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
2019-10-27 20:44:26 S 01 08 31.387 +45 54 43.31 V C57
2019-10-27 20:44:26 s 1 -80805.021 0 +371680.14 8880.0 C57
2019-10-27 21:14:26 S 01 08 27.283 +45 54 03.67 V C57
2019-10-27 21:14:26 s 1 -81750.067 0 +371197.21 5680.0 C57
2019-10-27 21:32:22 C 01 09 15.52 +45 52 53.5 16.4 r 238
2019-10-27 21:44:26 S 01 08 23.268 +45 53 24.36 V C57
2019-10-27 21:44:26 s 1 -82693.058 0 +370705.56 9240.0 C57
2019-10-27 21:45:30 C 01 09 13.69 +45 52 36.5 16.4 r 238
2019-10-27 21:56:32 C 01 09 12.16 +45 52 22.2 16.5 r 238
2019-10-27 22:14:26 S 01 08 19.265 +45 52 45.44 V C57
2019-10-27 22:14:26 s 1 -83633.967 0 +370205.18 9490.0 C57
2019-10-28 00:14:26 S 01 08 02.690 +45 50 05.28 V C57
2019-10-28 00:14:26 s 1 -87376.266 0 +368116.25 5760.0 C57
2019-10-28 00:44:26 S 01 07 58.771 +45 49 25.21 V C57
2019-10-28 00:44:26 s 1 -88306.374 0 +367572.13 8260.0 C57
2019-10-28 01:14:26 S 01 07 54.898 +45 48 46.55 V C57
2019-10-28 01:14:26 s 1 -89234.242 0 +367019.24 6980.0 C57
2019-10-28 01:44:26 S 01 07 50.755 +45 48 06.01 V C57
2019-10-28 01:44:26 s 1 -90159.844 0 +366457.57 1840.0 C57
2019-10-28 02:14:26 S 01 07 46.769 +45 47 26.74 V C57
2019-10-28 02:14:26 s 1 -91083.152 0 +365887.11 2760.0 C57
2019-10-28 03:44:26 S 01 07 34.634 +45 45 26.46 V C57
2019-10-28 03:44:26 s 1 -93839.041 0 +364122.94 1070.0 C57
2019-10-28 04:14:26 S 01 07 30.485 +45 44 47.08 V C57
2019-10-28 04:14:26 s 1 -94752.899 0 +363517.26 5430.0 C57
2019-10-28 04:44:26 S 01 07 26.544 +45 44 06.86 V C57
2019-10-28 04:44:26 s 1 -95664.326 0 +362902.74 5430.0 C57
2019-10-28 05:14:26 S 01 07 22.534 +45 43 26.44 V C57
2019-10-28 05:14:26 s 1 -96573.293 0 +362279.38 1010.0 C57
2019-10-28 05:44:26 S 01 07 18.607 +45 42 48.10 V C57
2019-10-28 05:44:26 s 1 -97479.772 0 +361647.17 2080.0 C57
2019-10-28 06:14:26 S 01 07 14.573 +45 42 08.71 V C57
2019-10-28 06:14:26 s 1 -98383.734 0 +361006.11 8560.0 C57
2019-10-28 06:44:26 S 01 07 10.591 +45 41 28.97 V C57
2019-10-28 06:44:26 s 1 -99285.149 0 +360356.17 350.0 C57
2019-10-28 07:14:26 S 01 07 06.530 +45 40 48.43 V C57
2019-10-28 07:14:26 s 1 -100183.99 0 +359697.36 7390.0 C57
2019-10-28 07:44:26 S 01 07 02.729 +45 40 09.66 V C57
2019-10-28 07:44:26 s 1 -101080.22 8 +359029.65 9580.0 C57
2019-10-28 08:14:26 S 01 06 58.615 +45 39 28.76 V C57
2019-10-28 08:14:26 s 1 -101973.83 1 +358353.05 6830.0 C57
2019-10-28 09:29:11 C 01 07 37.96 +45 37 30.6 V T05
2019-10-28 09:41:20 C 01 07 36.28 +45 37 14.8 V T05
2019-10-28 09:52:00 C 01 07 34.81 +45 37 00.9 V T05
2019-10-28 09:56:36 C 01 07 34.17 +45 36 54.9 V T05
2019-10-28 10:05:50 C 01 07 32.89 +45 36 42.9 V T05
2019-10-28 10:22:23 C 01 07 30.61 +45 36 21.2 V T05
2019-10-28 10:44:26 S 01 06 38.825 +45 36 08.93 V C57
2019-10-28 10:44:26 s 1 -106401.30 1 +354836.10 6080.0 C57
2019-10-28 11:14:26 S 01 06 34.915 +45 35 30.77 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)