Close Approaches to SAO Stars by Mercury: 1987-1995
Star Closest Approach Sun Transit
Number Date U.T. Distance Velocity RA(1950) Dec(1950) MV Angle Long.
1987
76919 22 May 4:30 15.13s 63.40 4 59 59.319 24 46 33.05 9.2 16.5 -129
78521 5 Jun 7:42 17.82s 28.53 6 31 56.935 24 57 41.82 7.9 23.7 -90
*78662 22 Jul 13:27 0.09n 17.21 6 39 32.886 20 13 33.31 8.6 19.6 41
78734 23 Jul 22:16 7.96s 20.96 6 43 54.374 20 28 32.21 8.6 19.9 174
138983 16 Sep 9:34 9.47s 54.87 12 47 3.345 -5 48 21.94 9.0 20.6 -54
158672 13 Oct 6:32 5.16n 9.65 14 33 56.820 -18 37 10.63 9.3 23.4 -100
1988
164009 17 Jan 3:03 3.85n 57.74 20 54 38.519 -19 6 45.93 9.1 15.1 -153
164538 9 Mar 10:55 3.68n 30.80 21 35 29.618 -15 8 10.45 7.1 27.3 7
76621 10 May 2:07 17.28s 48.33 4 25 19.016 24 0 28.92 8.6 19.5 -167
77296 7 Jul 5:15 10.10n 25.61 5 32 47.179 20 24 24.16 9.0 21.3 -80
1989
164673 6 Mar 22:17 6.60n 53.07 21 46 28.922 -15 21 14.68 8.8 22.2 172
76333 1 May 11:12 10.78s 23.94 3 53 29.963 23 0 23.48 8.5 20.8 -31
93781 17 Jun 5:36 15.42n 20.85 4 5 57.437 17 9 39.56 7.6 22.9 -73
118753 16 Aug 13:56 5.69s 47.18 11 13 4.217 4 45 6.82 7.9 24.2 5
138705 1 Sep 15:48 19.33s 21.57 12 15 49.768 -4 45 7.08 8.4 27.0 33
1990
92935 10 Apr 11:28 12.82s 36.57 2 22 22.019 16 40 11.58 9.3 19.1 -26
93444 7 Jun 13:14 4.22s 38.82 3 25 19.253 15 42 42.09 9.0 23.2 42
184839 21 Nov 15:09 13.25n 55.99 16 54 48.602 -24 50 29.60 8.6 16.9 33
*186858 7 Dec 19:24 0.16n 27.13 18 25 40.634 -25 18 27.50 8.9 21.0 90
*186951 8 Dec 21:31 2.48n 23.75 18 29 48.183 -25 7 34.80 8.8 20.9 122
1991
186144 14 Jan 17:59 15.65n 32.01 17 59 21.261 -21 57 50.68 8.6 23.7 113
186355 16 Jan 4:24 5.13n 34.87 18 5 55.411 -22 11 6.49 9.0 23.6 -91
186363 16 Jan 5:44 6.53n 34.97 18 6 11.172 -22 11 30.67 8.7 23.6 -71
187023 21 Jan 9:36 18.59n 43.54 18 32 47.250 -22 46 8.01 8.7 22.7 -14
187331 23 Jan 22:47 9.89n 47.03 18 47 10.614 -22 54 25.89 7.4 22.0 -178
187669 26 Jan 15:19 18.05n 50.32 19 3 0.105 -22 55 24.53 8.8 21.1 69
188972 5 Feb 20:02 8.31n 60.57 20 6 58.628 -21 40 11.02 8.8 16.7 134
109447 18 Mar 19:06 17.04n 59.44 0 43 44.298 5 29 15.26 8.7 15.1 91
109516 19 Mar 20:34 7.75n 55.98 0 50 5.166 6 23 38.17 8.6 15.9 112
92574 1 Apr 5:30 17.48s 10.14 1 38 23.739 13 31 19.83 8.1 17.6 -114
*110295 18 May 6:14 0.94s 34.05 1 59 56.360 8 50 29.19 7.7 25.4 -62
*110336 19 May 0:48 1.47s 35.49 2 3 33.339 9 12 4.99 9.0 25.2 -143
93061 25 May 19:13 16.06s 48.90 2 39 27.483 12 46 41.07 9.0 22.2 131
93326 30 May 10:07 9.52s 58.95 3 8 31.789 15 31 18.60 8.9 19.0 -8
93519 3 Jun 1:53 6.05n 67.26 3 34 24.488 17 44 44.76 8.6 15.9 -135
93540 3 Jun 9:59 4.21n 68.03 3 36 56.173 17 56 51.66 9.1 15.6 -14
98472 14 Jul 18:34 14.16s 42.82 9 14 35.238 16 45 41.99 8.8 24.7 71
98923 25 Jul 10:12 5.59s 24.64 10 0 43.881 10 59 47.01 8.9 27.0 -55
