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
2019-10-23 12:44:26 S 01 24 20.474 +48 06 38.23 V C57
2019-10-23 12:44:26 s 1 +122374.83 3 +275580.90 2180.0 C57
2019-10-23 13:14:26 S 01 24 15.413 +48 06 01.62 V C57
2019-10-23 13:14:26 s 1 +121596.27 1 +277103.19 7910.0 C57
2019-10-23 13:44:26 S 01 24 10.248 +48 05 25.51 V C57
2019-10-23 13:44:26 s 1 +120812.29 6 +278612.88 3970.0 C57
2019-10-23 14:14:26 S 01 24 05.321 +48 04 47.82 V C57
2019-10-23 14:14:26 s 1 +120022.99 8 +280110.04 650.0 C57
2019-10-23 14:44:26 S 01 24 00.322 +48 04 13.58 V C57
2019-10-23 14:44:26 s 1 +119228.46 8 +281594.71 8230.0 C57
2019-10-23 15:14:26 S 01 23 55.142 +48 03 40.46 V C57
2019-10-23 15:14:26 s 1 +118428.79 4 +283066.96 6970.0 C57
2019-10-23 15:44:26 S 01 23 50.251 +48 03 01.12 V C57
2019-10-23 15:44:26 s 1 +117624.09 4 +284526.88 6580.0 C57
2019-10-23 16:44:26 S 01 23 40.042 +48 01 53.83 V C57
2019-10-23 16:44:26 s 1 +115999.80 0 +287409.76 2200.0 C57
2019-10-23 17:14:26 S 01 23 35.326 +48 01 13.66 V C57
2019-10-23 17:14:26 s 1 +115180.40 2 +288832.87 8170.0 C57
2019-10-23 17:44:26 S 01 23 30.077 +48 00 37.04 V C57
2019-10-23 17:44:26 s 1 +114356.27 8 +290243.84 6580.0 C57
2019-10-23 18:14:26 S 01 23 25.200 +48 00 00.97 V C57
2019-10-23 18:14:26 s 1 +113527.50 9 +291642.70 7660.0 C57
2019-10-23 18:44:26 S 01 23 20.021 +47 59 23.46 V C57
2019-10-23 18:44:26 s 1 +112694.17 3 +293029.53 1660.0 C57
2019-10-23 19:14:26 S 01 23 15.653 +47 58 47.10 V C57
2019-10-23 19:14:26 s 1 +111856.34 6 +294404.37 8820.0 C57
2019-10-23 19:44:26 S 01 23 10.169 +47 58 10.88 V C57
2019-10-23 19:44:26 s 1 +111014.10 5 +295767.26 9350.0 C57
2019-10-23 20:14:26 S 01 23 05.095 +47 57 36.04 V C57
2019-10-23 20:14:26 s 1 +110167.52 3 +297118.27 3500.0 C57
2019-10-23 20:44:26 S 01 22 59.938 +47 57 04.82 V C57
2019-10-23 20:44:26 s 1 +109316.67 4 +298457.44 1470.0 C57
2019-10-23 21:14:26 S 01 22 55.250 +47 56 22.70 V C57
2019-10-23 21:14:26 s 1 +108461.63 0 +299784.82 3500.0 C57
2019-10-23 21:44:26 S 01 22 50.340 +47 55 46.74 V C57
2019-10-23 21:44:26 s 1 +107602.46 2 +301100.46 9800.0 C57
2019-10-23 22:14:26 S 01 22 45.257 +47 55 09.73 V C57
2019-10-23 22:14:26 s 1 +106739.24 0 +302404.41 590.0 C57
2019-10-23 22:44:26 S 01 22 40.409 +47 54 31.86 V C57
2019-10-23 22:44:26 s 1 +105872.03 3 +303696.72 6060.0 C57
2019-10-23 23:44:26 S 01 22 30.586 +47 53 21.41 V C57
2019-10-23 23:44:26 s 1 +104125.93 1 +306246.58 1920.0 C57
2019-10-24 00:14:26 S 01 22 25.562 +47 52 43.79 V C57
2019-10-24 00:14:26 s 1 +103247.16 9 +307504.23 2700.0 C57
2019-10-24 00:44:26 S 01 22 20.664 +47 52 07.61 V C57
2019-10-24 00:44:26 s 1 +102364.68 6 +308750.43 8990.0 C57
2019-10-24 01:14:26 S 01 22 15.914 +47 51 33.01 V C57
2019-10-24 01:14:26 s 1 +101478.54 6 +309985.20 970.0 C57
2019-10-24 01:44:26 S 01 22 10.649 +47 50 53.41 V C57
2019-10-24 01:44:26 s 1 +100588.81 1 +311208.61 8850.0 C57
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)