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 47149	0	09h 36m 27s	+13° 18’ 56”
Star	HIP 46453	7.6286	09h 28m 26s	+12° 40’ 31”
Star	HIP 46713	6.7968	09h 31m 20s	+12° 51’ 32”
Star	HIP 46650	7.5586	09h 30m 41s	+13° 29’ 45”
Star	HIP 47096	6.2928	09h 35m 52s	+14° 22’ 46”
Star	HIP 46335	7.7606	09h 26m 48s	+14° 29’ 38”
Star	HIP 46576	7.9278	09h 29m 53s	+13° 21’ 46”
Star	HIP 47035	7.8562	09h 35m 09s	+14° 04’ 32”
Star	HIP 46449	8.4184	09h 28m 25s	+15° 09’ 56”
Star	HIP 46415	7.719	09h 27m 55s	+13° 44’ 56”
Star	HIP 46486	7.6192	09h 28m 52s	+12° 35’ 02”
Star	HIP 46680	8.7262	09h 31m 01s	+13° 29’ 09”
Star	HIP 46339	8.221	09h 26m 49s	+14° 55’ 41”
Star	HIP 46635	8.2886	09h 30m 35s	+15° 15’ 36”
Star	HIP 46345	6.6712	09h 26m 56s	+14° 18’ 11”

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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