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
2019-09-30 21:28:41 C 03 11 26.85 +54 09 17.4 q 168
2019-09-30 23:39:40 C 03 11 00.36 +54 09 08.2 q 168
2019-10-02 09:22:00 C 03 04 12.05 +54 05 30.1 U I41
2019-10-02 09:22:39 C 03 04 11.92 +54 05 30.0 U I41
2019-10-02 09:28:39 C 03 04 10.68 +54 05 29.2 U I41
2019-10-02 09:29:18 C 03 04 10.54 +54 05 29.1 U I41
2019-10-02 13:28:38 C 03 03 21.41 +54 04 54.9 V T08
2019-10-02 13:33:16 C 03 03 20.44 +54 04 54.2 V T08
2019-10-02 13:43:06 C 03 03 18.37 +54 04 52.7 V T08
2019-10-02 13:58:32 C 03 03 15.17 +54 04 50.0 V T08
2019-10-02 23:24:27 C 03 01 20.11 +54 03 09.5 V Z80
2019-10-02 23:27:48 C 03 01 19.40 +54 03 08.8 V Z80
2019-10-02 23:31:08 C 03 01 18.74 +54 03 09.0 V Z80
2019-10-02 23:34:58 C 03 01 17.89 +54 03 08.0 V Z80
2019-10-02 23:38:13 C 03 01 17.23 +54 03 07.7 V Z80
2019-10-04 15:53:38 C 02 52 58.31 +53 54 01.7 q 168
2019-10-04 18:20:50 C 02 52 27.53 +53 53 24.5 q 168
2019-10-04 19:29:41 C 02 52 13.06 +53 53 06.5 q 168
2019-10-04 21:21:42 C 02 51 49.46 +53 52 35.8 q 168
2019-10-04 22:46:41 C 02 51 31.59 +53 52 11.5 q 168
2019-10-04 23:44:41 C 02 51 19.38 +53 51 54.5 q 168
2019-10-05 16:50:41 C 02 47 45.98 +53 46 35.4 q 168
2019-10-05 18:23:41 C 02 47 26.41 +53 46 06.3 q 168
2019-10-05 19:21:41 C 02 47 14.17 +53 45 47.4 q 168
2019-10-05 20:34:41 C 02 46 58.75 +53 45 23.8 q 168
2019-10-06 12:04:55 C 02 43 43.79 +53 39 59.3 V T08
2019-10-06 12:09:32 C 02 43 42.79 +53 39 57.5 V T08
2019-10-06 12:18:55 C 02 43 40.80 +53 39 54.0 V T08
2019-10-06 12:36:40 C 02 43 36.99 +53 39 47.3 V T08
2019-10-06 16:24:50 C 02 42 49.81 +53 38 11.3 q 168
2019-10-06 20:07:41 C 02 42 02.75 +53 36 47.8 q 168
2019-10-06 23:52:41 C 02 41 14.98 +53 35 17.9 q 168
2019-10-07 00:59:41 C 02 41 00.80 +53 34 50.4 q 168
2019-10-07 16:21:50 C 02 37 48.34 +53 28 19.1 q 168
2019-10-07 16:25:50 C 02 37 47.48 +53 28 17.1 q 168
2019-10-07 17:21:50 C 02 37 35.67 +53 27 53.2 q 168
2019-10-07 17:21:50 C 02 37 35.73 +53 27 54.1 q 168
2019-10-07 20:23:50 C 02 36 57.16 +53 26 34.1 q 168
2019-10-07 20:51:50 C 02 36 51.18 +53 26 21.3 q 168
2019-10-07 21:35:50 C 02 36 41.79 +53 26 01.5 q 168
2019-10-07 21:55:51 C 02 36 37.63 +53 25 52.5 q 168
2019-10-07 22:56:50 C 02 36 24.67 +53 25 24.4 q 168
2019-10-07 23:16:50 C 02 36 20.41 +53 25 14.9 q 168
2019-10-07 23:24:50 C 02 36 18.77 +53 25 11.3 q 168
2019-10-07 23:48:50 C 02 36 13.63 +53 25 00.2 q 168
2019-10-08 11:32:08 C 02 33 46.56 +53 19 34.1 V T05
2019-10-08 11:40:20 C 02 33 44.80 +53 19 30.3 V T05
2019-10-08 11:47:21 C 02 33 43.30 +53 19 26.9 V T05
2019-10-08 20:04:07 C 02 31 59.93 +53 15 12.5 d Z16
2019-10-08 21:09:07 C 02 31 46.24 +53 14 41.4 d Z16
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)