Pravec their Asteroid Lightcurve Data Base.
0 No lightcurve parameters reported
1 Very preliminary parameters reported. Very likely incorrect
2 Parameters reported. Error could be up to 30% or an ambiguous solution
? Parameters reported but not published so a value is not reported.
It's important to note that a flag of '2' by no means indicates the asteroid is not worth working. There can still be considerable error in the reported parameters. Also, additional work on any asteroid on this list can contribute towards determining the pole position or shape of the asteroid, information that is known for very few asteroids.
Asteroids with a '(F)' after the name are
those reaching a particularly favorable opposition.
For a complete list of potential targets, including
non-favorable oppositions brighter than 16m, click
here (opens new window)
Opposition Closest Brightest Harris Data # Name Date Mag Date AU Date Mag Dec U Period Amplitude ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 McCrosky (F) 6 30.9 15.0 7 02.3 1.470 7 01.0 15.0 -21 0 5527 1991 UQ3 (F) 7 01.2 14.6 7 01.8 0.929 7 01.4 14.6 -22 0 5877 1990 FP (F) 7 02.1 14.6 6 26.9 1.416 7 01.4 14.6 -26 2 8.91 0.09 14927 1994 VW6 (F) 7 01.0 14.9 7 07.1 0.861 7 01.7 14.9 -31 0 20098 1994 WC2 (F) 7 02.9 14.8 7 08.1 1.451 7 02.6 14.8 -26 0 1858 Lobachevskij (F) 7 03.5 14.3 7 03.9 1.468 7 03.5 14.3 -23 2 7.00 0.48 3300 McGlasson (F) 7 11.0 14.1 7 07.3 1.573 7 06.8 14.0 -52 0 1209 Pumma (F) 7 07.2 14.1 7 05.5 1.744 7 06.8 14.1 -25 0 1166 Sakuntala (F) 7 06.0 10.4 7 09.1 1.001 7 07.3 10.4 -21 2 6.30 0.40 7559 1985 VF (F) 7 08.1 14.4 7 12.7 0.865 7 07.4 14.4 -30 0 4302 Markeev (F) 7 07.2 15.0 7 04.9 1.159 7 07.7 15.0 -15 0 1163 Saga (F) 7 07.7 14.8 7 09.3 2.075 7 08.3 14.8 -17 0 6091 Mitsuru (F) 7 08.3 14.4 7 10.9 0.723 7 08.8 14.4 -39 0 5235 Jean-Loup (F) 7 10.6 14.4 7 10.8 0.956 7 10.9 14.4 -17 0 14318 Buzinov (F) 7 11.6 15.0 7 14.6 0.730 7 11.4 15.0 -31 0 6775 Giorgini (F) 7 09.9 14.8 7 11.7 1.197 7 12.4 14.8 - 8 0 7085 1991 PE (F) 7 12.9 15.0 7 17.5 1.304 7 13.0 15.0 -21 0 2713 Luxembourg (F) 7 13.2 15.0 7 12.6 1.765 7 13.0 15.0 -24 2 3.579 0.58 3313 Mendel (F) 7 14.4 15.0 7 11.5 1.334 7 14.5 15.0 -15 0 2440 Educatio (F) 7 13.6 14.4 7 16.3 0.849 7 14.7 14.4 -14 0 15407 1997 WM16 (F) 7 15.0 15.0 7 22.2 0.919 7 15.3 15.0 -20 0 3492 Petra-Pepi (F) 7 14.1 14.7 7 11.0 1.356 7 15.4 14.7 -11 0 15549 2000 FN (F) 7 15.1 14.4 7 17.9 0.739 7 16.2 14.4 -17 0 4909 Couteau (F) 7 16.4 