Asteroids & Dwarf Planets

Live positions and brightness for the brightest minor planets, dwarf planets, and featured near-Earth objects.

Dwarf Planets

Bodies massive enough to be round but that haven't cleared their orbital neighbourhood. Ceres reaches binocular range near opposition; Pluto, Makemake and Haumea need a large telescope; Eris, the most distant, is reachable only with the largest amateur instruments.

Ceres Gemini

mag 8.9

6h 40m · +22.9° · 2.91 AU · next opposition Jan 7, 2027

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Pluto Capricornus

mag 14.5

20h 25m · -23.7° · 34.86 AU

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Makemake Coma Berenices

mag 17.1

13h 24m · +20.0° · 53.55 AU

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Haumea Bootes

mag 17.3

14h 38m · +13.9° · 50.38 AU

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Eris Cetus

mag 18.6

1h 49m · +0.0° · 94.69 AU

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Featured Near-Earth Objects

Asteroids whose orbits bring them inside Earth's neighbourhood. Apophis makes the closest approach by a large NEO in modern history on April 13, 2029.

Eros Libra

mag —

14h 47m · -23.2° · 1.90 AU from Earth

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Didymos Ophiuchus

mag —

16h 34m · -24.7° · 1.23 AU from Earth

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Apophis Virgo

mag —

12h 58m · -5.5° · 1.67 AU from Earth

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Itokawa Gemini

mag —

7h 39m · +21.8° · 1.98 AU from Earth

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Main-Belt Asteroids

The brightest numbered minor planets. Vesta and Ceres can reach naked-eye visibility at perihelic oppositions; the rest are binocular and small-telescope targets.

#	Name	Mag	Constellation	RA	Dec	Dist	Diameter [km]	Next Opposition	Actions
1	Vesta	6.9	Cetus	1h 54m	-0.0°	1.59 AU	525	Oct 13, 2026 in 33d	3D
2	Pallas	8.7	Cetus	1h 37m	-6.6°	2.00 AU	544	Oct 4, 2026 in 24d	3D
3	Nausikaa	9.1	Pisces	0h 35m	+7.9°	0.86 AU	99	Sep 30, 2026 in 20d	3D
4	Metis	9.3	Aquarius	22h 30m	-19.6°	1.40 AU	173	—	3D
5	Juno	9.5	Aquila	19h 41m	-10.2°	1.94 AU	234	—	3D
6	Melpomene	9.8	Sagittarius	18h 39m	-17.2°	1.44 AU	140	—	3D
7	Bamberga	10.1	Sagittarius	20h 02m	-22.9°	1.14 AU	230	—	3D
8	Flora	10.2	Sagittarius	18h 44m	-25.1°	1.54 AU	146	—	3D
9	Hebe	10.6	Cancer	8h 32m	+13.3°	3.03 AU	195	Feb 17, 2027 in 160d	3D
10	Herculina	11.1	Cetus	2h 23m	-8.6°	2.49 AU	222	Oct 17, 2026 in 37d	3D
11	Amphitrite	11.3	Scorpius	16h 19m	-27.7°	2.68 AU	190	—	3D
12	Astraea	11.3	Aquarius	22h 21m	-12.6°	2.04 AU	107	—	3D
13	Iris	11.4	Virgo	12h 33m	-7.6°	3.74 AU	200	—	3D
14	Euterpe	11.4	Gemini	7h 17m	+21.9°	2.27 AU	96	Feb 9, 2027 in 152d	3D
15	Eunomia	11.5	Virgo	13h 04m	-17.0°	3.90 AU	270	—	3D
16	Irene	11.5	Ophiuchus	17h 25m	-26.6°	2.30 AU	152	—	3D
17	Julia	11.6	Gemini	7h 27m	+31.8°	2.84 AU	145	Jan 18, 2027 in 130d	3D
18	Hygiea	11.8	Leo	9h 27m	+13.5°	4.06 AU	433	Mar 4, 2027 in 175d	3D
19	Massalia	11.8	Virgo	13h 50m	-11.2°	3.20 AU	136	—	3D
20	Kalliope	12.1	Gemini	6h 26m	+25.3°	2.78 AU	167	Jan 2, 2027 in 114d	3D
21	Parthenope	12.1	Virgo	12h 45m	-1.3°	3.44 AU	143	—	3D
22	Psyche	12.1	Leo	9h 33m	+13.8°	3.91 AU	222	Mar 3, 2027 in 175d	3D
23	Europe	12.3	Cancer	8h 52m	+16.5°	3.50 AU	315	Feb 25, 2027 in 168d	3D
24	Egeria	12.4	Libra	14h 35m	-19.9°	3.10 AU	208	—	3D
25	Davida	12.6	Virgo	12h 41m	+9.0°	4.15 AU	311	—	3D
26	Interamnia	12.9	Hydra	14h 37m	-26.0°	3.76 AU	332	—	3D
27	Pomona	12.9	Leo	9h 59m	+8.1°	3.40 AU	81	—	3D
28	Victoria	13.0	Cancer	8h 20m	+13.8°	3.47 AU	115	Feb 6, 2027 in 150d	3D
29	Thisbe	13.0	Virgo	12h 34m	-8.0°	3.77 AU	232	—	3D
30	Doris	13.2	Ophiuchus	16h 35m	-15.4°	3.28 AU	222	—	3D
31	Fortuna	13.3	Virgo	13h 03m	-6.8°	3.65 AU	200	—	3D
32	Euphrosyne	13.3	Ara	17h 44m	-51.0°	3.53 AU	268	—	3D
33	Eugenia	13.4	Leo	9h 45m	+12.5°	3.64 AU	215	—	3D
34	Sylvia	13.7	Cancer	9h 09m	+23.7°	4.53 AU	261	—	3D

Upcoming Oppositions

Asteroid oppositions in the next nine months. At opposition the body rises at sunset, transits at midnight, and is at its closest and brightest for the year.

Date	Body	Constellation	Details
Sep 30, 2026 in 20 d	Nausikaa	Pisces	Magnitude 8.5, distance 0.82 AU
Oct 4, 2026 in 24 d	Pallas	Cetus	Magnitude 8.3, distance 1.85 AU
Oct 13, 2026 in 33 d	Vesta	Cetus	Magnitude 6.4, distance 1.48 AU
Oct 17, 2026 in 37 d	Herculina	Cetus	Magnitude 10.7, distance 2.29 AU
Jan 2, 2027 in 114 d	Kalliope	Auriga	Magnitude 10.5, distance 1.70 AU
Jan 7, 2027 in 119 d	Ceres	Gemini	Magnitude 6.8, distance 1.63 AU
Jan 18, 2027 in 130 d	Julia	Cancer	Magnitude 10.0, distance 1.74 AU
Feb 6, 2027 in 150 d	Victoria	Hydra	Magnitude 11.3, distance 1.86 AU
Feb 9, 2027 in 152 d	Euterpe	Leo	Magnitude 8.9, distance 1.06 AU
Feb 17, 2027 in 160 d	Hebe	Leo	Magnitude 9.1, distance 1.69 AU
Feb 25, 2027 in 168 d	Europe	Leo	Magnitude 10.5, distance 1.84 AU
Mar 3, 2027 in 175 d	Psyche	Leo	Magnitude 10.5, distance 2.23 AU
Mar 4, 2027 in 175 d	Hygiea	Leo	Magnitude 9.8, distance 2.03 AU

Positions and magnitudes computed from JPL orbital elements at page load. Oppositions precomputed daily.