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
2021-02-26 12:54:05 S 10 05 37.308 -13 02 37.07 V C57
2021-02-26 12:54:05 s 1 +71765.852 0 +338410.25 8530.0 C57
2021-02-26 13:04:05 S 10 05 35.438 -13 02 22.27 V C57
2021-02-26 13:04:05 s 1 +71415.581 0 +338709.57 9550.0 C57
2021-02-26 13:14:05 S 10 05 33.598 -13 02 08.70 V C57
2021-02-26 13:14:05 s 1 +71069.455 0 +339008.09 6320.0 C57
2021-02-26 13:24:05 S 10 05 31.699 -13 01 54.62 V C57
2021-02-26 13:24:05 s 1 +70722.868 0 +339305.41 3210.0 C57
2021-02-26 13:34:05 S 10 05 29.837 -13 01 40.19 V C57
2021-02-26 13:34:05 s 1 +70376.036 0 +339601.55 9560.0 C57
2021-02-26 13:44:05 S 10 05 27.986 -13 01 25.97 V C57
2021-02-26 13:44:05 s 1 +70028.962 0 +339896.52 5360.0 C57
2021-02-26 13:54:05 S 10 05 26.102 -13 01 12.11 V C57
2021-02-26 13:54:05 s 1 +69681.649 0 +340190.30 630.0 C57
2021-02-26 14:04:05 S 10 05 24.271 -13 00 58.97 V C57
2021-02-26 14:04:05 s 1 +69334.096 0 +340482.91 5350.0 C57
2021-02-26 14:14:05 S 10 05 22.385 -13 00 45.50 V C57
2021-02-26 14:14:05 s 1 +68986.307 0 +340774.35 9540.0 C57
2021-02-26 14:24:05 S 10 05 20.465 -13 00 31.50 V C57
2021-02-26 14:24:05 s 1 +68638.282 0 +341064.61 3200.0 C57
2021-02-26 14:34:05 S 10 05 18.602 -13 00 17.03 V C57
2021-02-26 14:34:05 s 1 +68290.024 0 +341353.70 6330.0 C57
2021-02-26 14:44:05 S 10 05 16.800 -13 00 02.30 V C57
2021-02-26 14:44:05 s 1 +67941.534 0 +341641.62 8940.0 C57
2021-02-26 14:54:05 S 10 05 14.921 -12 59 48.77 V C57
2021-02-26 14:54:05 s 1 +67592.813 0 +341928.37 1020.0 C57
2021-02-26 15:04:05 S 10 05 13.006 -12 59 35.74 V C57
2021-02-26 15:04:05 s 1 +67243.864 0 +342213.95 2590.0 C57
2021-02-26 15:14:05 S 10 05 11.155 -12 59 21.84 V C57
2021-02-26 15:14:05 s 1 +66894.687 0 +342498.36 3640.0 C57
2021-02-26 15:24:05 S 10 05 09.266 -12 59 08.12 V C57
2021-02-26 15:24:05 s 1 +66545.284 0 +342781.61 4170.0 C57
2021-02-26 15:34:05 S 10 05 07.385 -12 58 53.26 V C57
2021-02-26 15:34:05 s 1 +66195.658 0 +343063.69 4200.0 C57
2021-02-26 15:44:05 S 10 05 05.518 -12 58 39.58 V C57
2021-02-26 15:44:05 s 1 +65845.809 0 +343344.61 3730.0 C57
2021-02-26 15:54:05 S 10 05 03.631 -12 58 25.90 V C57
2021-02-26 15:54:05 s 1 +65495.740 0 +343624.36 2740.0 C57
2021-02-26 16:04:05 S 10 05 01.723 -12 58 12.58 V C57
2021-02-26 16:04:05 s 1 +65145.451 0 +343902.95 1260.0 C57
2021-02-26 16:14:05 S 10 04 59.810 -12 57 58.03 V C57
2021-02-26 16:14:05 s 1 +64794.944 0 +344180.38 9290.0 C57
2021-02-26 16:24:05 S 10 04 57.941 -12 57 44.14 V C57
2021-02-26 16:24:05 s 1 +64444.221 0 +344456.65 6820.0 C57
2021-02-26 16:34:05 S 10 04 56.090 -12 57 29.59 V C57
2021-02-26 16:34:05 s 1 +64093.284 0 +344731.76 3860.0 C57
2021-02-26 16:44:05 S 10 04 54.204 -12 57 15.91 V C57
2021-02-26 16:44:05 s 1 +63742.133 0 +345005.71 410.0 C57
2021-02-26 16:54:05 S 10 04 52.334 -12 57 02.05 V C57
2021-02-26 16:54:05 s 1 +63390.771 0 +345278.51 6470.0 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)