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
2018-12-10 01:53:59 C 01 57 54.46 +31 46 31.4 V G96
2018-12-10 11:28:03 C 01 57 18.39 +31 39 27.8 q Q21
2018-12-10 11:35:42 C 01 57 17.94 +31 39 21.5 q Q21
2018-12-12 03:11:19 C 01 54 55.60 +31 10 20.3 V 703
2018-12-12 03:18:57 C 01 54 55.16 +31 10 14.4 V 703
2018-12-12 03:26:40 C 01 54 54.66 +31 10 08.7 V 703
2018-12-12 03:34:35 C 01 54 54.24 +31 10 03.1 V 703
2018-12-12 17:36:06 C 01 54 06.20 +30 59 49.4 V B67
2018-12-12 17:54:00 C 01 54 05.17 +30 59 36.5 V B67
2018-12-12 18:11:53 C 01 54 04.15 +30 59 23.7 V B67
2018-12-12 18:29:47 C 01 54 03.12 +30 59 10.7 V B67
2018-12-12 18:47:40 C 01 54 02.09 +30 58 57.7 V B67
2018-12-15 11:08:51 C 01 50 36.46 +30 12 52.7 q Q21
2018-12-15 11:16:28 C 01 50 36.00 +30 12 47.2 q Q21
2018-12-16 02:37:16 C 01 49 50.47 +30 02 03.7 q W96
2018-12-16 02:46:20 C 01 49 50.02 +30 01 57.7 q W96
2018-12-16 02:55:25 C 01 49 49.59 +30 01 51.8 q W96
2018-12-17 20:50:05 C 01 47 52.73 +29 32 39.8 q L27
2018-12-17 21:23:48 C 01 47 51.21 +29 32 16.7 q L27
2018-12-17 21:57:30 C 01 47 49.69 +29 31 53.8 q L27
2018-12-19 10:19:07 C 01 46 16.70 +29 07 13.7 q Q21
2018-12-19 10:57:13 C 01 46 15.04 +29 06 48.2 q Q21
2018-12-19 20:50:54 C 01 45 50.99 +29 00 10.3 q L27
2018-12-19 21:24:40 C 01 45 49.59 +28 59 47.5 q L27
2018-12-19 21:58:26 C 01 45 48.18 +28 59 24.7 q L27
2018-12-24 07:17:45 C 01 42 06.119 +27 51 39.43 U F51
2018-12-24 07:35:30 C 01 42 05.553 +27 51 28.34 U F51
2018-12-24 07:53:20 C 01 42 04.984 +27 51 17.27 U F51
2018-12-27 07:21:03 C 01 40 07.50 +27 08 15.0 V T05
2018-12-27 07:33:53 C 01 40 07.14 +27 08 07.2 V T05
2018-12-27 07:47:05 C 01 40 06.81 +27 07 59.7 V T05
2018-12-27 08:00:44 C 01 40 06.47 +27 07 51.8 V T05
2018-12-30 19:04:32 C 01 38 21.88 +26 21 02.0 q 160
2018-12-30 19:08:35 C 01 38 21.79 +26 20 59.8 q 160
2018-12-30 19:12:38 C 01 38 21.74 +26 20 57.1 q 160
2018-12-30 19:22:07 C 01 38 21.61 +26 20 52.6 18.1 q J43
2018-12-30 19:34:25 C 01 38 21.41 +26 20 45.9 18.2 q J43
2018-12-30 19:46:40 C 01 38 21.15 +26 20 40.1 18.2 q J43
2018-12-30 19:56:18 C 01 38 20.90 +26 20 33.3 q L27
2018-12-30 20:13:46 C 01 38 20.58 +26 20 23.9 q L27
2018-12-30 20:31:13 C 01 38 20.26 +26 20 14.5 q L27
2018-12-31 19:17:13 C 01 37 57.37 +26 08 03.2 q 160
2018-12-31 19:21:17 C 01 37 57.35 +26 08 00.9 q 160
2018-12-31 19:25:22 C 01 37 57.29 +26 07 58.9 q 160
2019-01-01 09:46:01 C 01 37 44.19 +26 00 26.5 q Q21
2019-01-01 09:53:35 C 01 37 44.04 +26 00 22.6 q Q21
2019-01-01 19:03:13 C 01 37 36.05 +25 55 35.6 q 160
2019-01-01 19:07:17 C 01 37 36.01 +25 55 34.5 q 160
2019-01-01 19:11:22 C 01 37 35.94 +25 55 32.6 q 160
2019-01-02 19:33:03 C 01 37 16.69 +25 43 05.4 q 160
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)