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
2000-01-06 00:42:46 C 00 44 38.06 +23 11 34.2 843
2000-01-07 00:17:28 C 00 45 14.45 +23 05 06.4 843
2000-01-07 00:32:39 C 00 45 14.72 +23 05 00.4 843
2000-01-07 00:59:36 C 00 45 15.61 +23 04 55.9 843
2000-01-07 01:21:25 C 00 45 16.19 +23 04 49.9 843
2000-10-02 11:07:33 C 09 05 43.29 +18 24 17.2 c 699
2000-10-02 11:22:01 C 09 05 46.33 +18 23 58.3 c 699
2000-10-02 11:36:33 C 09 05 49.39 +18 23 39.6 c 699
2000-10-02 11:51:03 C 09 05 52.41 +18 23 20.8 c 699
2001-01-11 16:01:31 C 22 36 04.88 +08 24 47.2 049
2001-01-11 16:04:43 C 22 36 05.25 +08 24 49.3 049
2001-01-11 16:07:39 C 22 36 05.64 +08 24 51.2 049
2001-01-12 16:11:41 C 22 39 20.10 +08 40 02.3 049
2001-01-12 16:17:11 C 22 39 20.82 +08 40 05.7 049
2001-01-12 16:22:16 C 22 39 21.49 +08 40 08.7 049
2001-01-13 16:43:38 C 22 42 34.89 +08 55 14.0 118
2001-01-13 16:46:56 C 22 42 35.29 +08 55 16.3 118
2001-01-15 16:33:30 C 22 48 44.90 +09 24 00.1 049
2001-01-15 16:43:06 C 22 48 46.12 +09 24 05.7 049
2001-01-15 16:48:14 C 22 48 46.76 +09 24 08.7 049
2001-09-29 11:10:25 C 05 08 56.77 +37 56 49.1 c 711
2001-09-29 11:29:24 C 05 08 56.59 +37 56 52.9 c 711
2001-09-29 11:48:32 C 05 08 56.42 +37 56 56.8 c 711
2001-10-08 09:28:13 C 05 05 22.79 +38 40 04.5 18.8 m 704
2001-10-08 09:50:28 C 05 05 22.29 +38 40 09.5 18.9 m 704
2001-10-08 10:12:44 C 05 05 21.72 +38 40 13.7 18.8 m 704
2001-10-08 10:57:39 C 05 05 20.41 +38 40 22.9 18.5 m 704
2001-10-13 01:28:11 C 05 01 49.17 +39 01 50.0 c 113
2001-10-13 01:31:54 C 05 01 49.04 +39 01 50.8 c 113
2001-10-13 01:35:36 C 05 01 48.83 +39 01 51.6 c 113
2001-10-13 01:39:19 C 05 01 48.68 +39 01 52.9 c 113
2001-10-13 01:43:03 C 05 01 48.54 +39 01 52.9 c 113
2001-10-17 00:52:06 C 04 57 43.95 +39 19 10.1 c 198
2001-10-17 01:26:36 C 04 57 42.37 +39 19 15.5 c 198
2001-10-17 01:45:14 C 04 57 41.53 +39 19 18.5 c 198
2001-10-20 22:34:03 C 04 52 41.97 +39 34 21.1 056
2001-10-20 22:45:57 C 04 52 41.26 +39 34 22.7 056
2001-10-25 08:41:40 C 04 45 42.15 +39 48 22.2 17.9 c 704
2001-10-25 09:06:02 C 04 45 40.32 +39 48 25.1 18.1 c 704
2001-10-25 09:31:25 C 04 45 38.43 +39 48 28.1 18.3 c 704
2001-10-25 09:54:58 C 04 45 36.68 +39 48 30.6 18.2 c 704
2001-10-25 10:18:32 C 04 45 34.91 +39 48 33.2 17.9 c 704
2001-11-06 00:00:42 C 04 20 26.94 +39 57 24.6 c 118
2001-11-06 00:09:24 C 04 20 26.00 +39 57 23.8 c 118
2001-11-06 00:12:31 C 04 20 25.64 +39 57 23.7 c 118
2001-11-09 19:41:53 C 04 10 05.37 +39 47 17.0 151
2001-11-09 19:44:18 C 04 10 05.14 +39 47 17.0 151
2001-11-09 19:47:33 C 04 10 04.63 +39 47 16.0 151
2001-11-09 19:49:54 C 04 10 04.40 +39 47 15.6 151
2001-11-09 19:52:40 C 04 10 04.07 +39 47 15.1 151
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)