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
2020-12-09 13:35:24 C 11 21 29.94 -08 24 01.8 V T08
2020-12-09 13:54:33 C 11 21 30.54 -08 24 13.9 V T08
2020-12-09 14:06:32 C 11 21 30.94 -08 24 22.0 V T08
2020-12-09 14:13:12 C 11 21 31.15 -08 24 26.2 V T08
2020-12-10 15:15:15 C 11 22 30.53 -08 40 13.5 V T05
2020-12-10 15:24:32 C 11 22 30.81 -08 40 19.3 V T05
2020-12-10 15:50:27 C 11 22 31.60 -08 40 35.5 V T05
2020-12-10 15:57:02 C 11 22 31.80 -08 40 39.4 V T05
2020-12-11 14:56:18 C 11 23 27.28 -08 55 11.8 V T05
2020-12-11 15:00:55 C 11 23 27.37 -08 55 12.8 V T05
2020-12-11 15:13:26 C 11 23 27.79 -08 55 21.4 V T05
2020-12-11 15:43:02 C 11 23 28.66 -08 55 40.4 V T05
2020-12-12 14:25:30 C 11 24 23.442 -09 10 00.55 U F51
2020-12-12 14:42:47 C 11 24 23.987 -09 10 11.66 U F51
2020-12-14 05:05:20 C 11 25 54.03 -09 34 39.8 V 204
2020-12-14 05:14:07 C 11 25 54.32 -09 34 45.4 V 204
2020-12-14 05:22:53 C 11 25 54.61 -09 34 51.1 V 204
2020-12-15 10:23:45 C 11 27 03.85 -09 53 06.9 V 703
2020-12-15 10:31:26 C 11 27 04.15 -09 53 12.0 V 703
2020-12-15 13:53:31 C 11 27 11.942 -09 55 14.67 U F51
2020-12-15 14:29:07 C 11 27 13.046 -09 55 37.65 U F51
2020-12-15 14:46:46 C 11 27 13.583 -09 55 49.02 U F51
2020-12-16 09:59:02 C 11 27 58.67 -10 08 02.6 V 703
2020-12-16 10:07:00 C 11 27 58.94 -10 08 07.7 V 703
2020-12-16 10:14:58 C 11 27 59.23 -10 08 13.1 V 703
2020-12-16 10:22:56 C 11 27 59.46 -10 08 18.0 V 703
2020-12-17 10:37:43 C 11 28 55.07 -10 23 38.8 V I41
2020-12-17 12:29:26 C 11 28 58.51 -10 24 50.7 V I41
2020-12-18 23:26:24 S 11 30 15.53 -10 46 20.2 L C51
2020-12-19 02:34:32 S 11 30 22.51 -10 48 20.0 L C51
2020-12-19 05:42:51 S 11 30 29.50 -10 50 19.6 L C51
2020-12-19 05:43:02 S 11 30 29.57 -10 50 19.2 L C51
2020-12-19 10:15:32 C 11 30 42.02 -10 53 43.0 V 703
2020-12-19 10:23:36 C 11 30 42.28 -10 53 48.2 V 703
2020-12-19 10:39:43 C 11 30 42.76 -10 53 59.2 V 703
2020-12-19 15:07:48 S 11 30 50.27 -10 56 14.9 L C51
2020-12-19 15:07:59 S 11 30 50.335 -10 56 13.34 L C51
2020-12-19 16:42:04 S 11 30 53.76 -10 57 14.5 L C51
2020-12-19 18:16:07 S 11 30 57.22 -10 58 13.2 L C51
2020-12-19 19:50:22 S 11 31 00.74 -10 59 12.5 L C51
2020-12-19 21:24:27 S 11 31 04.17 -11 00 12.7 L C51
2020-12-19 22:48:33 C 11 31 09.08 -11 01 38.6 V N56
2020-12-19 22:58:41 S 11 31 07.60 -11 01 11.9 L C51
2020-12-19 23:24:04 C 11 31 10.11 -11 02 01.7 V N56
2020-12-19 23:59:40 C 11 31 11.08 -11 02 23.6 V N56
2020-12-20 08:23:38 S 11 31 28.111 -11 07 07.07 L C51
2020-12-21 10:03:52 C 11 32 26.16 -11 23 47.8 V I41
2020-12-21 11:08:29 C 11 32 28.05 -11 24 29.6 V I41
2020-12-21 14:20:13 C 11 32 34.679 -11 26 24.41 U F51
2020-12-21 14:39:19 C 11 32 35.188 -11 26 36.60 U F51
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)