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
2019-01-21 06:33:20 C 01 38 11.87 +22 49 42.6 V T05
2019-01-25 06:01:28 C 01 39 48.834 +22 24 31.36 U F51
2019-01-25 06:20:13 C 01 39 49.174 +22 24 26.72 U F51
2019-01-25 06:38:58 C 01 39 49.515 +22 24 22.08 U F51
2019-01-25 06:57:42 C 01 39 49.860 +22 24 17.46 U F51
2019-02-03 05:17:50 C 01 44 56.48 +21 41 16.5 V T08
2019-02-03 05:18:29 C 01 44 56.45 +21 41 17.3 V T08
2019-02-03 05:28:17 C 01 44 56.75 +21 41 16.7 V T08
2019-02-03 05:42:16 C 01 44 57.12 +21 41 13.3 V T08
2019-02-05 06:19:51 C 01 46 22.23 +21 33 51.1 V T05
2019-02-05 06:31:56 C 01 46 22.55 +21 33 49.2 V T05
2019-02-05 06:43:38 C 01 46 22.92 +21 33 47.4 V T05
2019-02-05 06:56:08 C 01 46 23.28 +21 33 45.3 V T05
2019-02-09 06:16:24 C 01 49 25.53 +21 21 38.4 V T05
2019-02-09 06:28:20 C 01 49 25.83 +21 21 35.8 V T05
2019-02-09 06:39:39 C 01 49 26.21 +21 21 34.0 V T05
2019-02-09 06:51:49 C 01 49 26.61 +21 21 32.9 V T05
2019-02-09 19:17:21 C 01 49 51.89 +21 20 10.0 q L27
2019-02-09 19:33:46 C 01 49 52.40 +21 20 08.6 q L27
2019-02-09 19:50:11 C 01 49 52.93 +21 20 07.3 q L27
2019-02-20 19:05:24 C 01 59 57.02 +21 01 33.3 q L27
2019-02-20 19:23:10 C 01 59 57.75 +21 01 32.8 q L27
2019-02-20 19:40:56 C 01 59 58.49 +21 01 32.6 q L27
2019-02-28 02:25:41 C 02 07 47.50 +20 58 33.1 V 703
2019-02-28 02:42:15 C 02 07 48.22 +20 58 34.6 V 703
2019-02-28 02:50:33 C 02 07 48.69 +20 58 33.9 V 703
2019-03-04 02:27:36 C 02 12 26.21 +20 59 33.4 V 703
2019-03-04 02:35:14 C 02 12 26.63 +20 59 32.8 V 703
2019-03-04 02:42:51 C 02 12 27.00 +20 59 32.2 V 703
2019-03-04 02:50:29 C 02 12 27.37 +20 59 32.8 V 703
2019-03-09 02:30:21 C 02 18 35.06 +21 03 00.5 V 703
2019-03-09 02:38:40 C 02 18 35.45 +21 03 00.0 V 703
2019-03-09 02:46:57 C 02 18 36.03 +21 03 00.5 V 703
2019-03-09 02:55:14 C 02 18 36.45 +21 03 00.5 V 703
2019-03-18 02:30:16 C 02 30 32.68 +21 14 21.9 V 703
2019-03-18 02:36:10 C 02 30 33.07 +21 14 22.3 V 703
2019-03-18 02:42:05 C 02 30 33.46 +21 14 22.4 V 703
2019-03-18 02:47:59 C 02 30 33.76 +21 14 23.6 V 703
2019-07-20 11:34:21 C 05 36 39.62 +37 41 15.0 I41
2019-07-20 11:36:53 C 05 36 39.40 +37 41 17.2 I41
2019-07-21 11:32:53 C 05 34 15.020 +38 06 42.32 673
2019-07-21 11:37:23 C 05 34 14.524 +38 06 46.90 673
2019-07-21 11:41:04 C 05 34 14.263 +38 06 50.60 673
2019-07-21 11:44:16 C 05 34 13.896 +38 06 54.23 673
2019-07-29 11:19:48 S 05 20 54.729 +40 53 05.37 X 275
2019-08-09 00:00:59 C 05 11 10.52 +43 45 14.7 16.7 r 238
2019-08-09 00:17:42 C 05 11 10.02 +43 45 25.6 16.7 r 238
2019-08-09 00:39:39 C 05 11 09.35 +43 45 40.0 16.7 r 238
2019-08-29 14:49:25 C 04 50 49.90 +48 51 25.2 V T05
2019-08-29 14:54:44 C 04 50 49.56 +48 51 28.5 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)