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 8.3

7h 34m · +23.8° · 2.26 AU · next opposition Jan 7, 2027

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Pluto Capricornus

mag 14.6

20h 24m · -23.7° · 35.63 AU

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Makemake Coma Berenices

mag 17.1

13h 28m · +19.6° · 53.56 AU

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Haumea Bootes

mag 17.2

14h 42m · +13.4° · 50.63 AU

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Eris Cetus

mag 18.6

1h 47m · -0.1° · 94.49 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 Ophiuchus

mag —

16h 54m · -26.2° · 2.34 AU from Earth

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Apophis Scorpius

mag —

16h 17m · -19.5° · 1.41 AU from Earth

Star Map 3D 2029 Approach

Didymos Sagittarius

mag —

18h 29m · -26.3° · 1.32 AU from Earth

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Itokawa Leo

mag —

9h 46m · +14.4° · 1.48 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	6.6	Cetus	1h 16m	-4.3°	1.53 AU	525	—	3D
2	Pallas	8.5	Cetus	1h 06m	-18.8°	1.88 AU	544	—	3D
3	Nausikaa	9.3	Pisces	23h 58m	+8.8°	0.89 AU	99	—	3D
4	Juno	10.0	Sagittarius	20h 04m	-14.0°	2.41 AU	234	—	3D
5	Metis	10.3	Aquarius	22h 12m	-19.0°	1.73 AU	173	—	3D
6	Melpomene	10.3	Sagittarius	19h 40m	-20.2°	1.85 AU	140	—	3D
7	Hebe	10.6	Leo	9h 46m	+9.5°	2.64 AU	195	Feb 17, 2027 in 113d	3D
8	Herculina	10.7	Cetus	1h 53m	-13.0°	2.30 AU	222	—	3D
9	Flora	10.8	Sagittarius	19h 40m	-24.5°	2.01 AU	146	—	3D
10	Bamberga	10.8	Capricornus	20h 38m	-15.3°	1.47 AU	230	—	3D
11	Euterpe	11.1	Cancer	8h 52m	+17.7°	1.80 AU	96	Feb 9, 2027 in 104d	3D
12	Iris	11.2	Virgo	13h 43m	-14.2°	3.88 AU	200	—	3D
13	Eunomia	11.2	Virgo	14h 12m	-22.4°	4.11 AU	270	—	3D
14	Julia	11.4	Cancer	8h 29m	+28.8°	2.34 AU	145	Jan 18, 2027 in 83d	3D
15	Amphitrite	11.5	Ophiuchus	17h 29m	-28.2°	3.22 AU	190	—	3D
16	Kalliope	11.6	Gemini	7h 17m	+28.1°	2.18 AU	167	Jan 2, 2027 in 66d	3D
17	Parthenope	11.6	Virgo	14h 05m	-9.2°	3.51 AU	143	—	3D
18	Hygiea	11.7	Leo	10h 26m	+7.6°	3.56 AU	433	Mar 4, 2027 in 128d	3D
19	Massalia	11.8	Libra	15h 10m	-17.5°	3.55 AU	136	—	3D
20	Irene	12.0	Sagittarius	18h 28m	-27.4°	2.99 AU	152	—	3D
21	Psyche	12.2	Leo	10h 34m	+8.6°	3.52 AU	222	Mar 3, 2027 in 127d	3D
22	Europe	12.2	Leo	10h 02m	+12.1°	3.03 AU	315	Feb 25, 2027 in 120d	3D
23	Astraea	12.2	Aquarius	22h 03m	-14.7°	2.45 AU	107	—	3D
24	Egeria	12.5	Scorpius	15h 50m	-26.3°	3.54 AU	208	—	3D
25	Davida	12.6	Virgo	13h 44m	+2.5°	4.27 AU	311	—	3D
26	Thisbe	12.6	Virgo	13h 47m	-14.9°	3.79 AU	232	—	3D
27	Interamnia	12.7	Libra	15h 42m	-27.5°	4.15 AU	332	—	3D
28	Fortuna	12.8	Virgo	14h 14m	-13.4°	3.82 AU	200	—	3D
29	Victoria	12.8	Cancer	9h 15m	+8.3°	2.93 AU	115	Feb 6, 2027 in 102d	3D
30	Pomona	13.0	Leo	11h 20m	-0.1°	3.06 AU	81	Apr 10, 2027 in 165d	3D
31	Doris	13.4	Ophiuchus	17h 25m	-17.6°	3.88 AU	222	—	3D
32	Eugenia	13.4	Leo	10h 58m	+6.5°	3.22 AU	215	Mar 21, 2027 in 145d	3D
33	Euphrosyne	13.6	Telescopium	18h 28m	-47.0°	4.12 AU	268	—	3D
34	Sylvia	13.6	Leo	10h 00m	+21.4°	4.01 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
Jan 2, 2027 in 66 d	Kalliope	Auriga	Magnitude 10.5, distance 1.70 AU
Jan 7, 2027 in 71 d	Ceres	Gemini	Magnitude 6.8, distance 1.63 AU
Jan 18, 2027 in 83 d	Julia	Cancer	Magnitude 10.0, distance 1.74 AU
Feb 6, 2027 in 102 d	Victoria	Hydra	Magnitude 11.3, distance 1.86 AU
Feb 9, 2027 in 104 d	Euterpe	Leo	Magnitude 8.9, distance 1.06 AU
Feb 17, 2027 in 113 d	Hebe	Leo	Magnitude 9.1, distance 1.69 AU
Feb 25, 2027 in 120 d	Europe	Leo	Magnitude 10.5, distance 1.84 AU
Mar 3, 2027 in 127 d	Psyche	Leo	Magnitude 10.5, distance 2.23 AU
Mar 4, 2027 in 128 d	Hygiea	Leo	Magnitude 9.8, distance 2.03 AU
Mar 21, 2027 in 145 d	Eugenia	Virgo	Magnitude 11.1, distance 1.59 AU
Apr 10, 2027 in 165 d	Pomona	Virgo	Magnitude 10.5, distance 1.38 AU

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