162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3) live position and data

This page shows Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3) 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 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3) (less than 1.5 degrees):

Type	Name	Magnitude	Ar	Dec
Star	HIP 12824	0	02h 44m 52s	+19° 35’ 28”
Star	HIP 13418	8.7768	02h 52m 46s	+20° 07’ 30”
Star	HIP 13532	6.9936	02h 54m 17s	+20° 33’ 57”
Star	HIP 13337	8.191	02h 51m 40s	+19° 18’ 36”
Star	HIP 13094	8.3668	02h 48m 20s	+20° 00’ 36”
Star	HIP 13158	7.8176	02h 49m 11s	+18° 43’ 47”
Star	HIP 13571	6.8826	02h 54m 49s	+20° 22’ 23”
Star	HIP 13027	7.2694	02h 47m 27s	+19° 22’ 19”
Star	HIP 12932	8.2462	02h 46m 20s	+18° 50’ 16”
Star	HIP 13038	7.7624	02h 47m 33s	+18° 30’ 37”
Star	HIP 12899	7.644	02h 45m 47s	+20° 41’ 33”
Star	HIP 13269	6.5694	02h 50m 42s	+19° 09’ 38”
Star	HIP 13152	8.7298	02h 49m 09s	+21° 15’ 33”

Additional resources

Additional Resources about Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3)

• 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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