4179 Toutatis (1989 AC)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.6247403187 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)2.5430298482 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)0.44808312° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)125.36620064° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)277.86046506° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)76.89344252° ± 4.67e-07
Mean Motion (n)0.2430441038°/day ± 4.30e-01
Perihelion dist (q)0.95429657 AU ± 5.21e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)4.13176313 AU ± 7.04e+00
Orbital Period4.05533921 yr ± 7.18e+00
NGA Modelg(r)
A12.91030472e-04 AU/d²
A2-4.49990093e-07 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)15.29
G (slope)0.15
Alternative Designations

1934 CT

Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-26
RMS Residual0.347″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.006536 AU
Observations Used6547
Radar Obs Used38
Gaia Obs Used37
Oppositions63
Arc Total1934-2017
First Observation Used1976-05-27
Last Observation Used2026-03-20
Observations (7141)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2008-12-02 03:10:41 C 10 19 22.792 +07 39 59.70 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:12:39 C 10 19 22.493 +07 40 01.91 14.4 u A84
2008-12-02 03:14:36 C 10 19 22.201 +07 40 04.11 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:16:38 C 10 19 21.909 +07 40 06.26 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:18:36 C 10 19 21.628 +07 40 08.36 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:20:49 C 10 19 21.266 +07 40 10.93 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:23:01 C 10 19 20.968 +07 40 13.29 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:25:13 C 10 19 20.625 +07 40 15.76 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:27:28 C 10 19 20.323 +07 40 18.11 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:29:40 C 10 19 19.988 +07 40 20.55 14.4 u A84
2008-12-02 03:34:06 C 10 19 19.349 +07 40 25.35 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:38:01 C 10 19 18.779 +07 40 29.52 14.5 u A84
2008-12-02 03:40:00 C 10 19 18.484 +07 40 31.73 14.5 u A84
2008-12-02 03:42:00 C 10 19 18.195 +07 40 33.88 14.5 u A84
2008-12-02 03:44:00 C 10 19 17.896 +07 40 36.14 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:46:15 C 10 19 17.571 +07 40 38.54 14.5 u A84
2008-12-02 03:50:48 C 10 19 16.904 +07 40 43.47 14.5 u A84
2008-12-02 03:53:01 C 10 19 16.565 +07 40 46.01 14.6 u A84
2008-12-02 03:55:15 C 10 19 16.252 +07 40 48.33 14.7 u A84
2008-12-02 03:57:28 C 10 19 15.936 +07 40 50.69 14.5 u A84
2008-12-04 12:31:09 C 10 12 21.52 +08 38 10.1 r G96
2008-12-04 12:38:32 C 10 12 20.59 +08 38 16.9 r G96
2008-12-04 12:45:43 C 10 12 19.62 +08 38 23.8 r G96
2008-12-04 12:52:58 C 10 12 18.68 +08 38 30.7 r G96
2008-12-05 01:03:02 C 10 10 56.74 +08 49 26.1 12.9 o 084
2008-12-05 01:06:37 C 10 10 56.31 +08 49 29.5 12.9 o 084
2008-12-06 05:37:58 C 10 07 46.06 +09 15 09.6 r B19
2008-12-06 05:40:55 C 10 07 45.70 +09 15 12.2 r B19
2008-12-06 05:43:13 C 10 07 45.42 +09 15 14.1 r B19
2008-12-08 00:18:59 C 10 03 21.67 +09 50 32.0 c B80
2008-12-08 00:25:43 C 10 03 20.93 +09 50 37.7 c B80
2008-12-08 00:34:35 C 10 03 19.97 +09 50 44.9 c B80
2008-12-09 00:34:48 C 10 00 55.92 +10 09 30.2 c B80
2008-12-09 00:39:54 C 10 00 55.37 +10 09 34.2 c B80
2008-12-09 00:45:00 C 10 00 54.83 +10 09 38.3 c B80
2008-12-09 01:27:11 C 10 00 50.30 +10 10 08.3 c A24
2008-12-09 01:28:37 C 10 00 50.14 +10 10 09.4 c A24
2008-12-11 18:20:19 C 09 54 37.57 +10 57 32.2 r 379
2008-12-11 18:22:08 C 09 54 37.38 +10 57 33.4 r 379
2008-12-11 18:23:59 C 09 54 37.20 +10 57 34.7 r 379
2008-12-11 18:31:09 C 09 54 36.45 +10 57 39.9 r 379
2008-12-11 18:33:00 C 09 54 36.23 +10 57 40.8 r 379
2008-12-11 18:40:09 C 09 54 35.47 +10 57 46.0 r 379
2008-12-11 18:42:00 C 09 54 35.29 +10 57 47.3 r 379
2008-12-11 21:57:04 C 09 54 18.81 +10 59 52.5 13.3 r C20
2008-12-12 09:53:28 C 09 53 11.16 +11 08 14.2 r H45
2008-12-12 09:55:24 C 09 53 10.96 +11 08 15.5 r H45
2008-12-12 09:56:43 C 09 53 10.82 +11 08 16.4 r H45
2008-12-12 09:59:53 C 09 53 10.50 +11 08 18.5 r H45
2008-12-12 10:01:57 C 09 53 10.27 +11 08 20.0 r H45
Radar Observations (100)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1992-11-27 22:20:00 613910.6 1 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-11-27 23:40:00 71249152 10 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-11-27.930556 61391060 100 Hz 8510 253 253
1992-11-27.986111 7124915200 10000 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-02 21:40:00 523514.76 0.52 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-02.902778 4218031212 650 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-03 19:30:00 37450923.337 1.44 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-03 19:30:00 494766.019 0.28 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-03.812500 3745092334 1440 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-04 18:10:00 32975711.079 1.64 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-04 18:10:00 443775.732 0.32 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-04.756944 3297571108 1640 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-05 17:30:00 29027804.001 1.2 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-05 17:30:00 362243.902 0.24 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-05.729167 2902780400 1200 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-06 16:40:00 26056497.203 0.92 us 8510 -13 -14
1992-12-06 16:40:00 248335.943 0.16 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1992-12-06.694444 2605649720 920 us 8510 253 252
1992-12-07 17:20:00 24307305.745 2.44 us 8510 -13 -14
1992-12-07.722222 2430730575 2440 us 8510 253 252
