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
1999-10-31 07:19:04 C 01 35 40.76 +43 13 58.4 17.6 a 704
1999-11-01 03:50:54 C 01 33 09.43 +42 54 11.2 16.7 a 704
1999-11-01 04:14:13 C 01 33 06.58 +42 53 48.7 17.2 a 704
1999-11-01 04:37:35 C 01 33 03.66 +42 53 26.3 16.9 a 704
1999-11-01 04:56:59 C 01 33 01.27 +42 53 07.2 z 719
1999-11-01 05:01:05 C 01 33 00.75 +42 53 03.8 17.1 a 704
1999-11-01 05:24:22 C 01 32 57.87 +42 52 41.3 17.1 a 704
1999-11-01 05:28:00 C 01 32 57.45 +42 52 36.6 z 719
1999-11-03 03:40:41 C 01 27 29.26 +42 06 55.4 17.3 m 732
1999-11-03 03:49:26 C 01 27 28.18 +42 06 45.9 17.3 m 732
1999-11-04 03:29:07 C 01 24 47.31 +41 42 52.5 17.8 m 732
1999-11-04 03:35:35 C 01 24 46.58 +41 42 45.2 17.4 m 732
1999-11-04 03:42:02 C 01 24 45.82 +41 42 38.4 17.4 m 732
1999-11-05 02:05:59 C 01 22 18.33 +41 19 40.8 z 719
1999-11-05 02:10:22 C 01 22 17.80 +41 19 36.1 z 719
1999-11-05 03:05:41 C 01 22 11.55 +41 18 40.4 z 719
1999-11-05 03:11:38 C 01 22 10.97 +41 18 34.4 z 719
1999-11-05 20:20:30 C 01 20 20.70 +41 00 52.8 610
1999-11-05 20:27:29 C 01 20 19.99 +41 00 45.5 610
1999-11-05 20:34:29 C 01 20 19.28 +41 00 38.2 610
1999-11-05 20:41:29 C 01 20 18.58 +41 00 30.8 610
1999-11-05 20:48:29 C 01 20 17.87 +41 00 23.5 610
1999-11-10 21:57:25 C 01 08 35.25 +38 53 08.7 z 169
1999-11-10 22:04:41 C 01 08 34.53 +38 53 01.1 z 169
1999-11-12 21:57:43 C 01 04 32.81 +38 02 23.3 z 169
1999-11-12 22:08:05 C 01 04 31.94 +38 02 13.7 z 169
1999-11-12 22:18:41 C 01 04 31.05 +38 02 01.4 z 169
1999-11-12 22:29:30 C 01 04 30.19 +38 01 50.1 z 169
1999-11-12 22:41:00 C 01 04 29.27 +38 01 37.4 z 169
1999-11-27 17:29:04 C 00 44 16.50 +32 09 42.5 540
1999-11-27 17:32:24 C 00 44 16.39 +32 09 39.1 540
1999-11-27 17:35:34 C 00 44 16.26 +32 09 36.5 540
1999-12-04 03:22:32 C 00 39 58.05 +29 59 52.3 17.8 m 732
1999-12-04 03:29:32 C 00 39 57.85 +29 59 46.4 17.5 m 732
1999-12-04 03:36:30 C 00 39 57.73 +29 59 40.6 17.4 m 732
1999-12-05 01:59:12 C 00 39 31.56 +29 42 12.1 17.3 m 732
1999-12-05 02:06:10 C 00 39 31.43 +29 42 06.7 17.5 m 732
1999-12-05 02:13:09 C 00 39 31.26 +29 42 02.1 17.6 m 732
1999-12-10 02:53:19 C 00 37 53.07 +28 14 05.7 c 735
1999-12-10 03:16:10 C 00 37 52.83 +28 13 50.1 c 735
1999-12-10 04:08:22 C 00 37 52.32 +28 13 14.0 c 735
1999-12-11 17:11:44 C 00 37 36.47 +27 48 23.0 118
1999-12-11 17:17:25 C 00 37 36.44 +27 48 19.0 118
1999-12-14 04:17:55 c 00 37 22.86 +27 10 51.8 d 703
1999-12-14 04:35:28 c 00 37 22.78 +27 10 41.5 d 703
1999-12-14 04:53:02 c 00 37 22.77 +27 10 30.5 d 703
1999-12-14 05:10:33 c 00 37 22.71 +27 10 19.7 d 703
2000-01-05 23:58:36 C 00 44 37.08 +23 11 46.6 843
2000-01-06 00:11:41 C 00 44 37.36 +23 11 42.5 843
2000-01-06 00:28:19 C 00 44 37.72 +23 11 37.8 843
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)