This is list is by no means all inclusive. Some of the criteria for building were:
The asteroid had to be 15.0 or brighter at brightest (V as computed using H/G parameters)
The asteroid had to have either no or a poorly established lightcurve
This
list was prepared by Brian D. Warner in support of the "Lightcurve
Opportunities" article that appears in each issue of
The Minor Planet Bulletin.
The 'U' (last) column indicates the uncertainty flag as assigned by Harris, Warner, and
Pravec their Asteroid Lightcurve Data Base.
0 No lightcurve parameters reported
1 Very preliminary parameters reported. Very likely incorrect
2 Parameters reported. Error could be up to 30% or an ambiguous solution
? Parameters reported but not published so a value is not reported.
It's important to note that a flag of '2' by no means indicates the asteroid is not worth working. There can still be considerable error in the reported parameters. Also, additional work on any asteroid on this list can contribute towards determining the pole position or shape of the asteroid, information that is known for very few asteroids.
Asteroids with a '(F)' after the name are those reaching a particularly favorable opposition.
Click here to download a list that includes all asteroids reaching 16m or brighter in the three month period.
Opposition Closest Brightest Harris Data
# Name Date Mag Date AU Date Mag Dec U Period Amplitude
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4798 Mercator (F) 7 02.0 14.8 6 30.3 0.958 7 02.8 14.8 -24
2465 Wilson (F) 7 03.9 15.0 7 04.6 1.533 7 03.7 15.0 -24 2 6.1 0.2
15805 1994 GB1 (F) 7 06.3 14.9 7 04.0 0.815 7 04.7 14.9 -34
3880 Kaiserman (F) 7 05.0 15.0 7 08.7 0.821 7 05.6 15.0 -17
7965 Katsuhiko (F) 7 09.8 13.9 6 30.8 0.914 7 07.6 13.9 -45
1836 Komarov (F) 7 08.1 13.6 7 08.1 1.223 7 08.3 13.6 -19
1598 Paloque (F) 7 09.0 14.4 7 06.8 1.179 7 09.6 14.4 -25
5051 Ralph (F) 7 11.2 15.0 7 14.8 0.980 7 11.7 15.0 -18
57356 2001 QG293 (F) 7 11.4 15.0 7 19.8 1.010 7 12.7 15.0 - 9
4919 Vishnevskaya (F) 7 12.5 14.8 7 18.2 0.747 7 12.7 14.8 -32
5749 1991 FV (F) 7 13.7 14.4 7 14.7 1.752 7 14.3 14.4 -15
1958 Chandra (F) 7 16.1 14.2 7 15.8 1.588 7 14.8 14.2 -35
4145 Maximova (F) 7 14.0 14.6 7 20.9 0.856 7 15.0 14.6 -22
3494 Purple Mountain (F) 7 14.1 14.7 7 16.5 1.040 7 15.5 14.7 -12
412 Elisabetha (F) 7 16.1 12.5 7 13.8 1.746 7 15.5 12.5 -24 2 19.67 0.20
1327 Namaqua (F) 7 17.6 15.0 7 19.5 1.365 7 16.5 15.0 -30