14.8 7 27.4 0.844 7 16.5 14.7 -21 0 14892 1991 VE5 (F) 7 16.0 14.8 7 23.5 0.807 7 16.9 14.8 -22 0 3333 Schaber (F) 7 15.0 15.0 7 17.1 1.429 7 17.0 15.0 - 3 0 1925 Franklin-Adams (F) 7 17.0 14.3 7 23.4 1.263 7 17.0 14.3 -21 0 137 Meliboea (F) 7 13.8 11.4 7 19.1 1.479 7 17.9 11.4 + 1 2 15.13 0.11-0.20 15779 Scottroberts (F) 7 17.7 14.1 7 24.6 0.861 7 18.3 14.1 -10 0 86324 1999 WA2 (F) 7 18.4 14.7 7 31.4 0.368 7 18.3 14.7 -17 0 1241 Dysona (F) 7 21.1 13.5 7 18.8 1.866 7 19.4 13.5 -38 2 8.856 0.25 6265 1985 TW3 (F) 7 21.2 14.6 7 24.8 0.773 7 20.3 14.6 -30 0 4066 Haapavesi (F) 7 18.1 14.5 7 26.1 0.783 7 20.4 14.5 -11 0 20492 1999 OC5 (F) 7 18.2 14.9 7 24.8 1.064 7 20.8 14.9 -14 0 6028 1994 ER1 (F) 7 21.0 14.6 7 15.7 1.212 7 21.8 14.6 -21 0 2287 Kalmykia (F) 7 23.9 14.2 7 23.4 0.847 7 22.6 14.2 -25 0 3403 Tammy (F) 7 22.1 14.7 7 23.3 0.933 7 23.8 14.7 -11 0 2141 Simferopol (F) 7 23.4 14.3 7 26.0 1.460 7 24.3 14.3 -15 0 4498 Shinkoyama (F) 7 24.8 14.7 7 28.5 1.727 7 25.7 14.7 -15 0 7930 1987 VD (F) 7 24.6 14.6 8 03.8 0.755 7 25.9 14.6 -15 1 long? <0.1 1752 van Herk (F) 7 24.0 14.4 7 31.0 0.824 7 25.9 14.4 -13 0 14220 1999 VE115 (F) 7 26.0 14.8 7 21.7 1.253 7 25.9 14.8 -21 0 3991 Basilevsky (F) 7 25.9 14.5 7 22.0 0.867 7 26.1 14.5 -17 0 17583 1994 WV2 (F) 7 25.0 14.1 7 25.5 0.806 7 26.7 14.1 -13 0 6831 1991 UM1 (F) 7 28.1 14.6 8 01.0 0.760 7 27.6 14.6 -25 0 226 Weringia (F) 7 27.0 11.9 7 25.8 1.158 7 28.5 11.9 -14 1 >0.1 669 Kypria (F) 7 28.2 14.1 7 29.6 1.777 7 30.9 14.0 - 7 0 5667 Nakhimovskaya (F) 7 31.8 14.8 8 04.8 0.854 8 01.9 14.8 -14 0 7318 Dyukov (F) 8 01.3 14.2 8 06.1 1.194 8 02.2 14.2 -16 0 357 Ninina (F) 8 02.0 12.9 8 04.9 2.075 8 03.0 12.9 -15 2 34.97 0.12 1251 Hedera (F) 8 04.0 13.2 8 09.3 1.378 8 05.4 13.2 -16 2 15.015 0.41 1555 Dejan (F) 8 06.1 13.6 8 15.4 1.109 8 06.1 13.6 -18 0 1240 Centenaria (F) 8 07.3 12.5 8 09.8 1.423 8 06.8 12.5 -20 1 14. 0.08 15161 2000 FQ48 (F) 7 30.2 14.9 8 07.8 1.619 8 07.1 14.8 +11 0 294 Felicia (F) 8 07.4 12.2 8 08.0 1.371 8 07.5 12.2 -16 0 30105 2000 FO3 (F) 8 17.1 13.9 8 08.0 0.507 8 08.4 13.9 -36 0 6420 Riheijyaya (F) 8 07.1 14.7 8 09.3 1.701 8 08.4 14.7 -10 0 1978 Patrice (F) 8 14.5 13.9 8 11.6 0.718 8 11.4 13.9 -25 0 4563 Kahnia (F) 8 14.5 14.7 8 18.5 0.937 8 14.1 14.7 -16 0 5364 1980 RC1 (F) 8 16.2 14.7 8 22.0 1.011 8 17.6 14.7 -10 0 4225 1989 BN (F) 8 21.9 14.7 8 18.2 0.993 8 19.4 14.7 -19 0 1135 Colchis (F) 8 20.6 13.0 8 21.0 1.382 8 19.7 12.9 -16 2 23.47 0.45 6649 Yokotatakao (F) 8 20.1 14.1 8 16.6 0.889 8 20.1 14.1 -12 0 3647 Dermott (F) 8 22.1 14.5 8 20.7 1.523 8 20.4 14.5 -17 0 1084 Tamariwa (F) 8 19.1 13.5 8 16.9 1.365 8 20.4 13.5 - 8 2 6.153 0.27 6959 Mikkelkocha (F) 8 23.5 15.0 8 19.8 1.572 8 20.5 15.0 -24 0 10701 1981 PF (F) 8 20.4 14.6 8 20.0 0.689 8 20.5 14.6 -12 0 194 Prokne (F) 8 16.6 9.5 8 19.4 0.994 8 20.7 9.5 - 5 2 15.67 0.27 5945 Roachapproach (F) 8 23.3 14.9 8 19.0 0.899 8 20.7 14.9 -20 0 3915 Fukushima (F) 8 18.7 15.1 8 21.7 1.341 8 22.7 15.0 - 2 2 8.40 0.64 46436 2002 LH5 (F) 8 18.1 14.7 8 22.4 0.872 8 23.4 14.7 +15 0 8904 1995 VY (F) 8 26.0 15.0 8 29.6 0.943 8 24.2 15.0 -19 0 85275 1994 LY (F) 9 30.0 15.1 8 29.3 0.151 8 25.2 14.0 -29 0 622 Esther (F) 8 26.4 12.0 9 03.9 1.055 8 25.6 12.0 -14 2 47.5 0.57 2349 Kurchenko (F) 8 30.1 15.0 8 26.2 1.457 8 25.8 15.0 -20 0 911 Agamemnon (F) 8 27.1 14.6 8 27.2 4.199 8 26.3 14.6 -13 1 7. 0.07-0.4 3330 Gantrisch (F) 8 30.8 14.4 8 24.3 1.507 8 27.2 14.4 -20 0 3069 Heyrovsky (F) 8 28.6 14.7 8 29.9 0.775 8 29.7 14.7 - 6 0 1118 Hanskya (F) 8 29.1 13.8 8 29.0 2.085 8 30.8 13.7 - 3 2 15.61 0.18 20932 2258 T-1 (F) 9 03.0 14.9 9 03.2 0.899 8 31.2 14.8 -22 0 2451 Dollfus (F) 9 01.3 14.8 8 27.8 1.387 9 01.8 14.8 - 7 0 6125 1989 CN (F) 9 02.1 15.0 9 03.5 0.928 9 02.0 15.0 - 9 0 3630 Lubomir (F) 9 02.9 14.9 8 27.4 1.284 9 02.9 14.9 - 7 0 3163 Randi (F) 9 02.0 13.9 8 24.8 0.616 9 04.0 13.9 - 3 0 2637 Bobrovnikoff (F) 9 05.1 13.8 9 02.7 0.716 9 04.2 13.8 -10 0 2623 Zech (F) 9 04.9 13.8 9 10.0 0.761 9 04.5 13.8 - 8 0 4140 Branham (F) 9 08.0 14.4 9 04.3 1.653 9 05.1 14.4 -14 0 1608 Munoz (F) 9 05.0 14.1 8 30.8 0.860 9 05.1 14.1 - 9 0 2250 Stalingrad (F) 9 06.8 14.6 9 04.3 1.589 9 06.7 14.6 - 7 0 3482 Lesnaya (F) 9 08.4 14.9 9 09.4 1.359 9 06.9 14.9 -11 0 7615 1996 TA11 (F) 9 10.4 15.0 9 06.1 0.894 9 07.8 14.9 -12 0 501 Urhixidur (F) 9 09.9 12.5 9 07.5 1.718 9 07.8 12.5 -14 1 15.0 0.1 575 Renate (F) 9 09.2 13.2 9 05.9 1.243 9 08.7 13.2 - 8 2 3.678 0.20 2633 Bishop (F) 9 11.1 14.6 9 05.8 0.920 9 08.7 14.6 -11 0 5625 1991 AO2 (F) 9 06.9 14.8 9 13.4 1.265 9 08.7 14.8 - 3 0 10597 1996 TR10 (F) 9 10.3 14.6 8 30.4 0.860 9 08.9 14.6 - 8 0 23225 2000 WD25 (F) 9 09.6 15.1 9 14.8 0.838 9 09.0 15.0 - 7 0 3506 French (F) 9 08.9 14.9 9 10.6 1.793 9 09.0 14.9 - 5 0 7057 1990 QL2 (F) 9 11.1 14.8 9 13.3 1.008 9 10.6 14.8 - 6 0 1325 Inanda (F) 9 13.3 13.0 9 11.0 0.891 9 11.4 12.9 -11 1 8. 