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
2019-12-02 03:01:03 C 00 17 05.95 +29 21 27.4 V G96
2019-12-02 03:09:18 C 00 17 05.86 +29 21 20.3 V G96
2019-12-02 03:17:32 C 00 17 05.78 +29 21 13.6 V G96
2019-12-02 03:25:45 C 00 17 05.71 +29 21 06.5 V G96
2019-12-04 06:09:20 C 00 16 48.70 +28 39 46.9 V T08
2019-12-04 06:23:29 C 00 16 48.64 +28 39 35.4 V T08
2019-12-04 06:28:09 C 00 16 48.60 +28 39 32.0 V T08
2019-12-04 06:39:05 C 00 16 48.54 +28 39 23.3 V T08
2019-12-08 02:42:26 C 00 16 47.63 +27 30 20.7 u H21
2019-12-08 02:44:23 C 00 16 47.63 +27 30 19.3 V H21
2019-12-08 02:46:32 C 00 16 47.63 +27 30 17.7 u H21
2019-12-08 02:48:35 C 00 16 47.64 +27 30 16.4 u H21
2019-12-08 02:50:13 C 00 16 47.64 +27 30 15.2 V H21
2019-12-08 02:52:41 C 00 16 47.62 +27 30 13.3 u H21
2019-12-08 02:54:44 C 00 16 47.63 +27 30 12.0 u H21
2019-12-08 02:56:04 C 00 16 47.64 +27 30 11.1 V H21
2019-12-08 02:58:00 C 00 16 47.67 +27 30 09.8 u H21
2019-12-08 07:17:24 C 00 16 48.47 +27 27 08.5 V T08
2019-12-08 07:22:06 C 00 16 48.50 +27 27 05.1 V T08
2019-12-08 07:33:40 C 00 16 48.48 +27 26 56.9 V T08
2019-12-08 07:48:39 C 00 16 48.54 +27 26 46.4 V T08
2019-12-10 08:14:24 C 00 17 03.02 +26 53 40.6 V T05
2019-12-10 08:19:15 C 00 17 03.07 +26 53 37.1 V T05
2019-12-10 08:26:49 C 00 17 03.09 +26 53 32.1 V T05
2019-12-10 08:41:42 C 00 17 03.18 +26 53 22.1 V T05
2019-12-10 20:39:21 C 00 17 08.29 +26 45 28.5 V 160
2019-12-10 20:42:34 C 00 17 08.30 +26 45 26.1 V 160
2019-12-10 20:45:15 C 00 17 08.30 +26 45 24.7 V 160
2019-12-12 06:53:38 C 00 17 25.44 +26 23 41.0 V T08
2019-12-12 06:58:34 C 00 17 25.46 +26 23 37.2 V T08
2019-12-12 07:07:07 C 00 17 25.51 +26 23 32.2 V T08
2019-12-12 07:28:51 C 00 17 25.70 +26 23 18.6 V T08
2019-12-15 03:17:06 C 00 18 11.74 +25 42 52.5 V 703
2019-12-15 03:24:38 C 00 18 11.86 +25 42 47.9 V 703
2019-12-15 03:32:10 C 00 18 11.92 +25 42 44.1 V 703
2019-12-15 03:39:41 C 00 18 12.06 +25 42 39.7 V 703
2019-12-16 07:44:55 C 00 18 35.35 +25 26 59.4 V T08
2019-12-16 07:49:35 C 00 18 35.42 +25 26 56.9 V T08
2019-12-16 07:58:56 C 00 18 35.55 +25 26 51.7 V T08
2019-12-16 08:13:39 C 00 18 35.76 +25 26 43.6 V T08
2019-12-20 03:42:41 C 00 20 08.58 +24 39 44.7 V 703
2019-12-20 03:51:02 C 00 20 08.81 +24 39 40.8 V 703
2019-12-20 03:59:23 C 00 20 08.93 +24 39 36.9 V 703
2019-12-20 04:07:44 C 00 20 09.07 +24 39 32.7 V 703
2019-12-20 06:39:11 C 00 20 12.00 +24 38 21.4 V T08
2019-12-20 06:43:57 C 00 20 12.08 +24 38 19.2 V T08
2019-12-20 06:59:22 C 00 20 12.36 +24 38 11.7 V T08
2019-12-20 07:11:41 C 00 20 12.58 +24 38 05.8 V T08
2019-12-22 18:34:47 C 00 21 25.97 +24 10 55.7 18.1 q J43
2019-12-22 18:47:02 C 00 21 26.21 +24 10 50.4 18.2 q J43
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)