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
2021-02-27 05:04:05 S 10 02 31.723 -12 39 47.23 V C57
2021-02-27 05:04:05 s 1 +37268.059 0 +362135.57 2090.0 C57
2021-02-27 05:14:05 S 10 02 29.760 -12 39 32.11 V C57
2021-02-27 05:14:05 s 1 +36904.994 0 +362325.46 20.0 C57
2021-02-27 05:24:05 S 10 02 27.826 -12 39 17.86 V C57
2021-02-27 05:24:05 s 1 +36541.821 0 +362514.27 7660.0 C57
2021-02-27 05:34:05 S 10 02 25.846 -12 39 03.89 V C57
2021-02-27 05:34:05 s 1 +36178.540 0 +362701.98 5020.0 C57
2021-02-27 05:41:08 C 09 57 49.60 -12 35 15.1 V 851
2021-02-27 05:43:17 C 09 57 49.13 -12 35 11.9 V 851
2021-02-27 05:44:05 S 10 02 23.875 -12 38 49.88 V C57
2021-02-27 05:44:05 s 1 +35815.153 0 +362888.61 2090.0 C57
2021-02-27 05:54:05 S 10 02 21.907 -12 38 35.52 V C57
2021-02-27 05:54:05 s 1 +35451.660 0 +363074.16 8890.0 C57
2021-02-27 06:04:05 S 10 02 19.915 -12 38 20.83 V C57
2021-02-27 06:04:05 s 1 +35088.064 0 +363258.61 5420.0 C57
2021-02-27 06:14:05 S 10 02 17.957 -12 38 05.17 V C57
2021-02-27 06:14:05 s 1 +34724.365 0 +363441.99 1670.0 C57
2021-02-27 06:24:05 S 10 02 16.020 -12 37 51.10 V C57
2021-02-27 06:24:05 s 1 +34360.565 0 +363624.28 7660.0 C57
2021-02-27 06:34:05 S 10 02 14.045 -12 37 37.02 V C57
2021-02-27 06:34:05 s 1 +33996.664 0 +363805.49 3370.0 C57
2021-02-27 06:44:05 S 10 02 12.031 -12 37 22.66 V C57
2021-02-27 06:44:05 s 1 +33632.664 0 +363985.62 8830.0 C57
2021-02-27 06:54:05 S 10 02 10.063 -12 37 08.87 V C57
2021-02-27 06:54:05 s 1 +33268.567 0 +364164.67 4010.0 C57
2021-02-27 07:04:05 S 10 02 08.102 -12 36 54.29 V C57
2021-02-27 07:04:05 s 1 +32904.372 0 +364342.64 8940.0 C57
2021-02-27 07:14:05 S 10 02 06.144 -12 36 38.74 V C57
2021-02-27 07:14:05 s 1 +32540.082 0 +364519.52 3610.0 C57
2021-02-27 07:24:05 S 10 02 04.145 -12 36 24.44 V C57
2021-02-27 07:24:05 s 1 +32175.698 0 +364695.33 8020.0 C57
2021-02-27 07:44:05 S 10 02 00.199 -12 35 56.26 V C57
2021-02-27 07:44:05 s 1 +31446.652 0 +365043.72 6090.0 C57
2021-02-27 07:54:05 S 10 01 58.222 -12 35 41.82 V C57
2021-02-27 07:54:05 s 1 +31081.992 0 +365216.30 9740.0 C57
2021-02-27 08:04:05 S 10 01 56.230 -12 35 27.06 V C57
2021-02-27 08:04:05 s 1 +30717.242 0 +365387.80 3150.0 C57
2021-02-27 08:14:05 S 10 01 54.295 -12 35 11.62 V C57
2021-02-27 08:14:05 s 1 +30352.404 0 +365558.23 6320.0 C57
2021-02-27 08:24:05 S 10 01 52.294 -12 34 57.54 V C57
2021-02-27 08:24:05 s 1 +29987.479 0 +365727.58 9240.0 C57
2021-02-27 08:34:05 S 10 01 50.328 -12 34 42.96 V C57
2021-02-27 08:34:05 s 1 +29622.468 0 +365895.86 1930.0 C57
2021-02-27 08:44:05 S 10 01 48.324 -12 34 29.21 V C57
2021-02-27 08:44:05 s 1 +29257.372 0 +366063.06 4370.0 C57
2021-02-27 08:54:05 S 10 01 46.358 -12 34 14.88 V C57
2021-02-27 08:54:05 s 1 +28892.192 0 +366229.20 6580.0 C57
2021-02-27 09:04:05 S 10 01 44.357 -12 34 00.01 V C57
2021-02-27 09:04:05 s 1 +28526.929 0 +366394.26 8560.0 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)