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 6	0	00h 00m 04s	+03° 56’ 47”
Star	HIP 118221	0	23h 58m 48s	+02° 49’ 50”
Star	HIP 117656	6.6814	23h 51m 40s	+04° 41’ 52”
Star	HIP 117683	5.427	23h 51m 57s	+02° 55’ 49”
Star	HIP 118185	8.5594	23h 58m 23s	+03° 34’ 14”
Star	HIP 117877	8.146	23h 54m 36s	+05° 03’ 24”
Star	HIP 118053	8.7326	23h 56m 45s	+03° 44’ 29”
Star	HIP 117674	6.7766	23h 51m 53s	+04° 44’ 43”
Star	HIP 117953	7.657	23h 55m 32s	+03° 30’ 07”
Star	HIP 118235	7.7834	23h 58m 56s	+04° 16’ 24”
Star	HIP 117866	7.8156	23h 54m 25s	+02° 27’ 50”
Star	HIP 117804	8.1796	23h 53m 32s	+04° 48’ 46”
Star	HIP 117847	7.5862	23h 54m 05s	+04° 52’ 16”
Star	HIP 117933	8.1674	23h 55m 21s	+03° 14’ 23”
Star	HIP 118054	6.847	23h 56m 47s	+04° 43’ 30”
Star	HIP 117858	7.1688	23h 54m 19s	+03° 40’ 40”
Star	HIP 118104	7.5944	23h 57m 24s	+03° 00’ 35”
Star	HIP 117818	8.8792	23h 53m 40s	+02° 43’ 52”

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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