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
2019-10-31 03:44:25 S 00 58 44.460 +44 08 56.87 V C57
2019-10-31 03:44:25 s 1 -179647.13 2 +176585.54 5390.0 C57
2019-10-31 04:14:26 S 00 58 41.174 +44 08 16.58 V C57
2019-10-31 04:14:26 s 1 -179673.24 2 +174465.41 9410.0 C57
2019-10-31 05:14:25 S 00 58 34.526 +44 06 56.63 V C57
2019-10-31 05:14:25 s 1 -179683.05 0 +170184.29 5150.0 C57
2019-10-31 05:44:26 S 00 58 31.334 +44 06 16.52 V C57
2019-10-31 05:44:26 s 1 -179666.26 2 +168023.18 5490.0 C57
2019-10-31 06:44:25 S 00 58 24.461 +44 04 54.41 V C57
2019-10-31 06:44:25 s 1 -179588.04 4 +163659.52 7540.0 C57
2019-10-31 07:14:26 S 00 58 21.281 +44 04 15.67 V C57
2019-10-31 07:14:26 s 1 -179526.08 9 +161456.85 7740.0 C57
2019-10-31 07:44:25 S 00 58 18.146 +44 03 37.66 V C57
2019-10-31 07:44:25 s 1 -179448.54 2 +159240.20 6380.0 C57
2019-10-31 08:14:25 S 00 58 14.662 +44 02 55.54 V C57
2019-10-31 08:14:25 s 1 -179355.12 3 +157009.50 2640.0 C57
2019-10-31 08:44:26 S 00 58 11.597 +44 02 15.40 V C57
2019-10-31 08:44:26 s 1 -179245.54 4 +154764.71 5710.0 C57
2019-10-31 09:14:25 S 00 58 08.201 +44 01 33.74 V C57
2019-10-31 09:14:25 s 1 -179119.51 1 +152505.75 4740.0 C57
2019-10-31 09:44:25 S 00 58 04.958 +44 00 52.38 V C57
2019-10-31 09:44:25 s 1 -178976.72 0 +150232.55 8870.0 C57
2019-10-31 10:14:25 S 00 58 01.961 +44 00 14.54 V C57
2019-10-31 10:14:25 s 1 -178816.85 9 +147945.07 7200.0 C57
2019-10-31 10:44:25 S 00 57 58.315 +43 59 31.88 V C57
2019-10-31 10:44:25 s 1 -178639.60 7 +145643.24 8820.0 C57
2019-10-31 11:14:25 S 00 57 55.262 +43 58 52.64 V C57
2019-10-31 11:14:25 s 1 -178444.63 6 +143327.00 2790.0 C57
2019-10-31 11:44:25 S 00 57 51.986 +43 58 13.87 V C57
2019-10-31 11:44:25 s 1 -178231.60 5 +140996.29 8120.0 C57
2019-10-31 12:14:25 S 00 57 48.648 +43 57 30.02 V C57
2019-10-31 12:14:25 s 1 -178000.16 7 +138651.05 3820.0 C57
2019-10-31 12:44:25 S 00 57 45.626 +43 56 54.20 V C57
2019-10-31 12:44:25 s 1 -177749.96 3 +136291.22 8860.0 C57
2019-10-31 13:14:25 S 00 57 42.118 +43 56 10.32 V C57
2019-10-31 13:14:25 s 1 -177479.40 2 +133916.82 5100.0 C57
2019-10-31 13:44:25 S 00 57 38.690 +43 55 29.64 V C57
2019-10-31 13:44:25 s 1 -177190.53 4 +131527.65 5580.0 C57
2019-10-31 14:14:25 S 00 57 35.846 +43 54 51.73 V C57
2019-10-31 14:14:25 s 1 -176881.75 7 +129123.74 2110.0 C57
2019-10-31 14:44:25 S 00 57 32.477 +43 54 10.87 V C57
2019-10-31 14:44:25 s 1 -176552.66 9 +126705.03 3540.0 C57
2019-10-31 15:44:25 S 00 57 26.170 +43 52 48.18 V C57
2019-10-31 15:44:25 s 1 -175831.88 1 +121823.03 6260.0 C57
2019-10-31 17:55:20 C 00 57 31.45 +43 51 16.1 V G34
2019-10-31 18:06:44 C 00 57 30.09 +43 51 01.0 V G34
2019-10-31 18:21:00 C 00 57 28.39 +43 50 42.3 V G34
2019-10-31 18:31:38 C 00 57 27.14 +43 50 28.3 V G34
2019-10-31 19:44:25 S 00 57 00.948 +43 47 30.16 V C57
2019-10-31 19:44:25 s 1 -172046.41 9 +101694.66 3430.0 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)