Andrew Lowe's Minor Planet Home Page

Andrew Lowe's Minor Planet Home Page

Andrew Lowe's Minor Planet Home Page

Welcome to my homepage. Follow the links below to find some results of my work with minor planets and other astronomical topics.

moon phase info

Elements and ephemerides are current through the Minor Planet Center's Daily Orbit Update on E2025-T16 (2025-10-01)

What's New? (Updated 2025-09-28)

My latest updates and news

Today's Ephemerides of Solar System Objects

Solar Eclipse of the Day

My Minor Planet Discoveries

Introduction
Latest News:
- 563 total discoveries:
- 556 numbered, of which 49 are named
- 007 multi-opposition
- The following discovery has been numbered recently:_.
- (829237) 2006 DQ
- My latest named asteroid:
- (277118) Zaandam
- My latest discoveries:_.
- 2010 RF₇₂ (2010-09-10)
- 2010 RC₇₃ (2010-09-10)
Elements, Oppositions 2024-2026, and Daily Ephemerides (Updated 2025-10-01)

DSS Discoveries
NEAT Discoveries
H06 Discoveries 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
All Unnumbered Discoveries
Co-Discoveries with Joe Dellinger at Needville
Discovery Oppositions (Updated 2016-09-13)
Citations for my Named Minor Planets (Updated 2024-08-13)
Discovery Animations and Precoveries (Updated 2007-12-24)
Some Interesting Lists (Updated 2016-09-12)

Results from iTelescope Observatory, Mayhill (H06)

Other Work with Minor Planets

NEO (Near-Earth Object) Daily Ephemerides (Updated 2025-10-01)
Upcoming Close Approaches (< 0.10 au) of NEOs to the Inner Planets, courtesy of Solex 12.1 (Updated 202025-10-01)
MOID (Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance) for all NEOs (Near-Earth Objects) for Mercury to Jupiter (Updated 2025-10-01)
Very Close Approaches (< 0.010 au) of PHAs to the Inner Planets 1900-2200 (Updated 2018-04-17)
Extremely Close Mutual Approaches (<0.00050 au) of NEOs up to 2100 (Updated 2016-09-08)
Recent and Upcoming Close Approaches (<0.0050 au) of NEOs to the Moon (Added 2016-09-08)
Close Mutual Spatial Approaches (< 0.20 au) of Centaurs and TNOs 1800-2200 (Updated 2016-09-02)
Close Mutual Angular Approaches (<5") of Centaurs and TNOs 1900-2100 (Added 2016-09-12)
Minor Planet Linkages (Added 2007-11-30)
Asteroid Occultations (Updated 2016-01-24)
Contributions Online (Updated 2025-09-28)
Precoveries of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) (Updated 2022-04-07)