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 in the background 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 12075	8.266	02h 35m 40s	+16° 36’ 45”
Star	HIP 12441	7.9498	02h 40m 09s	+16° 43’ 37”
Star	HIP 12538	8.7436	02h 41m 19s	+16° 02’ 24”
Star	HIP 12359	8.51	02h 39m 06s	+14° 30’ 18”
Star	HIP 11843	5.9484	02h 32m 54s	+15° 02’ 04”
Star	HIP 11827	8.8652	02h 32m 38s	+15° 09’ 46”
Star	HIP 12125	8.274	02h 36m 11s	+15° 08’ 55”
Star	HIP 12349	6.9606	02h 38m 59s	+14° 51’ 37”
Star	HIP 12553	8.935	02h 41m 28s	+15° 38’ 29”

Additional resources

• 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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