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 61941	0	12h 41m 40s	-01° 26’ 58”
Star	HIP 61578	6.9182	12h 37m 06s	-02° 19’ 18”
Star	HIP 62141	6.754	12h 44m 11s	-02° 50’ 33”
Star	HIP 61441	7.7924	12h 35m 27s	-03° 32’ 45”
Star	HIP 61921	8.5302	12h 41m 25s	-03° 59’ 38”
Star	HIP 62039	7.7496	12h 42m 59s	-04° 02’ 56”
Star	HIP 61464	8.4618	12h 35m 43s	-03° 00’ 58”
Star	HIP 61791	7.8812	12h 39m 53s	-03° 03’ 58”
Star	HIP 61953	8.7754	12h 41m 49s	-02° 45’ 01”
Star	HIP 62036	8.9248	12h 42m 56s	-02° 15’ 04”
Star	HIP 61608	8.7504	12h 37m 31s	-03° 34’ 24”
Star	HIP 62185	8.8784	12h 44m 40s	-02° 42’ 27”

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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