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 59559	0	12h 12m 51s	-07° 02’ 18”
Star	HIP 59849	7.2138	12h 16m 22s	-05° 50’ 44”
Star	HIP 60407	6.8648	12h 23m 09s	-07° 17’ 56”
Star	HIP 60147	8.7892	12h 20m 04s	-08° 07’ 33”
Star	HIP 59808	7.4074	12h 15m 52s	-06° 09’ 36”
Star	HIP 59961	7.7736	12h 17m 53s	-06° 25’ 51”
Star	HIP 59787	8.3854	12h 15m 33s	-05° 56’ 05”
Star	HIP 59848	7.7868	12h 16m 21s	-07° 31’ 54”
Star	HIP 60179	8.9218	12h 20m 26s	-07° 36’ 49”
Star	HIP 59743	7.2244	12h 15m 06s	-07° 15’ 25”
Star	HIP 60105	8.8334	12h 19m 37s	-05° 51’ 03”
Star	HIP 59507	8.7334	12h 12m 14s	-07° 00’ 03”

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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