3761 Romanskaya (F) 7 13.8 14.1 7 16.7 1.292 7 17.4 14.1 + 7 2 15.32 0.34
7851 Azumino (F) 7 18.6 14.1 7 17.3 0.830 7 18.5 14.0 -21
6670 Wallach (F) 7 15.0 13.7 7 24.1 0.959 7 18.6 13.7 -16
90403 2003 YE45 (F) 1 01.7 17.0 7 13.4 0.042 7 19.4 15.0 +60
3543 Ningbo (F) 7 20.1 14.8 7 17.4 1.651 7 20.2 14.8 -19
3831 Pettengill (F) 7 20.0 14.3 7 21.0 0.729 7 21.3 14.3 -15
5588 Jennabelle (F) 7 24.4 15.0 7 25.7 1.482 7 22.6 15.0 -29
791 Ani (F) 7 21.0 12.4 7 26.1 1.549 7 22.7 12.4 -15 2 16.72 0.32
2644 Victor Jara (F) 7 24.8 14.8 7 22.8 0.797 7 23.8 14.8 -24
5661 Hildebrand (F) 7 25.1 14.3 7 26.4 2.044 7 24.5 14.3 -25 2 13.61 0.21
8195 1993 UC1 (F) 7 22.8 15.0 7 29.3 1.093 7 25.8 15.0 - 4
819 Barnardiana (F) 7 27.1 13.3 7 22.7 0.891 7 26.0 13.3 -25
2399 Terradas (F) 7 24.0 14.4 7 26.0 0.846 7 26.0 14.4 -15
1754 Cunningham (F) 7 24.9 14.5 7 24.4 2.350 7 26.9 14.5 - 9 2 4.28 0.10-0.17
2763 Jeans (F) 7 27.1 13.9 8 02.3 0.936 7 27.0 13.9 -20
4643 Cisneros (F) 7 27.2 14.7 7 24.8 0.880 7 27.0 14.7 -20
2431 Skovoroda (F) 7 27.8 14.1 7 27.7 0.877 7 27.2 14.0 -22
6422 Akagi (F) 7 27.7 13.9 7 26.1 1.211 7 27.9 13.9 -18
4446 Carolyn (F) 7 25.8 15.0 7 27.9 1.860 7 28.0 15.0 - 9
5967 Edithlevy (F) 7 28.2 15.0 7 25.6 0.882 7 28.3 14.9 -18
1233 Kobresia (F) 7 28.0 14.1 7 26.5 1.423 7 28.3 14.1 -17 2 27.83 0.34
1928 Summa (F) 7 26.1 14.6 8 01.7 1.019 7 28.4 14.6 -12 1 9.66 >0.14
2616 Lesya (F) 7 30.9 14.1 8 01.9 1.015 7 31.0 14.1 -17
6409 1992 VC (F) 8 09.5 15.1 7 30.8 1.120 7 31.6 15.0 -42
1420 Radcliffe (F) 7 31.1 14.6 8 01.7 1.536 8 01.1 14.6 -14
956 Elisa (F) 7 29.0 14.0 8 02.2 0.827 8 01.3 14.0 - 7 1 3.9 0.08
628 Christine (F) 8 03.8 12.3 8 01.5 1.456 8 01.8 12.3 -24 2 16.13 0.18-0.4
576 Emanuela (F) 8 03.5 12.2 8 05.5 1.391 8 04.2 12.2 -13 2- 8.19 0.06
4209 Briggs (F) 8 06.0 14.9 8 05.1 1.915 8 04.3 14.8 -28 2 12.23 0.44
3919 Maryanning (F) 8 04.3 15.0 8 01.7 0.795 8 05.3 15.0 -13
2938 Hopi (F) 8 20.7 14.9 8 09.1 1.415 8 05.6 14.9 -50
1267 Geertruida (F) 8 08.3 14.1 8 02.2 1.036 8 05.6 14.1 -25 2 5.50 0.5
3729 Yangzhou (F) 8 10.1 14.6 8 06.1 1.138 8 06.1 14.6 -36 1 1.2 0.15
11 Parthenope (F) 8 07.0 8.7 8 06.4 1.194 8 06.6 8.7 -18 2 9.43 0.05-0.12
1354 Botha (F) 8 11.2 14.6 8 03.0 1.520 8 07.9 14.5 -25 1+ 4. 0.21
6690 Messick (F) 8 10.0 14.6 8 05.8 0.922 8 09.9 14.6 -16
5122 Mucha (F) 8 12.0 14.7 8 15.6 1.219 8 10.3 14.7 -25
746 Marlu (F) 8 15.6 13.2 8 09.0 1.387 8 10.3 13.1 -37 2 7.78 0.23
