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 101879	7.7106	20h 38m 42s	-17° 03’ 54”
Star	HIP 101799	7.0872	20h 37m 48s	-17° 07’ 20”
Star	HIP 101984	4.9908	20h 40m 02s	-18° 08’ 18”
Star	HIP 101555	8.0774	20h 34m 49s	-15° 47’ 50”
Star	HIP 102085	6.8336	20h 41m 19s	-17° 22’ 42”
Star	HIP 102178	8.675	20h 42m 13s	-17° 04’ 43”
Star	HIP 102217	7.317	20h 42m 39s	-18° 06’ 34”
Star	HIP 102026	5.6912	20h 40m 32s	-16° 07’ 27”
Star	HIP 101331	8.4732	20h 32m 16s	-17° 00’ 31”
Star	HIP 101357	7.127	20h 32m 31s	-16° 36’ 34”
Star	HIP 101596	8.3298	20h 35m 24s	-17° 47’ 17”
Star	HIP 101608	6.1686	20h 35m 32s	-16° 31’ 32”
Star	HIP 101906	7.1182	20h 39m 04s	-16° 33’ 34”
Star	HIP 102060	8.4276	20h 40m 58s	-17° 47’ 44”
Galaxy	PGC 65089	13.6	20h 37m 25s	-16° 32’ 29”

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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