101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) 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 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 15838	6.669	03h 24m 00s	+19° 54’ 25”
Star	HIP 16136	8.4502	03h 27m 55s	+18° 52’ 56”
Star	HIP 16551	8.0856	03h 33m 07s	+19° 22’ 59”
Star	HIP 16077	6.524	03h 27m 03s	+18° 45’ 23”
Star	HIP 16205	7.3344	03h 28m 48s	+20° 37’ 26”
Star	HIP 16405	8.025	03h 31m 15s	+20° 46’ 06”
Star	HIP 16701	8.5302	03h 34m 56s	+19° 48’ 36”
Star	HIP 15996	8.6644	03h 26m 03s	+20° 14’ 44”
Star	HIP 16505	8.2064	03h 32m 27s	+20° 10’ 31”
Star	HIP 16662	7.9838	03h 34m 25s	+20° 22’ 26”
Star	HIP 16133	7.7006	03h 27m 51s	+20° 55’ 30”
Star	HIP 16329	8.218	03h 30m 30s	+20° 06’ 12”
Star	HIP 16401	7.86	03h 31m 13s	+19° 47’ 00”
Star	HIP 16441	8.1466	03h 31m 43s	+18° 48’ 00”
Star	HIP 16374	8.0784	03h 30m 56s	+18° 47’ 58”
Star	HIP 16143	6.64	03h 28m 01s	+20° 27’ 51”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36)

• 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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