Asteroid · 99942
Apophis
A target for close-encounter science
Apophis will make a close Earth flyby in 2029. OSIRIS-APEX and ESA’s Ramses mission are intended to study the asteroid around this encounter.

Measurements
- Effective diameter
- 0.34 km
- Semimajor axis
- 0.922 AU
- Orbital period
- 323.555 Earth days
Orbit, physical values and uncertainties
- eccentricity
- .1911492279663492 ± 1.8376E-9
- semi-major axis
- .9223592206975018 au ± 1.5667E-9
- perihelion distance
- .7460509677535309 au ± 2.8517E-9
- inclination; angle with respect to x-y ecliptic plane
- 3.340996879880978 deg ± 9.903E-8
- longitude of the ascending node
- 203.8936514240762 deg ± 3.0657E-6
- argument of perihelion
- 126.6795706895841 deg ± 3.3086E-6
- mean anomaly
- 175.3304026592739 deg ± 5.2809E-7
- time of perihelion passage
- 2461042.919201488142 TDB ± 7.0729E-7
- sidereal orbital period
- 323.5553366891694 d ± 8.244E-7
- mean motion
- 1.112638115271892 deg/d ± 2.8349E-9
- aphelion distance
- 1.098667473641473 au ± 1.8662E-9
- absolute magnitude
- 19.09 ± 0.19
- magnitude slope
- 0.24 ± 0.11
- diameter
- 0.34 km ± 0.04
- rotation period
- 30.56 h ± 0.01
- geometric albedo
- 0.35 ± 0.10
- thermal inertia
- 50-500 J/m^2/s^0.5/K
- SMASSII spectral type
- Sq
Published JPL orbital elements describe their stated epoch; they are not current positions. Small-body diameters can be effective/model-dependent sizes, not spherical shapes. Missing measurements remain unavailable. Pluto’s diameter uses the New Horizons reference rather than an empty SBDB field. Orbital epoch: JD 2461200.5 TDB.
Object reference ↗Missions & milestones
2 launches · 8 connected events
These are target-related flights and every connected programme record in the production catalogue. A connected event may concern another stage or target of the same journey. Launch outcome does not establish arrival or current operation.
DESTINY+ & RAMSES
April 20, 2028 · time to be confirmed
OSIRIS-Rex science results media call
January 29, 2025 · UTC
OSIRIS-REx Sample Reveal Press Conference
October 11, 2023 · UTC
OSIRIS-Rex Postlanding news conference
September 24, 2023 · UTC
OSIRIS-Rex Sample Return
September 24, 2023 · UTC
OSIRIS-Rex Prelanding media call
September 22, 2023 · UTC
OSIRIS-Rex Departure from Asteroid Bennu
May 10, 2021 · UTC
OSIRIS-Rex Matchpoint rehearsal activities
August 11, 2020 · UTC
OSIRIS-Rex Sample Collection Site Announcement
December 12, 2019 · UTC
OSIRIS-REx
September 8, 2016 · UTC
Complete source cohort: 9,386 records.
