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
2019-10-30 04:34:33 C 01 02 02.52 +44 40 57.5 V G96
2019-10-30 04:42:05 C 01 02 01.57 +44 40 47.7 V G96
2019-10-30 04:44:25 S 01 01 22.973 +44 39 53.24 V C57
2019-10-30 04:44:25 s 1 -166429.19 2 +260434.67 960.0 C57
2019-10-30 04:49:36 C 01 02 00.61 +44 40 37.8 V G96
2019-10-30 04:58:21 C 01 01 59.49 +44 40 26.4 V 703
2019-10-30 05:05:58 C 01 01 58.50 +44 40 16.5 V 703
2019-10-30 05:13:37 C 01 01 57.54 +44 40 06.2 V 703
2019-10-30 05:14:26 S 01 01 19.776 +44 39 17.42 V C57
2019-10-30 05:14:26 s 1 -166917.24 2 +258878.02 4170.0 C57
2019-10-30 05:21:17 C 01 01 56.56 +44 39 56.1 V 703
2019-10-30 06:44:26 S 01 01 08.916 +44 37 13.58 V C57
2019-10-30 06:44:26 s 1 -168337.49 4 +254141.14 4700.0 C57
2019-10-30 11:44:26 S 01 00 33.384 +44 30 25.16 V C57
2019-10-30 11:44:26 s 1 -172566.66 3 +237613.13 8770.0 C57
2019-10-30 12:44:26 S 01 00 26.503 +44 29 11.15 V C57
2019-10-30 12:44:26 s 1 -173313.00 6 +234168.44 8590.0 C57
2019-10-30 14:14:26 S 01 00 16.080 +44 27 07.49 V C57
2019-10-30 14:14:26 s 1 -174366.08 4 +228912.66 4500.0 C57
2019-10-30 14:29:37 C 01 00 48.86 +44 27 44.9 q 168
2019-10-30 14:44:26 S 01 00 12.823 +44 26 28.10 V C57
2019-10-30 14:44:26 s 1 -174698.90 4 +227136.86 6740.0 C57
2019-10-30 15:37:50 C 01 00 40.38 +44 26 15.0 q 168
2019-10-30 16:14:26 S 01 00 02.554 +44 24 28.33 V C57
2019-10-30 16:14:26 s 1 -175640.95 4 +221737.16 9230.0 C57
2019-10-30 17:01:50 C 01 00 29.95 +44 24 24.1 q 168
2019-10-30 17:14:25 S 00 59 55.572 +44 23 05.68 V C57
2019-10-30 17:14:25 s 1 -176220.63 9 +218076.55 3590.0 C57
2019-10-30 18:40:49 C 01 00 17.70 +44 22 13.4 q 168
2019-10-30 18:41:50 C 01 00 17.855 +44 22 13.13 V 089
2019-10-30 18:45:43 C 01 00 17.380 +44 22 08.02 V 089
2019-10-30 18:49:36 C 01 00 16.896 +44 22 02.79 V 089
2019-10-30 18:53:29 C 01 00 16.401 +44 21 57.71 V 089
2019-10-30 18:57:23 C 01 00 15.920 +44 21 52.54 V 089
2019-10-30 19:01:16 C 01 00 15.477 +44 21 47.71 V 089
2019-10-30 19:05:09 C 01 00 14.958 +44 21 42.59 V 089
2019-10-30 19:09:02 C 01 00 14.492 +44 21 37.20 V 089
2019-10-30 19:12:55 C 01 00 13.978 +44 21 31.92 V 089
2019-10-31 00:14:25 S 00 59 07.997 +44 13 40.19 V C57
2019-10-31 00:14:25 s 1 -179089.71 0 +191050.99 9410.0 C57
2019-10-31 00:44:25 S 00 59 04.610 +44 12 57.56 V C57
2019-10-31 00:44:25 s 1 -179207.98 0 +189024.29 6130.0 C57
2019-10-31 01:44:25 S 00 58 57.914 +44 11 40.63 V C57
2019-10-31 01:44:25 s 1 -179406.71 5 +184931.35 350.0 C57
2019-10-31 02:14:25 S 00 58 54.334 +44 10 56.24 V C57
2019-10-31 02:14:25 s 1 -179486.77 1 +182864.98 6690.0 C57
2019-10-31 02:44:26 S 00 58 51.194 +44 10 17.15 V C57
2019-10-31 02:44:26 s 1 -179553.67 2 +180785.26 8400.0 C57
2019-10-31 03:14:25 S 00 58 47.666 +44 09 37.58 V C57
2019-10-31 03:14:25 s 1 -179607.20 0 +178692.14 4840.0 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)