1992-12-08 14:40:00 24202819.27 0.48 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-08 14:40:00 -58768.687 0.08 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-08.611111 2420281927 480 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-09 17:30:00 25938862.116 1.36 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-09 17:30:00 -250054.867 0.24 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-09.729167 2593886212 1360 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-10 17:00:00 28867565.808 1.52 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-10 17:00:00 -364551.377 0.28 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-10.708333 2886756581 1520 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-11 09:40:00 31542082.782 1.36 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-11 09:40:00 -389322.673 0.24 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-11.402778 3154208278 1360 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-12 09:20:00 35939781.859 1.28 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-12 09:20:00 -450249.232 0.24 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-12.388889 3593978186 1280 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-13 08:10:00 40664482.454 1.64 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-13 08:10:00 -487485.645 0.32 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-13.340278 4066448245 1640 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-14 07:50:00 45891287.505 1.92 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-14 07:50:00 -515942.546 1.92 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-14.326389 4589128751 1920 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-15 07:50:00 51433656.661 2.36 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-15 07:50:00 -537151.849 0.44 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-15.326389 5143365666 2360 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-16 07:10:00 56997841.703 3.2 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-16 07:10:00 -550720.993 0.64 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-16.298611 5699784170 3200 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-17 06:50:00 62767761.168 3.36 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-17 06:50:00 -561924.364 0.64 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-17 08:00:00 63030108.88 4.52 us 2380 -1 -1
1992-12-17.284722 6276776117 3360 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-17.333333 6303010888 4520 us 2380 251 251
1992-12-18 07:10:00 68800974.112 1.88 us 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-18 07:10:00 -572657.338 0.36 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1992-12-18 08:00:00 68989080.84 4.52 us 2380 -1 -1
1992-12-18.298611 6880097411 1880 us 8510 253 253
1992-12-18.333333 6898908084 4520 us 2380 251 251
1992-12-19 07:40:00 74948572.01 4.52 us 2380 -1 -1
1992-12-19 07:40:00 -167522.91 0.24 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1992-12-19.319444 7494857201 4520 us 2380 251 251
1996-11-25 19:50:00 335217.755 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-11-25.826389 33521776 7 Hz 8510 253 252
1996-11-26.750000 4012841509 500 us 8510 253 252
1996-11-27 17:50:00 206061.474 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-11-27.743056 20606147 7 Hz 8510 253 252
1996-11-28 17:30:00 117850.312 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-11-28.729167 11785031 7 Hz 8510 253 252
1996-11-29 15:40:00 36193.593 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-11-29.652778 3619359 7 Hz 8510 253 252
1996-11-30 14:40:00 -54016.239 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-11-30.611111 -5401624 7 Hz 8510 253 252
1996-12-01 13:20:00 -135658.745 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-12-01.555556 -13565874 7 Hz 8510 253 252
1996-12-02 13:10:00 -216056.675 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-12-02.548611 -21605667 7 Hz 8510 253 252
1996-12-03 12:10:00 -276563.595 0.07 Hz 8510 -13 -14
1996-12-03.506944 -27656359 7 Hz 8510 253 252
2000-11-02 18:10:00 -114782.5 0.6 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2000-11-02.756944 -11478250 60 Hz 8560 253 253
2004-10-09 13:36:00 64484452.1 0.9 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-10-09.566667 6448445210 900 us 2380 251 251
2008-11-23.458333 8922229990 2000 us 2380 251 251
2012-12-04 03:30:00 71954861.33 4 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-04.145833 7195486133 4000 us 8560 253 253
2012-12-06 04:30:00 62051487.94 2.5 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-06.187500 6205148794 2500 us 8560 253 253
2012-12-07 04:40:00 57734632.83 3 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-07.194444 5773463283 3000 us 8560 253 253
2012-12-08 03:00:00 54185818.93 3 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-08.125000 5418581893 3000 us 8560 253 253
2012-12-09 03:50:00 50873215.22 3 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-10 03:10:00 48477666.13 3 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-14 09:10:00 48440142.08 2.5 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-15 03:00:00 50202493.37 2.5 us 8560 -14 -14
2016-12-27 03:50:00 251784887 8 us 8560 -14 -14
2016-12-27 22:09:00 251186454.04 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2016-12-28 22:19:00 250739924.13 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2016-12-29 22:03:00 250676054.21 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2017-01-07 22:52:00 267803347.48 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2017-01-07 23:15:00 267861144.35 2 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -13 DSS-13 Goldstone (34-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)