7833 Nilstamm (F) 8 10.9 14.9 8 13.5 0.859 8 10.6 14.9 -16
15012 1998 QS92 (F) 8 13.8 14.4 8 14.6 0.792 8 10.8 14.4 -26
2599 Veseli (F) 8 14.1 13.7 8 12.6 1.142 8 11.6 13.7 -32 2 18.54 0.33
2232 Altaj (F) 8 10.9 14.6 8 10.8 1.276 8 12.5 14.6 - 9
6320 Bremen (F) 8 12.9 14.8 8 09.9 1.012 8 12.9 14.8 -14
7759 1990 QD2 (F) 8 13.7 14.6 8 11.5 0.851 8 13.1 14.6 -16
2899 Runrun Shaw (F) 8 16.0 14.9 8 14.6 0.899 8 15.3 14.9 -19
9000 Hal (F) 8 12.2 14.8 8 11.8 0.778 8 15.4 14.8 + 0
48902 1998 MP31 (F) 8 14.1 14.9 8 15.4 0.719 8 15.7 14.9 - 7
2836 Sobolev (F) 8 18.0 15.0 8 14.6 1.707 8 16.1 14.9 -20
5489 Oberkochen (F) 8 23.2 14.3 8 20.8 1.252 8 17.7 14.2 -30
32497 2000 XF18 (F) 8 18.5 15.0 8 15.9 1.210 8 19.3 15.0 - 8
4671 Drtikol (F) 8 21.0 15.1 8 19.0 1.227 8 20.0 15.0 -16
26843 1991 UK1 (F) 8 20.8 15.1 8 22.9 0.793 8 20.4 15.0 -13
32479 2000 SL312 (F) 8 19.8 14.7 8 20.8 1.076 8 20.9 14.7 - 5
6991 Chichibu (F) 8 23.4 14.6 8 26.4 0.948 8 22.2 14.6 -15
3928 Randa (F) 8 21.6 14.4 8 20.8 0.813 8 22.9 14.4 - 7
2116 Mtskheta (F) 8 21.7 15.0 8 23.4 1.432 8 23.6 15.0 - 6
31415 1999 AK23 (F) 8 22.0 14.9 8 29.5 0.680 8 24.1 14.9 - 9
1481 Tubingia (F) 8 25.7 14.1 8 23.5 1.873 8 24.9 14.1 -13 1 160. 0.55
2253 Espinette (F) 8 26.9 13.2 8 20.9 0.647 8 26.0 13.2 -12 2 7.3 0.48
1043 Beate (F) 8 25.9 13.6 8 25.1 1.948 8 26.3 13.6 - 9 2 22.05 0.32
2519 Annagerman (F) 8 27.8 14.6 8 23.1 1.617 8 26.3 14.6 -14
2527 Gregory (F) 8 26.5 14.8 8 30.8 1.040 8 27.5 14.8 - 7
21479 Marymartha (F) 8 28.0 14.7 8 21.7 0.757 8 27.7 14.7 -12
4269 Bogado (F) 8 28.8 15.0 8 22.7 0.898 8 28.6 15.0 -10
4139 Ul'yanin (F) 8 29.6 15.0 8 26.2 1.615 8 29.1 15.0 -10
6376 Schamp (F) 8 28.4 14.7 8 19.4 1.056 8 29.2 14.6 - 7
27351 2000 DO73 (F) 8 30.7 14.6 8 30.2 0.652 8 29.5 14.6 -13
5977 1992 TH1 (F) 9 01.9 14.8 9 02.5 1.246 8 30.2 14.8 -15
3502 Huangpu (F) 8 31.9 15.0 8 27.2 1.587 8 30.3 15.0 -12
1428 Mombasa (F) 9 07.6 14.3 8 31.4 1.482 8 30.4 14.2 -27 2 17.12 0.25
5132 Maynard (F) 8 31.0 14.7 8 28.0 1.393 8 31.4 14.7 - 7
1799 Koussevitzky (F) 9 01.4 14.1 8 31.9 1.648 9 01.1 14.1 - 9 2 6.32 0.25
842 Kerstin (F) 9 04.2 14.7 9 01.7 1.850 9 01.3 14.7 -18
2220 Hicks (F) 9 02.8 14.4 9 03.7 1.707 9 01.5 14.4 -12
7638 Gladman (F) 9 02.6 14.8 9 12.4 0.919 9 02.0 14.8 -16 1+ 15. 0.21
7950 Berezov (F) 9 03.7 15.0 8 31.8 1.777 9 02.5 15.0 -11
3298 Massandra (F) 9 01.9 14.9 9 01.3 0.894 9 03.1 14.9 - 3
848 Inna (F) 9 03.0 14.0 9 01.5 1.571 9 03.4 14.0 - 6
