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
2019-10-26 14:14:26 s 1 -20230.251 0 +384772.06 3380.0 C57
2019-10-26 15:14:26 S 01 12 40.157 +46 33 21.13 V C57
2019-10-26 15:14:26 s 1 -22280.266 0 +384853.31 3980.0 C57
2019-10-26 15:44:26 S 01 12 35.722 +46 32 40.92 V C57
2019-10-26 15:44:26 s 1 -23304.306 0 +384880.87 2760.0 C57
2019-10-26 16:14:26 S 01 12 31.990 +46 32 08.05 V C57
2019-10-26 16:14:26 s 1 -24327.671 0 +384899.74 620.0 C57
2019-10-26 16:44:26 S 01 12 27.130 +46 31 17.26 V C57
2019-10-26 16:44:26 s 1 -25350.338 0 +384909.91 7620.0 C57
2019-10-26 17:14:26 S 01 12 22.879 +46 30 46.22 V C57
2019-10-26 17:14:26 s 1 -26372.285 0 +384911.40 3840.0 C57
2019-10-26 18:14:26 S 01 12 14.544 +46 29 29.40 V C57
2019-10-26 18:14:26 s 1 -28413.926 0 +384888.32 4190.0 C57
2019-10-26 18:44:26 S 01 12 09.792 +46 28 46.99 V C57
2019-10-26 18:44:26 s 1 -29433.576 0 +384863.77 8470.0 C57
2019-10-26 19:14:26 S 01 12 05.551 +46 28 08.98 V C57
2019-10-26 19:14:26 s 1 -30452.415 0 +384830.56 2240.0 C57
2019-10-26 20:14:26 S 01 11 56.914 +46 26 51.04 V C57
2019-10-26 20:14:26 s 1 -32487.569 0 +384738.13 8540.0 C57
2019-10-26 21:14:26 S 01 11 48.401 +46 25 32.05 V C57
2019-10-26 21:14:26 s 1 -34519.211 0 +384611.07 3630.0 C57
2019-10-26 21:44:26 S 01 11 44.095 +46 24 54.00 V C57
2019-10-26 21:44:26 s 1 -35533.657 0 +384534.56 5890.0 C57
2019-10-26 22:14:26 S 01 11 39.689 +46 24 14.87 V C57
2019-10-26 22:14:26 s 1 -36547.158 0 +384449.41 8060.0 C57
2019-10-26 22:44:26 S 01 11 35.460 +46 23 34.73 V C57
2019-10-26 22:44:26 s 1 -37559.690 0 +384355.61 210.0 C57
2019-10-26 23:14:26 S 01 11 31.094 +46 22 56.53 V C57
2019-10-26 23:14:26 s 1 -38571.231 0 +384253.17 2400.0 C57
2019-10-27 00:14:26 S 01 11 22.558 +46 21 38.23 V C57
2019-10-27 00:14:26 s 1 -40591.250 0 +384022.37 2820.0 C57
2019-10-27 00:44:26 S 01 11 18.331 +46 21 00.00 V C57
2019-10-27 00:44:26 s 1 -41599.683 0 +383894.02 90.0 C57
2019-10-27 01:14:26 S 01 11 14.131 +46 20 20.00 V C57
2019-10-27 01:14:26 s 1 -42607.034 0 +383757.03 7050.0 C57
2019-10-27 01:44:26 S 01 11 09.782 +46 19 39.90 V C57
2019-10-27 01:44:26 s 1 -43613.282 0 +383611.41 3610.0 C57
2019-10-27 02:14:26 S 01 11 05.446 +46 19 01.38 V C57
2019-10-27 02:14:26 s 1 -44618.403 0 +383457.17 9720.0 C57
2019-10-27 02:44:26 S 01 11 01.510 +46 18 23.36 V C57
2019-10-27 02:44:26 s 1 -45622.375 0 +383294.29 5310.0 C57
2019-10-27 03:44:26 S 01 10 52.752 +46 17 04.70 V C57
2019-10-27 03:44:26 s 1 -47626.780 0 +382942.67 4630.0 C57
2019-10-27 04:14:26 S 01 10 48.689 +46 16 25.00 V C57
2019-10-27 04:14:26 s 1 -48627.167 0 +382753.92 8230.0 C57
2019-10-27 04:44:26 S 01 10 44.465 +46 15 46.69 V C57
2019-10-27 04:44:26 s 1 -49626.315 0 +382556.54 1030.0 C57
2019-10-27 05:06:27 C 01 11 32.76 +46 14 05.2 V 703
2019-10-27 05:14:09 C 01 11 31.65 +46 13 55.3 V 703
2019-10-27 05:14:26 S 01 10 40.217 +46 15 08.68 V 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)