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 75393	0	15h 24m 19s	-22° 54’ 39”
Star	HIP 75462	7.5278	15h 24m 57s	-22° 02’ 37”
Star	HIP 75478	8.4266	15h 25m 07s	-23° 40’ 16”
Star	HIP 75732	7.1076	15h 28m 18s	-21° 12’ 34”
Star	HIP 75378	8.557	15h 24m 11s	-22° 43’ 26”
Star	HIP 75270	8.3436	15h 22m 43s	-22° 53’ 57”
Star	HIP 75552	6.8642	15h 26m 05s	-21° 22’ 48”
Star	HIP 75504	7.4102	15h 25m 22s	-21° 55’ 45”
Star	HIP 75948	7.7358	15h 30m 42s	-21° 52’ 42”
Star	HIP 75598	7.9914	15h 26m 44s	-22° 30’ 19”
Star	HIP 75951	8.67	15h 30m 45s	-22° 11’ 25”
Star	HIP 75450	8.2426	15h 24m 50s	-23° 30’ 32”
Star	HIP 75454	8.0708	15h 24m 53s	-23° 21’ 34”
Star	HIP 76071	7.2328	15h 32m 10s	-21° 58’ 00”
Galaxy	ESO 582-12	12.5	15h 26m 07s	-22° 16’ 53”

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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