224 Oceana (F) 9 05.2 11.7 9 02.1 1.583 9 04.6 11.7 - 9 2 9.38 0.10
7043 Godart (F) 9 05.4 14.1 8 28.1 0.920 9 05.3 14.1 - 6
11434 1931 TC2 (F) 9 07.1 14.8 9 02.1 0.972 9 06.6 14.8 - 8
627 Charis (F) 9 10.8 13.5 9 06.9 1.736 9 08.9 13.5 - 9
3619 Nash (F) 9 09.5 14.8 9 07.1 0.812 9 09.1 14.8 - 6
5614 Yakovlev (F) 9 06.4 14.8 9 05.1 0.930 9 09.8 14.8 + 4
3014 Huangsushu (F) 9 12.1 14.1 9 04.8 0.855 9 11.6 14.1 - 5
1410 Margret (F) 9 11.9 14.6 9 13.9 1.808 9 12.0 14.6 - 4
14480 1994 PU1 (F) 9 13.2 14.8 9 13.8 0.798 9 12.1 14.8 - 6
7748 1987 TA (F) 9 11.9 14.7 9 13.0 0.750 9 12.2 14.7 - 2
15151 2000 EU148 (F) 9 14.0 14.9 9 05.7 0.849 9 13.0 14.9 - 6
5985 1942 RJ (F) 9 09.6 14.0 9 10.5 0.712 9 13.1 14.0 + 9
1137 Raissa (F) 9 17.4 13.1 9 13.7 1.190 9 14.5 13.1 -11 1 37. 0.34
2178 Kazakhstania (F) 9 15.0 14.6 9 15.3 0.864 9 15.2 14.6 - 5
5855 Yukitsuna (F) 9 19.9 14.3 9 14.4 1.174 9 16.0 14.3 -16 2 19.2 0.8
3396 Muazzez (F) 9 19.0 14.7 9 15.8 1.753 9 16.7 14.7 -11
4012 Geballe (F) 9 12.0 15.0 9 18.7 0.906 9 16.7 14.9 + 6
1170 Siva (F) 9 16.4 14.0 9 27.1 0.894 9 16.9 14.0 -11 1 5.21 0.04
4135 Svetlanov (F) 9 14.5 14.4 9 19.7 1.174 9 17.5 14.4 + 3
7818 Muirhead (F) 9 23.1 15.0 9 28.6 0.735 9 17.9 15.0 -14
13073 1991 RE15 (F) 9 17.3 15.0 9 09.2 0.836 9 17.9 15.0 + 2
2056 Nancy (F) 9 15.3 13.8 9 18.6 0.917 9 17.9 13.8 + 4 1 > 15.0 0.08
2509 Chukotka (F) 9 18.3 14.2 9 13.8 1.003 9 18.7 14.2 + 0
1603 Neva (F) 9 24.1 14.2 9 20.6 1.532 9 20.1 14.2 -11 2 6.42 0.22
4323 Hortulus (F) 9 16.0 14.8 9 20.2 0.793 9 20.6 14.8 + 8
2861 Lambrecht (F) 9 20.7 15.0 9 22.5 1.359 9 21.1 15.0 + 0
1732 Heike (F) 9 25.1 14.6 9 21.4 1.678 9 22.1 14.6 - 7 2 3.90 0.27
1010 Marlene (F) 9 25.3 13.8 9 23.1 1.644 9 23.1 13.8 - 6 2 31.06 0.32
1707 Chantal (F) 9 23.7 13.9 9 28.5 0.930 9 23.4 13.9 - 1 1 > 10. >0.2
11015 Romanenko (F) 9 23.0 15.1 9 15.6 0.959 9 23.4 15.0 + 0
85396 1996 SB7 (F) 9 20.1 14.9 9 19.9 0.875 9 24.0 14.8 + 8
1473 Ounas (F) 9 17.3 13.9 9 21.3 0.996 9 24.4 13.8 +15
1376 Michelle (F) 9 27.1 13.3 9 16.7 0.827 9 25.7 13.3 - 1 2+ 6.0 0.19
911 Agamemnon (F) 9 22.8 14.7 9 27.6 4.043 9 27.4 14.7 +13 1 7. 0.07-0.4
4169 Celsius (F) 9 28.8 14.6 9 30.4 1.823 9 29.6 14.6 + 5 2+ 10.88 0.44
1066 Lobelia (F) 9 29.1 13.9 9 28.0 0.901 9 30.1 13.9 + 7
2631 Zhejiang (F) 10 01.4 14.9 10 02.6 1.421 9 30.1 14.9 - 2
164400 2005 GN59 (F) 8 29.2 15.7 10 06.8 0.051 9 30.2 13.6 +61
50 Virginia (F) 10 01.4 10.5 9 30.9 0.900 9 30.8 10.5 + 2 2- 7.16 0.07-0.15