99942 Apophis (2004 MN4)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.1911663196 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)0.9223804710 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)3.34095673° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)203.89962943° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)126.67282559° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)312.80548085° ± 2.46e-06
Mean Motion (n)1.1126206784°/day ± 5.43e+00
Perihelion dist (q)0.74605239 AU ± 3.05e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)1.09870855 AU ± 4.02e+00
Orbital Period0.88586012 yr ± 4.32e+00
NGA Modelr2
A1-3.03172826e-03 AU/d²
A2-2.37461812e-06 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)19.00
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-29
RMS Residual0.213″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeAten
MOID0.000007 AU
Observations Used8720
Oppositions2
Arc Total2004-2021
First Observation Used2004-03-15
Last Observation Used2021-05-20
Observations (10797)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2021-02-20 09:44:05 s 1 -197988.08 3 +124212.42 1750.0 C57
2021-02-20 09:54:05 S 10 29 21.886 -16 38 35.81 V C57
2021-02-20 09:54:05 s 1 -197879.98 1 +123442.13 9680.0 C57
2021-02-20 10:04:05 S 10 29 19.613 -16 38 22.92 V C57
2021-02-20 10:04:05 s 1 -197769.72 6 +122670.50 3560.0 C57
2021-02-20 10:14:05 S 10 29 17.165 -16 38 10.68 V C57
2021-02-20 10:14:05 s 1 -197657.30 4 +121897.52 3360.0 C57
2021-02-20 10:24:05 S 10 29 14.868 -16 37 58.37 V C57
2021-02-20 10:24:05 s 1 -197542.70 4 +121123.19 9080.0 C57
2021-02-20 10:34:05 S 10 29 12.475 -16 37 45.34 V C57
2021-02-20 10:34:05 s 1 -197425.91 3 +120347.52 670.0 C57
2021-02-20 10:44:05 S 10 29 10.082 -16 37 32.56 V C57
2021-02-20 10:44:05 s 1 -197306.91 8 +119570.50 8120.0 C57
2021-02-20 10:54:05 S 10 29 07.762 -16 37 19.16 V C57
2021-02-20 10:54:05 s 1 -197185.70 6 +118792.13 1410.0 C57
2021-02-20 11:04:05 S 10 29 05.371 -16 37 06.89 V C57
2021-02-20 11:04:05 s 1 -197062.26 4 +118012.42 500.0 C57
2021-02-20 11:14:05 S 10 29 02.986 -16 36 54.11 V C57
2021-02-20 11:14:05 s 1 -196936.57 8 +117231.36 5370.0 C57
2021-02-20 11:24:05 S 10 29 00.619 -16 36 41.65 V C57
2021-02-20 11:24:05 s 1 -196808.63 6 +116448.96 6000.0 C57
2021-02-20 11:34:05 S 10 28 58.334 -16 36 29.09 V C57
2021-02-20 11:34:05 s 1 -196678.42 5 +115665.21 2350.0 C57
2021-02-20 11:44:05 S 10 28 55.963 -16 36 16.20 V C57
2021-02-20 11:44:05 s 1 -196545.93 0 +114880.11 4420.0 C57
2021-02-20 11:54:05 S 10 28 53.568 -16 36 03.17 V C57
2021-02-20 11:54:05 s 1 -196411.13 8 +114093.67 2150.0 C57
2021-02-20 12:04:05 S 10 28 51.166 -16 35 50.57 V C57
2021-02-20 12:04:05 s 1 -196274.03 5 +113305.89 5550.0 C57
2021-02-20 12:14:05 S 10 28 48.878 -16 35 38.11 V C57
2021-02-20 12:14:05 s 1 -196134.60 9 +112516.76 4560.0 C57
2021-02-20 12:24:05 S 10 28 46.469 -16 35 25.51 V C57
2021-02-20 12:24:05 s 1 -195992.84 4 +111726.29 9180.0 C57
2021-02-20 12:34:05 S 10 28 44.122 -16 35 12.55 V C57
2021-02-20 12:34:05 s 1 -195848.72 6 +110934.47 9360.0 C57
2021-02-20 12:36:24 C 10 28 21.13 -16 17 14.2 V T05
2021-02-20 12:40:23 C 10 28 20.33 -16 17 09.6 V T05
2021-02-20 12:44:05 S 10 28 41.803 -16 34 59.77 V C57
2021-02-20 12:44:05 s 1 -195702.24 2 +110141.31 5090.0 C57
2021-02-20 12:49:40 C 10 28 18.48 -16 16 59.4 V T05
2021-02-20 12:54:05 S 10 28 39.406 -16 34 46.96 V C57
2021-02-20 12:54:05 s 1 -195553.37 6 +109346.81 6340.0 C57
2021-02-20 13:04:05 S 10 28 36.955 -16 34 33.71 V C57
2021-02-20 13:04:05 s 1 -195402.11 6 +108550.97 3070.0 C57
2021-02-20 13:05:31 C 10 28 15.34 -16 16 40.4 V T05
2021-02-20 13:14:05 S 10 28 34.589 -16 34 20.32 V C57
2021-02-20 13:14:05 s 1 -195248.44 5 +107753.78 5270.0 C57
2021-02-20 13:24:05 S 10 28 32.309 -16 34 09.66 V C57
2021-02-20 13:24:05 s 1 -195092.35 0 +106955.26 2890.0 C57
2021-02-20 13:34:05 S 10 28 29.897 -16 33 56.56 V C57
