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
2018-11-27 05:41:21 C 02 21 56.87 +35 34 27.3 V 703
2018-11-27 05:49:09 C 02 21 56.13 +35 34 21.8 V 703
2018-11-27 05:56:54 C 02 21 55.39 +35 34 16.1 V 703
2018-11-27 06:04:37 C 02 21 54.69 +35 34 10.8 V 703
2018-11-27 10:02:20 C 02 21 32.69 +35 31 22.4 U T08
2018-11-27 10:17:28 C 02 21 31.21 +35 31 11.4 U T08
2018-11-27 10:32:32 C 02 21 29.85 +35 31 00.7 U T08
2018-11-28 05:43:22 C 02 19 45.28 +35 17 14.2 V G96
2018-11-28 05:50:51 C 02 19 44.59 +35 17 09.2 V G96
2018-11-28 05:58:21 C 02 19 43.89 +35 17 03.0 V G96
2018-11-28 06:05:50 C 02 19 43.21 +35 16 58.0 V G96
2018-11-28 23:19:20 C 02 18 10.67 +35 04 29.4 q 160
2018-11-28 23:23:27 C 02 18 10.27 +35 04 25.6 q 160
2018-11-28 23:27:31 C 02 18 09.92 +35 04 23.1 q 160
2018-11-29 09:43:59 C 02 17 15.57 +34 56 57.3 U T05
2018-11-29 09:57:47 C 02 17 14.34 +34 56 47.0 U T05
2018-11-29 10:27:57 C 02 17 11.64 +34 56 24.8 U T05
2018-11-30 05:30:40 C 02 15 32.62 +34 42 28.7 V 703
2018-11-30 05:38:17 C 02 15 31.95 +34 42 22.9 V 703
2018-11-30 05:45:54 C 02 15 31.29 +34 42 17.4 V 703
2018-11-30 05:53:31 C 02 15 30.63 +34 42 12.0 V 703
2018-12-01 08:58:50 C 02 13 12.93 +34 22 15.5 U T08
2018-12-01 09:11:35 C 02 13 11.85 +34 22 06.4 U T08
2018-12-01 09:37:41 C 02 13 09.63 +34 21 46.9 U T08
2018-12-01 09:41:04 C 02 13 09.30 +34 21 44.2 U T08
2018-12-04 03:08:56 C 02 07 54.37 +33 33 00.6 V 703
2018-12-04 03:16:36 C 02 07 53.76 +33 32 55.1 V 703
2018-12-04 03:24:17 C 02 07 53.16 +33 32 48.7 V 703
2018-12-04 03:32:03 C 02 07 52.61 +33 32 43.3 V 703
2018-12-07 09:11:20 C 02 02 10.91 +32 34 39.9 U T05
2018-12-07 09:26:57 C 02 02 09.81 +32 34 27.8 U T05
2018-12-07 09:28:55 C 02 02 09.66 +32 34 26.5 U T05
2018-12-07 09:29:35 C 02 02 09.61 +32 34 26.0 U T05
2018-12-08 20:05:11 C 01 59 49.46 +32 08 37.1 q 160
2018-12-08 20:08:25 C 01 59 49.27 +32 08 34.4 q 160
2018-12-08 20:13:06 C 01 59 48.95 +32 08 30.2 q 160
2018-12-09 08:22:02 C 01 59 01.21 +31 59 31.9 U T08
2018-12-09 08:36:53 C 01 59 00.23 +31 59 21.2 U T08
2018-12-09 08:38:55 C 01 59 00.10 +31 59 19.3 U T08
2018-12-09 09:00:48 C 01 58 58.64 +31 59 03.1 U T08
2018-12-09 19:26:07 C 01 58 18.93 +31 51 18.2 q Z45
2018-12-09 19:34:52 C 01 58 18.34 +31 51 11.6 q Z45
2018-12-09 19:40:50 C 01 58 17.98 +31 51 07.3 q Z45
2018-12-09 20:25:54 C 01 58 14.77 +31 50 31.3 q 168
2018-12-09 20:31:54 C 01 58 14.40 +31 50 27.0 q 168
2018-12-09 21:27:54 C 01 58 10.74 +31 49 44.7 q 168
2018-12-09 22:30:54 C 01 58 06.80 +31 48 57.3 q 168
2018-12-10 01:29:36 C 01 57 56.02 +31 46 49.3 V G96
2018-12-10 01:37:43 C 01 57 55.51 +31 46 43.3 V G96
2018-12-10 01:45:52 C 01 57 54.98 +31 46 37.3 V G96
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)