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 58304	8.029	11h 57m 23s	-11° 48’ 15”
Star	HIP 58091	8.5958	11h 54m 49s	-12° 44’ 51”
Star	HIP 58407	8.6244	11h 58m 32s	-11° 34’ 32”
Star	HIP 58579	8.1138	12h 00m 47s	-12° 09’ 26”
Star	HIP 58081	8.2042	11h 54m 41s	-11° 02’ 58”
Star	HIP 57819	6.3126	11h 51m 22s	-12° 11’ 16”
Star	HIP 58263	7.0946	11h 56m 55s	-12° 06’ 28”
Star	HIP 58248	7.3736	11h 56m 45s	-10° 43’ 28”
Star	HIP 58704	7.6774	12h 02m 26s	-11° 56’ 02”
Star	HIP 58710	8.1202	12h 02m 30s	-11° 58’ 28”
Galaxy	PGC 37348	13.9	11h 54m 21s	-12° 28’ 42”
Galaxy	NGC 3974	13.7	11h 55m 40s	-12° 01’ 35”

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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