Asteroid-Asteroid Appulses - 2025 February

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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02 05   18:31     3811  Karma                    4820  Fay                      08 46.98     +26 03.54  15.4  14.7  203  264  165   32  +0.846
02 09   02:15       77  Frigga                   1423  Jose                     06 51.38     +26 17.80  12.6  15.7   85  313  133   94  -0.840
02 10   02:51      854  Frostia                  1598  Paloque                  10 10.79     +04 13.76  15.5  15.6  105  249  169   11  -0.999
02 13   21:20      233  Asterope                 5332  Davidaguilar             07 26.82     +10 50.70  12.9  14.6  118   64  145   48  -0.985
02 16   00:48      882  Swetlana                 1339  Desagneauxa              09 58.30     +03 38.33  15.7  15.1  120  243  170  130  -0.214
02 16   12:06       31  Euphrosyne                440  Theodora                 15 12.77     -19 53.90  12.9  15.8  108   10   97   27  -0.785
02 22   04:41     3332  Raksha                  10143  Kamogawa                 08 35.52     +17 56.90  15.3  15.8  259  255  153  140  -0.304
02 24   06:44      516  Amherstia                 912  Maritima                 18 07.79     -35 03.64  12.7  15.8   13  199   65   26  -0.115
02 26   17:31      298  Baptistina               2577  Litva                    13 42.51     -10 18.61  14.5  15.4   83  263  131  117  -0.014
02 27   16:55      112  Iphigenia                 906  Repsolda                 16 43.33     -25 02.22  14.7  14.9    3  174   88  123  +0.087