99026 11 Sep 16:24 8.17s 44.07 10 12 30.229 12 7 42.91 8.8 17.2 83
184162 7 Nov 16:09 15.72n 50.40 16 5 42.219 -23 11 56.75 9.5 19.9 46
1992
185468 5 Jan 1:57:52 17.39n 46.68 17 28 1.905 -22 22 2.78 9.1 20.8 -129
186382 11 Jan 14:06 11.71s 54.50 18 6 46.541 -23 27 3.50 8.2 18.5 49
109446 27 Apr 23:41 8.70s 32.52 0 43 38.606 1 35 45.92 9.2 26.8 -160
109510 29 Apr 4:00 19.49n 34.50 0 48 54.114 2 7 16.57 9.3 26.6 -95
110184 10 May 15:11 16.43s 54.89 1 49 38.626 8 35 2.73 8.7 21.2 68
78895 16 Jun 9:19 10.79s 63.52 6 53 49.662 24 53 1.58 8.9 17.4 -60
78913 16 Jun 12:12 14.63n 63.25 6 54 46.974 24 52 12.62 8.8 17.5 -16
79471 21 Jun 1:53 9.20s 53.16 7 28 45.590 23 45 18.09 8.7 21.0 -175
79959 26 Jun 18:15 7.38s 41.54 8 4 49.417 21 43 42.36 5.4 24.0 67
97889 1 Jul 10:30 3.74s 32.74 8 29 14.667 19 44 40.94 9.0 25.6 -51
98478 26 Aug 16:58 4.80s 48.64 9 15 17.275 16 32 1.37 9.1 16.9 90
98644 29 Aug 3:22 7.21s 57.14 9 31 12.180 15 45 0.36 9.1 15.4 -115
159413 8 Dec 23:11 10.40s 29.02 15 36 10.423 -16 54 29.83 9.0 20.9 -169
159858 17 Dec 11:34 5.45s 47.89 16 17 8.314 -19 55 30.99 8.8 19.3 15
185269 27 Dec 8:34 5.60n 59.08 17 16 29.266 -22 56 26.47 8.7 15.3 -35
1993
*147015 14 Apr 15:35 2.83s 40.76 23 56 57.467 -3 7' 20.60 7.3 26.1 77
109336 21 Apr 22:31 5.40s 52.42 0 35 51.314 1 0 10.80 8.6 22.7 178
77778 1 Jun 20:51 5.91s 59.13 5 55 2.688 25 33 54.34 8.2 18.3 114
78555 7 Jun 7:47 6.30s 45.83 6 34 16.598 25 15 39.90 9.0 21.9 -87
78967 11 Jun 3:49 10.69s 37.29 6 57 49.645 24 33 7.61 8.1 23.6 -148
96814 30 Jul 11:44 19.46s 12.48 7 18 56.823 19 17 9.40 8.9 18.3 14
158459 6 Oct 15:04 10.40s 42.24 14 14 0.343 -15 49 14.12 9.4 23.9 27
183257 21 Oct 7:25 19.10n 13.68 15 9 9.173 -20 56 21.04 9.2 23.5 -87
158968 27 Nov 23:05 16.11s 44.91 14 58 9.187 -14 49 44.72 8.4 18.8 -172
1994
*164877 1 Feb 5:24 1.09s 43.88 22 5 25.821 -12 7 42.40 9.3 17.6 -120
165153 23 Mar 16:32 5.66n 35.34 22 29 47.952 -11 11 54.93 8.7 27.2 91
77698 27 May 8:13 12.40s 30.75 5 50 57.775 25 32 3.38 8.6 22.9 -81
77742 27 May 19:31 16.60s 29.67 5 53 20.234 25 30 8.53 8.7 22.9 89
78301 3 Jun 11:44 6.66n 16.05 6 20 5.142 24 33 47.14 8.7 22.5 -28
1995
189267 9 Jan 3:34 14.24n 57.62 20 22 32.990 -21 19 15.56 8.8 15.2 -145
163714 20 Feb 22:23 8.09n 12.88 20 32 49.601 -17 24 5.24 9.1 25.0 177
165061 17 Mar 9:11 18.15n 52.28 22 22 43.633 -12 19 52.52 9.0 22.8 -24
165173 19 Mar 1:32 4.39n 54.46 22 32 27.617 -11 29 48.71 8.7 22.0 -140
77991 11 Jul 17:20 11.71s 57.33 6 4 38.291 22 36 49.65 8.6 17.3 97
118741 20 Aug 9:11 5.27s 57.13 11 11 54.533 5 32 8.54 8.3 20.5 -62
118820 21 Aug 22:46 10.24n 54.97 11 20 28.387 4 24 43.77 8.0 21.4 141
118894 23 Aug 6:08 13.32n 53.16 11 27 24.702 3 28 53.36 8.4 22.1 -109
138728 3 Sep 0:58 8.97s 37.77 12 18 5.509 -3 43 0.44 8.0 26.2 171
Notes:
* indicates a possible occultation by Mercury