MinorPlanet.info: Five Brightest Apparitions

The BRIGHEST-ALL.ZIP contains a set of files, each one containing information for each asteroid about its five brighter

apparitions from 1995-2050..

The maximum length of each lines is 109 characters, not counting the end-of-line pair.

Column	Definition

Number	MPC-assigned number
Name	MPC-assigned name or designation
Year	Calendar Year
MO	Multiple oppositions in given year
Opposition
Date	UT calendar date to 0.1 d)
V	Approximate V magnitude
Minimum Distance
Date	UT calendar date to 0.1 d
au	Minimum asteroid-Earth distance in astronomical units
Brightest
Date	UT calendar date to 0.1 d
V	Approximate V magnitude at brightest
Dec	Approximate declination at brightest
Min Phase Angle
Date	UT calendar date to 0.001 d
V	Approximate minimum solar phase angle (Elong > 90°)
Dec	Approximate declination at minimum solar phase angle

Here are some sample lines from the top of the file for asteroid numbers 1-2499

Number Name Year MO Opposition Minimum Dist Brightest Min Phase Angle

Date V Date au Date V Dec Date deg Dec

1 Ceres 1995 No 02 03.1 6.8 02 04.0 1.5972 02 02.8 6.8 +30 02 02.575 5.24 +30

1 Ceres 2004 No 01 09.7 6.8 01 11.4 1.6258 01 09.4 6.8 +30 01 09.231 3.03 +30

1 Ceres 2012 No 12 18.3 6.6 12 20.4 1.6843 12 18.5 6.6 +25 12 18.259 0.69 +25