0.04 2896 Preiss (F) 9 11.2 14.0 9 02.5 0.920 9 11.4 14.0 - 4 0 8722 Schirra (F) 9 09.7 14.6 9 17.1 0.697 9 11.8 14.6 + 1 0 56606 2000 JF58 (F) 9 21.0 15.1 9 06.9 0.791 9 12.8 15.0 -17 0 6176 Horrigan (F) 9 17.9 14.8 9 15.6 0.926 9 14.2 14.7 -13 0 828 Lindemannia (F) 9 14.6 14.5 9 12.5 2.126 9 14.4 14.4 - 4 ? 4583 Lugo (F) 9 15.5 14.7 9 07.3 0.982 9 15.0 14.7 - 4 0 3971 Voronikhin (F) 9 08.0 14.9 9 15.8 1.382 9 15.4 14.9 +16 0 1607 Mavis (F) 9 22.0 12.9 9 15.9 0.785 9 15.9 12.9 -16 0 3687 Dzus (F) 9 07.0 14.3 9 14.2 1.238 9 16.4 14.3 +18 1 7.44 0.1 17081 Jaytee (F) 9 18.9 15.0 9 16.9 0.819 9 16.7 15.0 - 7 0 1418 Fayeta (F) 9 17.6 13.1 9 10.1 0.829 9 17.4 13.0 - 3 0 6057 Robbia (F) 9 19.7 15.0 9 17.8 1.973 9 18.6 15.0 - 4 0 5049 Sherlock (F) 9 20.9 14.8 9 19.4 0.847 9 19.1 14.8 - 7 0 570 Kythera (F) 9 18.8 12.8 9 19.9 2.024 9 19.4 12.8 + 0 2 8.120 0.15-0.18 1565 Lemaitre (F) 8 19.9 14.2 9 24.2 0.766 9 20.8 14.0 +38 0 5746 1991 CK (F) 9 21.9 13.9 9 23.4 0.835 9 21.9 13.9 + 0 0 2687 Tortali (F) 9 28.2 14.8 9 18.6 1.325 9 22.9 14.7 -12 2 21.75 0.19 10562 1993 UB1 (F) 9 24.1 14.5 9 22.7 0.969 9 23.0 14.4 - 9 0 1070 Tunica (F) 9 26.1 14.7 9 21.6 1.977 9 23.0 14.7 - 6 0 3889 Menshikov (F) 9 25.7 14.9 9 21.0 1.097 9 23.1 14.9 - 6 0 1099 Figneria (F) 9 25.3 13.2 9 23.7 1.343 9 23.1 13.2 - 8 0 1432 Ethiopia (F) 10 01.1 13.4 9 19.2 0.873 9 23.4 13.3 -13 0 1002 Olbersia (F) 9 22.2 13.9 9 20.4 1.388 9 23.5 13.9 + 5 0 464 Megaira (F) 9 30.8 12.3 9 22.6 1.261 9 23.5 12.3 -16 2 12.91 0.08 13474 V'yus (F) 9 20.8 15.0 9 20.9 0.868 9 23.6 15.0 +11 0 4070 Rozov (F) 9 20.8 14.8 9 24.9 0.888 9 23.8 14.7 + 7 0 4948 1988 VF1 (F) 9 21.4 14.9 9 24.7 0.755 9 24.1 14.8 + 6 0 2123 Vltava (F) 9 24.2 14.8 9 24.0 1.645 9 24.6 14.7 + 2 0 844 Leontina (F) 9 24.1 13.4 9 22.9 1.992 9 24.9 13.4 + 3 0 20936 4835 T-1 (F) 9 28.9 14.7 9 24.3 0.694 9 25.8 14.7 -20 0 3628 Boznemcova (F) 9 30.0 13.8 9 20.2 0.800 9 26.0 13.7 - 5 0 3509 Sanshui (F) 9 19.0 14.7 9 25.1 1.219 9 26.2 14.7 +14 0 650 Amalasuntha (F) 9 25.2 14.8 9 29.6 1.051 9 26.4 14.7 + 4 0 2010 Chebyshev (F) 9 27.1 14.7 9 30.2 1.608 9 27.0 14.7 + 1 0 2752 Wu Chien-Shiung (F) 9 27.0 14.8 9 28.4 1.719 9 28.1 14.8 + 2 0 1501 Baade (F) 9 29.2 13.7 10 02.2 0.968 9 28.5 13.7 - 1 2 15.132 0.40 3907 Kilmartin (F) 9 22.1 15.0 9 27.9 1.492 9 28.6 15.0 +19 0 1430 Somalia (F) 9 27.8 15.0 9 21.5 1.162 9 28.6 15.0 + 6 0 22393 1994 QV (F) 9 28.1 15.0 9 26.7 0.894 9 29.1 15.0 + 8 0 4614 Masamura (F) 9 30.3 14.4 9 20.8 0.850 9 29.7 14.4 + 1 0 8609 Shuvalov (F) 10 04.1 14.8 10 06.1 0.828 9 29.7 14.8 -14 0