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 8924	0	01h 54m 54s	+09° 12’ 35”
Star	HIP 8210	6.5454	01h 45m 42s	+08° 33’ 33”
Star	HIP 8883	6.4418	01h 54m 22s	+08° 46’ 51”
Star	HIP 8836	7.313	01h 53m 38s	+07° 38’ 02”
Star	HIP 8198	4.1702	01h 45m 23s	+09° 09’ 27”
Star	HIP 8467	8.1356	01h 49m 10s	+09° 16’ 36”
Star	HIP 8612	7.7138	01h 51m 06s	+08° 32’ 54”
Star	HIP 8429	6.9162	01h 48m 40s	+07° 41’ 02”
Star	HIP 8516	8.1716	01h 49m 52s	+07° 52’ 22”
Star	HIP 8655	8.105	01h 51m 32s	+09° 18’ 07”
Star	HIP 8685	8.1414	01h 51m 43s	+07° 34’ 32”
Star	HIP 8524	7.3476	01h 49m 55s	+07° 13’ 25”
Galaxy	UGC 1325	13.7	01h 51m 37s	+08° 15’ 24”

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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