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
2019-11-13 21:58:48 C 00 30 21.55 +36 57 27.6 V A16
2019-11-14 09:54:38 C 00 29 40.387 +36 42 50.54 U F51
2019-11-14 10:07:00 C 00 29 39.666 +36 42 35.27 U F51
2019-11-14 10:19:17 C 00 29 38.952 +36 42 20.11 U F51
2019-11-14 10:54:57 C 00 29 36.87 +36 41 36.2 V T08
2019-11-14 10:59:42 C 00 29 36.60 +36 41 30.3 V T08
2019-11-14 11:07:08 C 00 29 36.16 +36 41 20.6 V T08
2019-11-14 11:25:11 C 00 29 35.15 +36 40 58.7 V T08
2019-11-15 04:27:59 C 00 28 40.00 +36 20 15.2 V T08
2019-11-15 04:38:14 C 00 28 39.44 +36 20 02.7 V T08
2019-11-15 04:56:07 C 00 28 38.43 +36 19 41.5 V T08
2019-11-15 06:41:22 C 00 28 32.575 +36 17 34.52 U F51
2019-11-15 07:14:18 C 00 28 30.742 +36 16 54.75 U F51
2019-11-15 07:29:44 C 00 28 29.883 +36 16 36.15 U F51
2019-11-17 03:03:18 C 00 26 19.51 +35 24 42.5 V 703
2019-11-17 03:12:23 C 00 26 19.06 +35 24 31.8 V 703
2019-11-17 03:31:49 C 00 26 18.01 +35 24 12.8 V 703
2019-11-19 05:33:32 C 00 24 07.46 +34 26 32.9 V 703
2019-11-19 05:41:08 C 00 24 07.11 +34 26 24.3 V 703
2019-11-19 05:48:43 C 00 24 06.84 +34 26 15.5 V 703
2019-11-19 05:56:17 C 00 24 06.51 +34 26 06.9 V 703
2019-11-20 18:19:24 C 00 22 44.46 +33 45 35.3 q B67
2019-11-20 18:32:45 C 00 22 43.97 +33 45 20.8 q B67
2019-11-20 18:46:05 C 00 22 43.48 +33 45 06.2 q B67
2019-11-25 02:34:18 C 00 19 40.67 +31 56 18.4 V 703
2019-11-25 02:42:12 C 00 19 40.42 +31 56 10.0 V 703
2019-11-25 02:50:15 C 00 19 40.23 +31 56 02.2 V 703
2019-11-25 02:58:42 C 00 19 40.02 +31 55 53.8 V 703
2019-11-25 08:17:05 C 00 19 32.350 +31 50 37.58 U F51
2019-11-25 08:32:36 C 00 19 31.964 +31 50 22.01 U F51
2019-11-25 09:21:48 C 00 19 30.755 +31 49 32.72 U F51
2019-11-25 09:37:17 C 00 19 30.377 +31 49 17.21 U F51
2019-11-25 19:33:08 C 00 19 17.40 +31 39 27.1 V 160
2019-11-25 19:36:20 C 00 19 17.33 +31 39 24.2 V 160
2019-11-25 19:39:32 C 00 19 17.24 +31 39 20.8 V 160
2019-11-26 23:15:12 C 00 18 43.74 +31 12 34.2 q I15
2019-11-26 23:22:55 C 00 18 43.58 +31 12 26.8 q I15
2019-11-26 23:28:04 C 00 18 43.47 +31 12 21.9 q I15
2019-11-28 07:47:17 C 00 18 09.51 +30 41 58.9 V T05
2019-11-28 07:56:12 C 00 18 09.34 +30 41 50.3 V T05
2019-11-28 08:10:37 C 00 18 09.10 +30 41 37.0 V T05
2019-11-28 08:14:54 C 00 18 09.02 +30 41 33.1 V T05
2019-11-30 07:41:55 C 00 17 30.49 +29 58 42.8 V T08
2019-11-30 07:46:44 C 00 17 30.40 +29 58 38.6 V T08
2019-11-30 07:56:24 C 00 17 30.27 +29 58 30.1 V T08
2019-11-30 08:11:08 C 00 17 30.11 +29 58 17.2 V T08
2019-12-02 02:25:56 C 00 17 06.27 +29 21 56.9 V 703
2019-12-02 02:33:57 C 00 17 06.19 +29 21 50.3 V 703
2019-12-02 02:42:06 C 00 17 06.12 +29 21 43.3 V 703
2019-12-02 02:50:27 C 00 17 06.03 +29 21 36.5 V 703
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)