3200 Phaethon (1983 TB)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.8897185000
Semi-major axis (a)1.2713952000 AU
Inclination (i)22.31264000°
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)265.09557000°
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)322.30651000°
Mean Anomaly (M)163.97510000°
Mean Motion (n)0.6875166600°/day
Perihelion dist (q)0.14021140 AU
Aphelion dist (Q)2.40257900 AU
Orbital Period1.43357640 yr
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)14.38
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceMPC
Solution Date
RMS Residual0.680″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.018798 AU
Observations Used8738
Radar Obs Used1
Oppositions43
Arc Total1983-2026
First Observation Used
Last Observation Used2026-03-03
Observations (9341)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
1983-10-11 01:38:54 A 17 27.55 +59 28.1 15.5 500
1983-10-11 03:21:59 A 17 29.29 +59 27.6 500
1983-10-11 06:48:05 A 17 32.51 +59 25.8 500
1983-10-11 10:14:14 A 17 35.84 +59 23.9 500
1983-10-11 13:40:23 A 17 39.00 +59 21.2 500
1983-10-12 02:19:00 A 17 50 54.70 +59 10 33.0 688
1983-10-12 02:44:59 A 17 51 19.40 +59 10 08.9 688
1983-10-12 05:37:59 A 17 53 57.14 +59 06 55.2 16.0 675
1983-10-12 05:57:59 A 17 54 15.24 +59 06 31.3 16.0 675
1983-10-13 03:07:59 A 18 13 13.24 +58 38 23.2 16.0 675
1983-10-14 02:56:59 A 18 33 20.14 +57 55 49.5 688
1983-10-14 03:17:00 A 18 33 36.35 +57 55 06.9 688
1983-10-16 03:06:46 A 19 09 35.78 +56 03 08.1 675
1983-10-18 03:30:16 A 19 40 04.84 +53 46 30.6 675
1983-10-18 08:24:17 A 19 42 50.34 +53 31 38.1 675
1983-10-27 02:19:00 A 21 04 02.31 +43 02 31.8 16.2 688
1983-10-27 02:50:59 A 21 04 10.38 +43 01 08.8 688
1983-10-27 03:03:01 A 21 04 13.53 +43 00 34.0 675
1983-10-27 03:20:59 A 21 04 17.73 +42 59 43.7 688
1983-10-27 05:22:01 A 21 04 49.03 +42 54 11.5 675
1983-10-29 04:30:31 A 21 16 13.57 +40 49 49.6 675
1983-11-01 00:07:03 A 21 30 10.78 +38 06 28.7 A 801
1983-11-06 03:40:59 A 21 50 32.46 +33 52 05.5 675
1983-11-07 04:40:59 A 21 54 04.17 +33 07 00.1 675
1983-11-07 13:40:42 A 21 55 17.83 +32 51 14.9 381
1983-11-07 14:00:27 A 21 55 20.63 +32 50 37.5 381
1983-11-09 01:20:09 A 22 00 00.29 +31 51 17.8 A 801
1983-11-29 02:43:02 A 22 46 47.99 +23 06 47.0 675
1983-11-30 03:06:59 A 22 48 42.72 +22 50 25.6 675
1983-11-30 03:36:59 A 22 48 44.98 +22 50 08.1 675
1983-12-03 23:38:57 A 22 55 44.14 +21 54 43.3 A 801
1983-12-23 03:56:02 A 23 27 33.12 +19 10 19.2 675
1984-01-02 01:02:15 A 23 42 48.87 +18 36 24.3 A 801
1984-01-24 03:35:02 A 00 15 54.97 +18 35 51.1 675
1984-09-05 10:57:01 A 05 47 57.76 +33 31 30.1 675
1984-09-06 10:30:01 A 05 49 11.53 +33 33 32.4 675
1984-09-22 09:10:33 A 06 07 47.65 +34 08 01.2 B 691
1984-09-22 09:51:39 A 06 07 49.45 +34 08 06.0 B 691
1984-09-22 10:32:29 A 06 07 51.16 +34 08 10.2 B 691
1984-09-29 09:12:09 A 06 14 52.99 +34 24 58.5 B 691
1984-09-29 09:55:27 A 06 14 54.88 +34 25 00.7 B 691
1984-09-29 10:15:59 A 06 14 55.45 +34 25 06.1 B 691
1984-10-23 14:48:34 A 06 30 33.70 +35 47 24.1 568
1984-10-25 08:15:28 A 06 30 53.16 +35 55 32.4 A 801
1984-10-25 17:26:00 A 06 30 56.90 +35 57 30.7 18.0 372
1984-10-25 17:50:59 A 06 30 57.01 +35 57 35.4 372
1984-11-20 07:07:07 A 06 05 25.02 +38 58 57.7 A 801
1984-11-23 07:54:00 A 05 55 33.86 +39 25 47.4 293
1984-11-23 08:14:00 A 05 55 31.22 +39 25 57.5 293
1984-11-26 09:18:31 A 05 42 52.58 +39 50 33.5 A 801
Radar Observations (9)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2007-12-08 11:21:00 126173436.46 8 us 2380 -1 -1
2007-12-08.472917 12617343646 8000 us 2380 251 251
2017-12-12 02:40:00 112813098 20 us 8560 -14 -14
2017-12-15 07:00:00 75271531 8 us 8560 -14 -14
2017-12-16 07:00:00 69844473.28 6 us 8560 -14 -14
2017-12-16 23:23:00 68753205 1.932 us 2380 -1 -1
2017-12-17 22:30:00 71061861.5 1.932 us 2380 -1 -1
2017-12-18 21:41:00 77453145.84 1.932 us 2380 -1 -1
2017-12-19 21:16:00 87210330.04 2.595 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)