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 12142	0	02h 36m 30s	+17° 43’ 06”
Star	HIP 12642	0	02h 42m 25s	+18° 14’ 41”
Star	HIP 12731	7.14	02h 43m 38s	+17° 32’ 54”
Star	HIP 12634	7.9532	02h 42m 20s	+16° 57’ 32”
Star	HIP 12441	7.9498	02h 40m 09s	+16° 43’ 37”
Star	HIP 12784	6.277	02h 44m 19s	+17° 45’ 50”
Star	HIP 12538	8.7436	02h 41m 19s	+16° 02’ 24”
Star	HIP 13014	8.5786	02h 47m 20s	+17° 17’ 03”
Star	HIP 12742	8.5306	02h 43m 49s	+16° 06’ 14”
Star	HIP 12168	8.9324	02h 36m 48s	+17° 55’ 52”
Star	HIP 12893	7.0902	02h 45m 43s	+17° 01’ 16”
Star	HIP 12472	8.0526	02h 40m 33s	+18° 35’ 58”
Star	HIP 12568	8.9446	02h 41m 37s	+16° 44’ 09”
Star	HIP 12518	6.9392	02h 41m 06s	+18° 48’ 00”
Star	HIP 12603	7.5186	02h 42m 02s	+17° 45’ 26”

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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