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 60264	8.3272	12h 21m 24s	+02° 43’ 41”
Star	HIP 60337	7.9428	12h 22m 17s	+03° 17’ 51”
Star	HIP 60544	7.447	12h 24m 40s	+01° 23’ 02”
Star	HIP 59970	7.542	12h 17m 57s	+01° 34’ 31”
Star	HIP 60667	7.3192	12h 26m 00s	+02° 02’ 31”
Star	HIP 60172	4.8516	12h 20m 21s	+03° 18’ 45”
Star	HIP 59900	8.905	12h 17m 07s	+01° 42’ 44”
Star	HIP 59998	7.9904	12h 18m 19s	+03° 06’ 04”
Star	HIP 60713	8.615	12h 26m 33s	+02° 26’ 32”
Star	HIP 60456	8.815	12h 23m 38s	+01° 31’ 22”
Star	HIP 60062	7.5166	12h 19m 00s	+01° 09’ 57”
Star	HIP 60440	8.631	12h 23m 30s	+00° 42’ 46”
Galaxy	NGC 4420	12.8	12h 26m 58s	+02° 29’ 39”

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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