Asteroid-Asteroid Appulses - 2026 August

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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08 02   06:09      199  Byblis                    543  Charlotte                17 19.99     -26 59.42  12.7  14.9   56  281  130  114  -0.721
08 03   15:59      325  Heidelberga               388  Charybdis                20 45.50     -25 35.41  14.2  13.3  274   18  135  166  -0.071
08 03   17:02      341  California                859  Bouzareah                03 19.21     +17 26.01  15.4  15.4  128  196   80   25  -0.619
08 03   17:58     1428  Mombasa                  1723  Klemola                  16 05.92     -08 21.09  15.5  15.6  109   60  105  154  -0.209
08 05   19:39      683  Lanzia                    762  Pulcova                  03 11.08     +31 17.15  14.9  14.4   75   80   83   63  -0.030
08 07   01:12     1296  Andree                   2494  Inge                     20 05.43     -13 50.12  15.7  15.4  227   61  161  167  -0.054
08 08   00:00     1342  Brabantia                2141  Simferopol               22 08.52     -02 49.67  14.9  14.9   74  155  162  122  -0.121
08 08   01:27       21  Lutetia                    24  Themis                   16 05.34     -21 27.23  11.5  13.0   55  330  106  137  -0.069
08 08   02:09      153  Hilda                     449  Hamburga                 04 45.61     +20 42.40  15.1  15.1  163   11   63   11  -0.209
08 08   19:02      286  Iclea                   10617  Takumi                   21 47.28     -10 06.42  13.4  15.6  197  123  171  138  -0.085
08 09   04:19      207  Hedda                     509  Iolanda                  13 07.31     -07 59.93  15.1  14.7  156  143   62   95  -0.085
08 13   12:40      430  Hybris                   2449  Kenos                    23 26.79     +19 48.08  15.3  15.7  200  276  136  147  +0.014
08 15   05:51      462  Eriphyla                55619  2002 TM108               20 45.17     -20 31.96  13.0  16.0  214  101  166  129  +0.097
08 16   05:11       77  Frigga                    715  Transvaalia              14 04.49     -14 32.19  14.5  15.7   46  268   67   41  +0.657
08 17   10:41     1288  Santa                    4300  Marg Edmondson           22 11.77     -04 30.89  15.0  15.5  149  271  172   85  +0.588
08 17   13:59     2840  Kallavesi               10765  1990 UZ                  22 17.40     -27 33.16  15.2  15.6  127  336  164   65  +0.679
08 20   06:39     1621  Druzhba                  4272  Entsuji                  02 32.79     +14 12.58  15.5  15.9  159  337  108  138  +0.701
08 22   12:21     1900  Katyusha                 3510  Veeder                   19 28.34     -17 22.28  15.8  16.0   73  194  139   13  +0.931
08 23   04:10     2379  Heiskanen                3014  Huangsushu               19 39.76     -21 09.51  14.6  15.4   43  180  139   37  +0.998
08 26   09:30     9425  Marconcini              18751  Yualexandrov             22 23.66     -12 21.21  16.0  15.5   90    9  176   23  -0.972
08 29   04:01      502  Sigune                   1116  Catriona                 22 07.92     -23 49.19  14.7  14.2  285  275  164   39  -0.951
08 30   03:47     3101  Goldberger               6741  Liyuan                   21 58.96     -09 39.77  15.7  15.5   66   81  171   37  -0.939
08 31   05:34      131  Vala                      443  Photographica            03 42.29     +16 36.41  14.8  14.4  168  153  103    9  -0.591