2017 XO2 live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 2017 XO2 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 2017 XO2 (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 57046	8.9244	11h 41m 43s	-07° 13’ 16”
Star	HIP 57062	8.5322	11h 41m 52s	-06° 56’ 32”
Star	HIP 56883	7.2922	11h 39m 39s	-09° 27’ 58”
Star	HIP 57256	8.9758	11h 44m 28s	-08° 05’ 16”
Star	HIP 57049	7.139	11h 41m 44s	-09° 04’ 36”
Star	HIP 56817	8.2872	11h 38m 49s	-07° 36’ 00”
Star	HIP 57138	7.3702	11h 42m 57s	-09° 07’ 12”
Star	HIP 57268	8.7212	11h 44m 37s	-07° 49’ 17”
Star	HIP 57132	8.1432	11h 42m 48s	-09° 20’ 30”
Star	HIP 56960	7.3674	11h 40m 36s	-08° 24’ 20”
Star	HIP 57407	8.8374	11h 46m 09s	-07° 46’ 09”
Star	HIP 56718	8.6198	11h 37m 42s	-08° 09’ 03”
Star	HIP 56977	8.4204	11h 40m 48s	-08° 50’ 48”
Star	HIP 57213	6.7704	11h 43m 55s	-09° 07’ 56”
Galaxy	PGC 36113	13.6	11h 39m 08s	-09° 20’ 38”
Galaxy	NGC 3771	13.8	11h 39m 05s	-09° 20’ 53”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 2017 XO2

• 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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