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
2019-10-10 06:53:21 C 02 24 43.31 +52 56 11.7 U I41
2019-10-10 06:54:00 C 02 24 43.17 +52 56 11.3 U I41
2019-10-10 07:24:10 C 02 24 36.78 +52 55 54.0 U I41
2019-10-10 07:24:49 C 02 24 36.65 +52 55 53.6 U I41
2019-10-12 06:19:43 S 02 14 55.148 +52 25 37.98 X 275
2019-10-13 22:16:54 C 02 06 49.44 +51 55 53.4 V 094
2019-10-13 22:18:59 C 02 06 49.03 +51 55 51.8 V 094
2019-10-13 22:21:02 C 02 06 48.63 +51 55 50.2 V 094
2019-10-13 22:23:07 C 02 06 48.23 +51 55 48.7 V 094
2019-10-14 10:29:54 C 02 04 23.17 +51 46 09.8 V T08
2019-10-14 10:34:43 C 02 04 22.19 +51 46 05.9 V T08
2019-10-14 10:46:29 C 02 04 19.80 +51 45 56.4 V T08
2019-10-14 11:00:39 C 02 04 16.91 +51 45 44.9 V T08
2019-10-15 05:09:14 C 02 00 41.92 +51 30 32.6 u H21
2019-10-15 05:11:46 C 02 00 41.40 +51 30 30.5 u H21
2019-10-15 05:14:17 C 02 00 40.90 +51 30 28.4 u H21
2019-10-15 05:16:48 C 02 00 40.38 +51 30 26.3 u H21
2019-10-15 05:19:19 C 02 00 39.88 +51 30 24.2 u H21
2019-10-15 05:21:51 C 02 00 39.39 +51 30 22.0 u H21
2019-10-15 05:24:23 C 02 00 38.89 +51 30 19.8 u H21
2019-10-15 05:26:54 C 02 00 38.39 +51 30 17.6 u H21
2019-10-15 05:29:25 C 02 00 37.87 +51 30 15.4 u H21
2019-10-15 05:31:56 C 02 00 37.36 +51 30 13.1 u H21
2019-10-15 05:39:29 C 02 00 35.85 +51 30 06.9 u H21
2019-10-15 05:42:00 C 02 00 35.36 +51 30 04.7 u H21
2019-10-15 05:44:16 C 02 00 34.91 +51 30 02.9 u H21
2019-10-15 17:35:42 S 01 58 15.139 +51 19 44.41 X 275
2019-10-15 19:47:06 S 01 57 50.693 +51 17 46.09 X 275
2019-10-15 21:36:19 C 01 57 29.29 +51 16 11.7 d Z16
2019-10-16 00:38:50 C 01 56 53.32 +51 13 29.9 d Z16
2019-10-17 06:47:17 C 01 51 07.42 +50 45 39.8 V G96
2019-10-17 06:56:16 C 01 51 05.68 +50 45 31.2 V G96
2019-10-17 07:05:15 C 01 51 03.96 +50 45 22.7 V G96
2019-10-17 07:14:15 C 01 51 02.22 +50 45 14.1 V G96
2019-10-17 21:19:03 C 01 48 23.79 +50 31 33.2 q 557
2019-10-17 22:02:20 C 01 48 15.60 +50 30 51.0 q 557
2019-10-17 22:45:36 C 01 48 07.46 +50 30 08.8 q 557
2019-10-17 23:38:10 C 01 47 57.50 +50 29 16.9 q 557
2019-10-18 10:14:26 C 01 45 59.73 +50 18 48.5 V T08
2019-10-18 10:29:01 C 01 45 56.99 +50 18 33.8 V T08
2019-10-18 10:33:39 C 01 45 56.11 +50 18 29.1 V T08
2019-10-18 10:42:10 C 01 45 54.51 +50 18 20.7 V T08
2019-10-19 19:56:15 C 01 39 53.55 +49 43 51.4 q 557
2019-10-19 20:42:38 C 01 39 45.20 +49 43 02.7 q 557
2019-10-19 21:41:22 C 01 39 34.62 +49 42 00.7 q 557
2019-10-20 18:16:13 C 01 35 58.00 +49 19 42.9 q K73
2019-10-20 18:22:21 C 01 35 56.91 +49 19 35.8 q K73
2019-10-20 18:29:33 C 01 35 55.58 +49 19 27.8 q K73
2019-10-21 06:44:21 C 01 33 48.22 +49 05 57.8 V 703
2019-10-21 06:52:48 C 01 33 46.81 +49 05 48.4 V 703
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)