Asteroid-Asteroid Appulses - 2025 December

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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12 02   21:18      770  Bali                      868  Lova                     21 21.44     -19 12.28  15.6  15.7  175  227   65  127  -0.988
12 08   09:52      702  Alauda                   1750  Eckert                   00 25.26     +29 53.79  13.0  15.9  143  154  119  104  -0.827
12 11   00:52      184  Dejopeja                  339  Dorothea                 12 27.00     -03 18.09  14.2  15.6   61  129   75   23  -0.193
12 12   03:47       49  Pales                    1467  Mashona                  21 12.19     -13 58.44  13.6  14.7  294  135   54  106  -0.193
12 21   17:55      571  Dulcinea                 6000  United Nations           04 08.89     +30 53.99  14.1  15.5  274  298  153  115  +0.111
12 23   07:59       83  Beatrix                   655  Briseis                  21 55.83     -15 44.20  14.2  15.8  166  239   51   45  +0.552
12 24   14:01     2819  Ensor                   10142  Sakka                    04 41.86     +25 40.55  15.8  15.2  223   92  157   80  +0.389
12 24   21:13      257  Silesia                   359  Georgia                  21 32.51     -17 22.64  15.8  14.5  298   27   46   22  +0.314
12 27   23:28     1140  Crimea                 220839  2004 VA                  23 44.03     -14 33.67  15.1  16.0   65   23   75   23  +0.525
12 29   19:59      171  Ophelia                  1024  Hale                     01 52.49     +08 56.08  14.3  15.2   59  248  110   24  +0.837