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 21:04:05 s 1 +54542.393 0 +351725.54 9280.0 C57
2021-02-26 21:14:05 S 10 04 02.844 -12 50 57.77 V C57
2021-02-26 21:14:05 s 1 +54186.057 0 +351968.63 3780.0 C57
2021-02-26 21:20:32 C 09 59 28.96 -12 48 47.4 V C73
2021-02-26 21:24:05 S 10 04 00.946 -12 50 42.32 V C57
2021-02-26 21:24:05 s 1 +53829.549 0 +352210.58 7870.0 C57
2021-02-26 21:29:32 C 09 59 27.02 -12 48 32.7 V C73
2021-02-26 21:34:05 S 10 03 59.018 -12 50 28.10 V C57
2021-02-26 21:34:05 s 1 +53472.871 0 +352451.41 1550.0 C57
2021-02-26 21:38:29 C 09 59 25.15 -12 48 18.3 V C73
2021-02-26 21:44:05 S 10 03 57.101 -12 50 14.32 V C57
2021-02-26 21:44:05 s 1 +53116.024 0 +352691.11 4840.0 C57
2021-02-26 21:47:27 C 09 59 23.27 -12 48 04.1 V C73
2021-02-26 21:54:05 S 10 03 55.195 -12 50 01.18 V C57
2021-02-26 21:54:05 s 1 +52759.010 0 +352929.69 7720.0 C57
2021-02-26 22:04:05 S 10 03 53.237 -12 49 47.03 V C57
2021-02-26 22:04:05 s 1 +52401.829 0 +353167.13 210.0 C57
2021-02-26 22:14:05 S 10 03 51.336 -12 49 32.16 V C57
2021-02-26 22:14:05 s 1 +52044.484 0 +353403.46 2310.0 C57
2021-02-26 22:24:05 S 10 03 49.428 -12 49 17.83 V C57
2021-02-26 22:24:05 s 1 +51686.975 0 +353638.66 4010.0 C57
2021-02-26 22:34:05 S 10 03 47.496 -12 49 03.47 V C57
2021-02-26 22:34:05 s 1 +51329.305 0 +353872.74 5330.0 C57
2021-02-26 22:44:05 S 10 03 45.571 -12 48 49.75 V C57
2021-02-26 22:44:05 s 1 +50971.474 0 +354105.69 6260.0 C57
2021-02-26 22:54:05 S 10 03 43.625 -12 48 36.11 V C57
2021-02-26 22:54:05 s 1 +50613.483 0 +354337.53 6810.0 C57
2021-02-26 23:04:05 S 10 03 41.712 -12 48 22.18 V C57
2021-02-26 23:04:05 s 1 +50255.335 0 +354568.24 6980.0 C57
2021-02-26 23:14:05 S 10 03 39.797 -12 48 07.42 V C57
2021-02-26 23:14:05 s 1 +49897.030 0 +354797.84 6780.0 C57
2021-02-26 23:15:17 C 09 59 06.59 -12 45 46.7 V Z80
2021-02-26 23:21:58 C 09 59 05.20 -12 45 36.0 V Z80
2021-02-26 23:24:05 S 10 03 37.891 -12 47 52.55 V C57
2021-02-26 23:24:05 s 1 +49538.570 0 +355026.31 6200.0 C57
2021-02-26 23:28:38 C 09 59 03.83 -12 45 24.9 V Z80
2021-02-26 23:34:05 S 10 03 35.950 -12 47 38.72 V C57
2021-02-26 23:34:05 s 1 +49179.956 0 +355253.68 5250.0 C57
2021-02-26 23:44:05 S 10 03 34.013 -12 47 24.86 V C57
2021-02-26 23:44:05 s 1 +48821.190 0 +355479.92 3920.0 C57
2021-02-26 23:54:05 S 10 03 32.066 -12 47 10.82 V C57
2021-02-26 23:54:05 s 1 +48462.273 0 +355705.05 2240.0 C57
2021-02-27 00:04:05 S 10 03 30.134 -12 46 56.68 V C57
2021-02-27 00:04:05 s 1 +48103.206 0 +355929.06 190.0 C57
2021-02-27 00:14:05 S 10 03 28.243 -12 46 42.20 V C57
2021-02-27 00:14:05 s 1 +47743.990 0 +356151.96 7770.0 C57
2021-02-27 00:24:05 S 10 03 26.287 -12 46 27.52 V C57
2021-02-27 00:24:05 s 1 +47384.628 0 +356373.75 5000.0 C57
2021-02-27 00:44:05 S 10 03 22.392 -12 45 59.58 V C57
2021-02-27 00:44:05 s 1 +46665.467 0 +356814.00 8390.0 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)