1979 XB live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 1979 XB location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).

Current close conjunctions

List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to Asteroid 1979 XB (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 107042	0	21h 40m 43s	-31° 15’ 17”
Star	HIP 107608	5.0074	21h 47m 44s	-30° 53’ 53”
Star	HIP 107058	8.04	21h 40m 59s	-31° 55’ 22”
Star	HIP 106824	8.512	21h 38m 08s	-31° 44’ 14”
Star	HIP 107261	7.3868	21h 43m 31s	-31° 14’ 55”
Star	HIP 107370	8.645	21h 44m 50s	-32° 41’ 39”
Star	HIP 107504	6.622	21h 46m 24s	-32° 42’ 52”
Star	HIP 106880	8.2246	21h 38m 54s	-31° 54’ 33”
Star	HIP 107470	8.6148	21h 46m 03s	-32° 19’ 26”
Star	HIP 107047	8.8274	21h 40m 48s	-31° 02’ 12”
Star	HIP 106929	7.3796	21h 39m 19s	-30° 18’ 15”
Star	HIP 107149	6.9472	21h 42m 12s	-32° 30’ 23”
Star	HIP 107103	6.7604	21h 41m 39s	-32° 31’ 51”
Star	HIP 107630	8.1706	21h 48m 03s	-32° 20’ 33”
Galaxy	IC 5139	13.3	21h 50m 25s	-30° 59’ 39”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 1979 XB

• 15 Days Ephemerides
• Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
• Rise & Set Times
• Distance from Earth
• Light Curve
• Orbital Elements

Astronomy databases

This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:

1. The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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