Radar Observations (50)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2005-01-27 23:31:00 -100849.1434 0.25 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2005-01-29 00:00:00 192028507.13 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-01-29 00:00:00 -102512.9059 0.25 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2005-01-30 00:18:00 195808170.79 4.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-01-30 00:18:00 -103799.8178 0.15 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2005-08-07 17:07:00 8186.8 0.2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2006-05-06 12:49:00 -118256.8 0.1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2012-12-21 11:10:00 57992.443 0.25 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-22 11:00:00 102682986.05 0.25 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-12-22 11:00:00 57880.25 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-03 09:20:00 97449107.61 0.25 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-03 09:20:00 36629.285 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-03 10:00:00 97439308.71 3 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-03 10:50:00 97428425.46 0.25 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-05 08:40:00 30404.009 0.2 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-05 10:40:00 96911591.52 0.25 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-05 10:40:00 20031.16 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-05 10:50:00 96910218.03 3 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-06 08:20:00 26660.815 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-06 09:30:00 20775.144 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-08 08:10:00 15496.441 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-09 08:00:00 96451449.73 0.2 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-09 08:00:00 9670.119 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-09 09:20:00 2690.401 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-10 08:00:00 96472652.72 0.2 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-10 08:00:00 2590.857 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-10 09:40:00 96473924.8 0.2 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-11 07:20:00 -1589.599 0.2 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-14 08:10:00 97258343.56 0.2 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-14 08:10:00 -30561.776 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-14 09:50:00 97283037.17 0.2 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-15 06:30:00 -30666.291 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-16 06:30:00 98086754 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-16 06:30:00 -39582.277 0.2 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-16 07:50:00 -46641.384 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-01-17 06:20:00 -47875.142 0.1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2013-02-18 00:56:00 -76760.475 0.2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2013-02-18 01:37:00 157906444.15 0.25 us 2380 -1 -1
2013-02-18 01:37:00 -78041.365 0.2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2013-02-19 01:08:00 -78105.657 0.2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2013-02-20 00:38:00 -78070.341 0.2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2013-02-20 01:26:00 163578875.87 0.25 us 2380 -1 -1
2013-02-20 01:26:00 -79560.965 0.2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2013-02-21 01:04:00 -79697.13 0.2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2013-03-15 23:59:00 235220855.07 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2013-03-15 23:59:00 -80977.5254 0.238 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2021-03-03 06:40:00 29329.8 0.4 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2021-03-05 07:00:00 112426746.52 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2021-03-08 02:50:00 112625015.08 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2021-03-11 08:20:00 113796393.86 1 us 8560 -14 -14
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)