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
2019-01-02 19:37:02 C 01 37 16.64 +25 43 03.5 q 160
2019-01-02 19:41:00 C 01 37 16.59 +25 43 01.3 q 160
2019-01-03 19:40:44 C 01 37 00.21 +25 31 03.9 q 160
2019-01-03 19:44:09 C 01 37 00.08 +25 31 02.0 q 160
2019-01-03 19:47:32 C 01 37 00.04 +25 31 00.7 q 160
2019-01-04 07:23:42 C 01 36 52.98 +25 25 22.1 V T05
2019-01-04 07:35:55 C 01 36 52.84 +25 25 15.6 V T05
2019-01-04 07:37:56 C 01 36 52.84 +25 25 14.8 V T05
2019-01-04 07:48:06 C 01 36 52.76 +25 25 09.6 V T05
2019-01-04 07:50:14 C 01 36 52.71 +25 25 08.7 V T05
2019-01-04 08:00:22 C 01 36 52.61 +25 25 03.9 V T05
2019-01-04 08:02:30 C 01 36 52.61 +25 25 02.5 V T05
2019-01-04 08:14:34 C 01 36 52.45 +25 24 56.9 V T05
2019-01-07 18:47:54 C 01 36 19.27 +24 46 39.4 18.3 q J43
2019-01-07 20:03:35 C 01 36 18.86 +24 46 04.9 q L27
2019-01-07 20:36:52 C 01 36 18.68 +24 45 50.0 q L27
2019-01-07 21:08:54 C 01 36 18.52 +24 45 35.7 q L27
2019-01-08 07:17:55 C 01 36 16.39 +24 41 10.5 V T05
2019-01-08 07:30:35 C 01 36 16.39 +24 41 05.0 V T05
2019-01-08 07:42:25 C 01 36 16.30 +24 41 00.0 V T05
2019-01-08 07:55:15 C 01 36 16.22 +24 40 54.8 V T05
2019-01-12 06:15:25 C 01 36 15.90 +24 02 07.6 V T05
2019-01-12 06:25:11 C 01 36 15.95 +24 02 03.4 V T05
2019-01-12 06:34:15 C 01 36 15.94 +24 01 59.4 V T05
2019-01-12 06:42:41 C 01 36 15.95 +24 01 56.5 V T05
2019-01-12 06:54:27 C 01 36 15.96 +24 01 52.0 V T05
2019-01-12 07:01:45 C 01 36 15.96 +24 01 49.2 V T05
2019-01-12 07:11:31 C 01 36 16.00 +24 01 45.3 V T05
2019-01-12 07:23:23 C 01 36 16.03 +24 01 40.5 V T05
2019-01-14 06:39:25 C 01 36 28.31 +23 43 57.5 V T08
2019-01-14 06:46:55 C 01 36 28.32 +23 43 54.6 V T08
2019-01-14 06:55:33 C 01 36 28.41 +23 43 51.3 V T08
2019-01-14 07:06:08 C 01 36 28.44 +23 43 48.4 V T08
2019-01-14 19:38:29 C 01 36 33.13 +23 39 15.2 q L27
2019-01-14 21:07:38 C 01 36 33.56 +23 38 42.9 q L27
2019-01-16 05:17:13 C 01 36 48.05 +23 27 33.6 V T05
2019-01-16 05:17:53 C 01 36 48.04 +23 27 33.2 V T05
2019-01-16 05:36:48 C 01 36 48.15 +23 27 26.7 V T05
2019-01-16 05:46:32 C 01 36 48.25 +23 27 23.2 V T05
2019-01-16 06:33:09 C 01 36 48.56 +23 27 07.3 V T05
2019-01-16 06:41:01 C 01 36 48.62 +23 27 04.5 V T05
2019-01-16 06:50:52 C 01 36 48.69 +23 27 01.8 V T05
2019-01-16 07:02:36 C 01 36 48.82 +23 26 57.4 V T05
2019-01-20 06:28:10 C 01 37 51.52 +22 56 40.7 V T05
2019-01-20 06:35:05 C 01 37 51.68 +22 56 38.6 V T05
2019-01-20 06:42:37 C 01 37 51.78 +22 56 36.7 V T05
2019-01-20 06:49:53 C 01 37 51.86 +22 56 34.2 V T05
2019-01-21 05:53:18 C 01 38 11.34 +22 49 53.7 V T05
2019-01-21 06:06:47 C 01 38 11.48 +22 49 49.9 V T05
2019-01-21 06:20:04 C 01 38 11.67 +22 49 46.3 V T05
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)