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 74063	0	15h 08m 10s	-21° 10’ 00”
Star	HIP 74143	0	15h 09m 02s	-21° 43’ 47”
Star	HIP 74168	0	15h 09m 16s	-23° 15’ 36”
Star	HIP 74291	0	15h 11m 04s	-22° 04’ 39”
Star	HIP 74477	0	15h 13m 06s	-21° 58’ 38”
Star	HIP 73927	6.0358	15h 06m 27s	-22° 01’ 54”
Star	HIP 73820	7.5156	15h 05m 16s	-23° 00’ 47”
Star	HIP 73884	7.0092	15h 06m 03s	-22° 24’ 14”
Star	HIP 74219	8.0372	15h 10m 00s	-22° 43’ 14”
Star	HIP 73830	7.879	15h 05m 20s	-23° 46’ 34”
Star	HIP 74119	7.7764	15h 08m 52s	-23° 03’ 58”
Star	HIP 74084	7.8976	15h 08m 21s	-22° 05’ 51”
Star	HIP 74142	8.969	15h 09m 01s	-21° 43’ 31”
Star	HIP 74206	6.378	15h 09m 51s	-23° 59’ 09”
Star	HIP 73900	7.1508	15h 06m 11s	-23° 19’ 22”

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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