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
2019-08-29 15:04:27 C 04 50 48.94 +48 51 34.6 V T05
2019-08-29 15:12:16 C 04 50 48.43 +48 51 39.5 V T05
2019-08-29 15:26:13 C 04 50 47.52 +48 51 48.3 V T05
2019-09-04 14:00:21 C 04 40 43.02 +50 17 46.9 V T08
2019-09-04 14:04:27 C 04 40 42.65 +50 17 49.6 V T08
2019-09-04 14:20:07 C 04 40 41.36 +50 17 59.1 V T08
2019-09-07 07:24:08 S 04 35 02.522 +50 55 52.54 L C51
2019-09-07 10:32:27 S 04 34 44.894 +50 57 41.40 L C51
2019-09-07 13:40:57 S 04 34 27.51 +50 59 27.7 L C51
2019-09-07 15:15:12 S 04 34 18.75 +51 00 22.2 L C51
2019-09-07 16:49:16 S 04 34 09.98 +51 01 15.7 L C51
2019-09-07 18:23:31 S 04 34 01.09 +51 02 09.1 L C51
2019-09-07 19:57:02 S 04 33 52.27 +51 03 02.2 L C51
2019-09-07 21:31:06 S 04 33 43.42 +51 03 55.7 L C51
2019-09-07 21:31:17 S 04 33 43.40 +51 03 55.8 L C51
2019-09-08 03:47:55 S 04 33 07.507 +51 07 29.03 L C51
2019-09-08 13:46:34 C 04 32 10.67 +51 13 13.2 V T08
2019-09-08 13:50:41 C 04 32 10.25 +51 13 15.5 V T08
2019-09-08 13:58:42 C 04 32 09.44 +51 13 20.0 V T08
2019-09-08 14:13:03 C 04 32 07.99 +51 13 28.4 V T08
2019-09-08 15:24:19 C 04 32 00.75 +51 14 08.8 V T08
2019-09-18 13:34:16 C 04 03 12.23 +53 12 01.7 V T05
2019-09-18 13:47:40 C 04 03 10.20 +53 12 07.1 V T05
2019-09-18 13:52:18 C 04 03 09.54 +53 12 09.0 V T05
2019-09-18 14:06:38 C 04 03 07.38 +53 12 14.9 V T05
2019-09-22 15:56:00 C 03 47 52.51 +53 45 45.0 15.6 q 168
2019-09-22 16:23:21 C 03 47 48.01 +53 45 52.8 q 168
2019-09-22 17:33:19 C 03 47 36.38 +53 46 13.8 q 168
2019-09-22 19:03:29 C 03 47 21.33 +53 46 40.4 q 168
2019-09-22 20:55:40 C 03 47 02.45 +53 47 13.1 q 168
2019-09-24 14:13:05 C 03 39 57.68 +53 57 25.7 V T08
2019-09-24 14:18:24 C 03 39 56.74 +53 57 26.7 V T08
2019-09-24 14:26:24 C 03 39 55.28 +53 57 28.5 V T08
2019-09-24 14:41:11 C 03 39 52.63 +53 57 31.6 V T08
2019-09-26 12:48:27 C 03 31 35.55 +54 05 34.0 V T05
2019-09-26 13:09:57 C 03 31 31.50 +54 05 37.2 V T05
2019-09-26 13:14:28 C 03 31 30.63 +54 05 37.7 V T05
2019-09-26 13:16:27 C 03 31 30.29 +54 05 37.3 V T05
2019-09-26 13:21:47 C 03 31 29.26 +54 05 38.7 V T05
2019-09-28 12:07:00 C 03 22 41.85 +54 09 55.8 V T08
2019-09-28 12:12:42 C 03 22 40.74 +54 09 56.1 V T08
2019-09-28 12:20:51 C 03 22 39.13 +54 09 56.6 V T08
2019-09-28 12:36:05 C 03 22 36.14 +54 09 57.4 V T08
2019-09-28 21:31:05 C 03 20 53.60 +54 10 11.6 q K73
2019-09-28 21:41:17 C 03 20 51.59 +54 10 12.2 q K73
2019-09-28 21:49:25 C 03 20 49.99 +54 10 12.5 q K73
2019-09-29 04:26:12 S 03 19 33.286 +54 10 18.33 X 275
2019-09-30 16:24:42 C 03 12 27.95 +54 09 32.1 q 168
2019-09-30 17:57:41 C 03 12 09.28 +54 09 28.6 q 168
2019-09-30 20:10:41 C 03 11 42.64 +54 09 22.0 q 168
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)