List of 1999
Asteroid Oppositions
From list "A"


Following is a list of next oppositions (after 1/1/1999) of each minor planet in list A (40 objects). There is an additional list of opposition data for objects having unusually bright oppositions during 1999, including a high-numbered object (1166 Sakuntala). My past observations of this object indicated that the "official" magnitude estimates of this object may be erroneous. See if you can confirm or deny this. All of the objects listed have opposition magnitudes of 11.6 or better, and therefore they should all be relatively easy objects in a 6-inch or larger telescope (or 4-inch from a dark-sky site). About 30% of the objects are brighter than magnitude 10.0, and therefore should be quite easy.


                              Date of
  Number    Name            Opposition         Mag.        Decl.

                             FROM LIST "A"

     1      CERES              3/28/00          6.9          15
     2      PALLAS             1/18/00          7.4         -24
     3      JUNO               5/28/99         10.2           0
     4      VESTA               2/6/99          6.2          22
     5      ASTRAEA            5/15/00         10.1         -10
     6      HEBE              12/11/99          8.3           0
     7      IRIS               1/31/00          8.1           9
     8      FLORA              3/31/99          9.6           6
     9      METIS              4/20/99          9.6           0
    10      HYGIEA             2/15/99          9.7           9
    11      PARTHENOPE         2/16/99         10.0          15
    12      VICTORIA           3/25/99         10.4         -12
    13      EGERIA            11/11/99          9.8          20
    14      IRENE             12/29/99          9.3          26
    15      EUNOMIA             3/3/00          9.5           0
    16      PSYCHE              8/4/99          9.3         -16
    17      THETIS             1/16/99         11.3          19
    18      MELPOMENE          1/16/00          9.1          11
    19      FORTUNA            2/11/99         10.2          12
    20      MASSALIA           4/14/00          9.3         -10
    21      LUTETIA            4/13/99         10.8           0
    22      KALLIOPE            6/4/99         10.8         -25
    26      PROSERPINA          4/2/00         10.5           0
    27      EUTERPE            5/24/99         10.4         -19
    28      BELLONA            7/30/99         11.5         -14
    29      AMPHITRITE        12/10/99          8.8          33
    30      URANIA             5/27/99         10.8         -24
    31      EUPHROSYNE        11/18/00         10.3          41
    39      LAETITIA           3/21/99         10.4           6
    40      HARMONIA           2/16/99          9.8          18
    43      ARIADNE           12/26/99         11.1          23
    51      NEMAUSA            3/30/00          9.7           0
   115      THYRA             11/21/00          9.6          42
   192      NAUSIKAA            5/2/99         11.1         -25
   230      ATHAMANTIS         5/31/99         10.3         -19
   349      DEMBOWSKA           3/3/99         10.3          17
   354      ELEONORA          11/21/99         10.5           0
   511      DAVIDA             5/22/99         11.6           0
   532      HERCULINA         12/11/99          9.8          10
   704      INTERAMNIA          4/9/99         11.3         -32

           ADDITIONAL OBJECTS HAVING BRIGHT OPPOSITIONS

    23      THALIA             5/26/99         10.5         -20
    37      FIDES              3/29/99         10.8           0
    41      DAPHNE              6/1/99          9.7           6
    56      MELETE             6/14/99         10.5           0
    57      MNEMOSYNE          9/24/99         11.0           7
    60      ECHO               3/15/99         10.4           0
    63      AUSONIA            7/25/99          9.7         -26
    81      TERPSICHORE        9/25/99         11.1           1
    82      ALKMENE            4/14/99         11.1           0
    85      IO                 10/5/99         10.1           9
    88      THISBE             4/30/99         10.6         -22
    89      JULIA              2/25/99         10.8           0
    92      UNDINA             10/6/99         10.8         -11
   124      ALKESTE            4/20/99         11.0         -10
   128      NEMESIS            8/24/99         10.7         -22
   141      LUMEN              8/27/99         10.6           0
   194      PROKNE            11/18/99         11.2           0
   196      PHILOMELA          1/16/99         11.0          28
   198      AMPELLA             9/3/99         10.2          12
   216      KLEOPATRA         11/24/99          9.6          10
   219      THUSNELDA          8/14/99         11.0           5
   337      DEVOSA            11/26/99         11.0          35
   346      HERMENTARIA        9/14/99         10.6         -18
   387      AQUITANIA           5/5/99         10.8          16
   389      INDUSTRIA           1/9/99         11.0          21
   554      PERAGA            12/27/99         10.8          25
   737      AREQUIPA           8/11/99         10.8           2
   747      WINCHESTER          9/3/99         10.7         -23
  1021      FLAMMARIO         10/18/99         11.4         -22

             OBJECT IN NEED OF MAGNITUDE ESTIMATES

  1166      SAKUNTALA          7/27/99         10.8         -29



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