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 56949	8.97	11h 40m 28s	-18° 10’ 41”
Star	HIP 56945	8.641	11h 40m 27s	-19° 27’ 18”
Star	HIP 57215	8.6144	11h 43m 55s	-18° 33’ 45”
Star	HIP 57283	4.6184	11h 44m 45s	-18° 21’ 02”
Star	HIP 57003	6.8706	11h 41m 09s	-17° 42’ 18”
Star	HIP 56555	8.7168	11h 35m 44s	-17° 55’ 38”
Star	HIP 56746	7.4038	11h 38m 04s	-18° 11’ 30”
Star	HIP 57185	8.5472	11h 43m 35s	-18° 05’ 50”
Star	HIP 57161	6.8798	11h 43m 22s	-19° 49’ 23”

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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