99942 Apophis live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 99942 Apophis 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 99942 Apophis (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 26696	0	05h 40m 24s	+21° 17’ 42”
Star	HIP 27421	6.0208	05h 48m 22s	+20° 52’ 10”
Star	HIP 27486	7.2836	05h 49m 12s	+21° 08’ 09”
Star	HIP 26770	7.9466	05h 41m 11s	+20° 03’ 45”
Star	HIP 27098	8.9866	05h 44m 45s	+21° 56’ 37”
Star	HIP 26684	8.5444	05h 40m 14s	+21° 17’ 09”
Star	HIP 27205	7.778	05h 46m 00s	+21° 19’ 04”
Star	HIP 26677	7.6238	05h 40m 09s	+19° 40’ 49”
Star	HIP 27266	7.588	05h 46m 45s	+20° 10’ 24”
Star	HIP 27214	8.036	05h 46m 03s	+21° 17’ 07”
Star	HIP 27181	6.4518	05h 45m 39s	+20° 41’ 42”
Star	HIP 26616	6.4156	05h 39m 27s	+21° 45’ 46”
Star	HIP 26967	8.3438	05h 43m 22s	+21° 24’ 57”
Star	HIP 26451	3.0006	05h 37m 38s	+21° 08’ 33”
Star	HIP 27287	6.8948	05h 46m 56s	+20° 16’ 54”
Star	HIP 26381	7.5596	05h 37m 02s	+20° 43’ 54”
Star	HIP 27023	8.643	05h 43m 53s	+21° 57’ 07”
Star	HIP 26880	7.9366	05h 42m 24s	+20° 36’ 45”
Star	HIP 26826	8.1468	05h 41m 44s	+19° 21’ 25”
Star	HIP 26912	8.4546	05h 42m 48s	+21° 23’ 20”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 99942 Apophis

• 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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