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
2021-02-25 09:24:05 s 1 +123952.71 2 +271708.81 70.0 C57
2021-02-25 09:34:05 S 10 10 26.542 -13 39 12.20 V C57
2021-02-25 09:34:05 s 1 +123676.98 3 +272223.89 7940.0 C57
2021-02-25 09:44:05 S 10 10 24.878 -13 38 59.14 V C57
2021-02-25 09:44:05 s 1 +123400.59 5 +272737.51 4450.0 C57
2021-02-25 10:04:05 S 10 10 21.502 -13 38 34.01 V C57
2021-02-25 10:04:05 s 1 +122845.85 7 +273760.40 3400.0 C57
2021-02-25 10:14:05 S 10 10 19.858 -13 38 19.75 V C57
2021-02-25 10:14:05 s 1 +122567.51 4 +274269.66 5850.0 C57
2021-02-25 10:24:05 S 10 10 18.276 -13 38 07.87 V C57
2021-02-25 10:24:05 s 1 +122288.52 7 +274777.48 6960.0 C57
2021-02-25 10:34:05 S 10 10 16.627 -13 37 54.37 V C57
2021-02-25 10:34:05 s 1 +122008.89 9 +275283.85 6740.0 C57
2021-02-25 10:44:05 S 10 10 14.959 -13 37 42.89 V C57
2021-02-25 10:44:05 s 1 +121728.63 4 +275788.77 5210.0 C57
2021-02-25 10:54:05 S 10 10 13.471 -13 37 26.90 V C57
2021-02-25 10:54:05 s 1 +121447.73 5 +276292.25 2350.0 C57
2021-02-25 11:14:05 S 10 10 09.876 -13 37 02.82 V C57
2021-02-25 11:14:05 s 1 +120884.05 3 +277294.89 2720.0 C57
2021-02-25 11:24:05 S 10 10 08.179 -13 36 49.21 V C57
2021-02-25 11:24:05 s 1 +120601.27 5 +277794.06 5960.0 C57
2021-02-25 12:34:05 S 10 09 56.419 -13 35 17.77 V C57
2021-02-25 12:34:05 s 1 +118604.69 3 +281248.22 2940.0 C57
2021-02-25 15:14:05 S 10 09 29.414 -13 31 47.71 V C57
2021-02-25 15:14:05 s 1 +113933.39 7 +288883.61 8530.0 C57
2021-02-25 15:24:05 S 10 09 27.658 -13 31 33.78 V C57
2021-02-25 15:24:05 s 1 +113636.68 9 +289348.96 2690.0 C57
2021-02-25 16:14:05 S 10 09 19.579 -13 30 31.72 V C57
2021-02-25 16:14:05 s 1 +112145.10 1 +291655.00 6610.0 C57
2021-02-25 16:24:05 S 10 09 17.474 -13 30 15.59 V C57
2021-02-25 16:24:05 s 1 +111845.19 6 +292112.08 4060.0 C57
2021-02-25 16:34:05 S 10 09 15.780 -13 30 02.52 V C57
2021-02-25 16:34:05 s 1 +111544.76 9 +292567.79 420.0 C57
2021-02-25 16:44:05 S 10 09 14.026 -13 29 49.99 V C57
2021-02-25 16:44:05 s 1 +111243.82 3 +293022.13 5680.0 C57
2021-02-25 17:04:05 S 10 09 10.673 -13 29 23.28 V C57
2021-02-25 17:04:05 s 1 +110640.38 4 +293926.71 2960.0 C57
2021-02-25 17:14:05 S 10 09 08.926 -13 29 10.28 V C57
2021-02-25 17:14:05 s 1 +110337.89 8 +294376.95 4990.0 C57
2021-02-25 17:24:05 S 10 09 07.150 -13 28 55.27 V C57
2021-02-25 17:24:05 s 1 +110034.90 4 +294825.83 5940.0 C57
2021-02-25 17:34:05 S 10 09 05.484 -13 28 44.00 V C57
2021-02-25 17:34:05 s 1 +109731.40 5 +295273.35 5840.0 C57
2021-02-25 17:44:05 S 10 09 03.725 -13 28 29.06 V C57
2021-02-25 17:44:05 s 1 +109427.40 4 +295719.52 4680.0 C57
2021-02-25 17:54:05 S 10 09 01.980 -13 28 16.90 V C57
2021-02-25 17:54:05 s 1 +109122.90 5 +296164.32 2470.0 C57
2021-02-25 18:04:05 S 10 09 00.298 -13 28 03.29 V C57
2021-02-25 18:04:05 s 1 +108817.90 9 +296607.78 9210.0 C57
2021-02-25 18:14:05 S 10 08 58.550 -13 27 50.90 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)