Asteroid number
For the five brightest apparitions in the period 1995-2050
Opposition magnitude (V)
Opposition date (mm/dd.d)
Brightest magnitude (V)
Brightest date (mm/dd.d)
Approximate declination at brightest
Year (YYYY)
Each year's data are separated by the pile symbol ( | ).
A sample line is shown below.
# O.M. O.D. B.M. B.D. DEC YEAR O.M. O.D. B.M. B.D. DEC YEAR
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1 6.7 12 18.2 6.7 12 18.3 +25 2012 | 6.7 12 17.0 6.7 12 17.1 +25 2035 |
If an asterisk appears next to a given year, e.g., 2022*, that means that apparition is particularly favorable.
This is defined to be when the range of brightest to faintest apparition is > 1.0 mag and the brightest
in given year is 0.7 mag or more brighter than (brightest + faintest) / 2 - the average apparition.
Each line is 225 characters long (not including the CR/LF pair)