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
2019-12-22 18:59:14 C 00 21 26.47 +24 10 45.0 18.2 q J43
2019-12-22 19:11:29 C 00 21 26.72 +24 10 39.6 18.1 q J43
2020-01-06 03:30:51 C 00 31 07.97 +22 16 21.4 V 703
2020-01-06 03:38:22 C 00 31 08.31 +22 16 19.3 V 703
2020-01-06 03:45:54 C 00 31 08.55 +22 16 17.9 V 703
2020-01-06 03:53:25 C 00 31 08.76 +22 16 15.7 V 703
2020-01-08 02:34:14 C 00 32 44.73 +22 05 42.8 U I41
2020-01-08 03:27:16 C 00 32 46.53 +22 05 31.2 U I41
2020-01-11 02:14:00 C 00 35 18.36 +21 51 27.6 U I41
2020-01-11 03:58:54 C 00 35 22.11 +21 51 08.2 U I41
2020-01-18 03:29:02 C 00 41 49.20 +21 26 22.6 V 703
2020-01-18 03:37:18 C 00 41 49.52 +21 26 20.6 V 703
2020-01-18 03:45:34 C 00 41 49.84 +21 26 19.4 V 703
2020-01-18 03:53:49 C 00 41 50.09 +21 26 18.3 V 703
2020-01-19 06:25:49 C 00 42 54.73 +21 23 23.9 V T05
2020-01-19 06:30:25 C 00 42 54.93 +21 23 23.5 V T05
2020-01-19 06:37:45 C 00 42 55.20 +21 23 22.7 V T05
2020-01-19 06:52:37 C 00 42 55.79 +21 23 20.7 V T05
2020-01-25 02:27:27 C 00 48 48.83 +21 11 58.4 U I41
2020-01-25 02:52:11 C 00 48 49.87 +21 11 56.8 U I41
2020-01-26 02:43:17 C 00 49 52.30 +21 10 38.6 U I41
2020-01-26 03:03:48 C 00 49 53.01 +21 10 37.6 V 703
2020-01-26 03:20:09 C 00 49 53.81 +21 10 36.9 V 703
2020-01-26 03:28:20 C 00 49 54.21 +21 10 37.1 V 703
2020-01-26 03:53:26 C 00 49 55.32 +21 10 34.9 U I41
2020-01-27 05:52:21 C 00 51 03.90 +21 09 23.4 V T05
2020-01-27 05:57:03 C 00 51 04.14 +21 09 22.6 V T05
2020-01-27 06:05:10 C 00 51 04.51 +21 09 22.5 V T05
2020-01-27 06:19:56 C 00 51 05.20 +21 09 20.0 V T05
2020-02-05 03:05:56 C 01 00 50.58 +21 06 33.9 V 703
2020-02-05 03:21:07 C 01 00 51.40 +21 06 35.6 V 703
2020-02-05 03:28:42 C 01 00 51.79 +21 06 34.8 V 703
2020-02-18 02:21:03 C 01 16 10.07 +21 21 18.7 V 703
2020-02-18 02:29:18 C 01 16 10.41 +21 21 20.4 V 703
2020-02-18 02:45:52 C 01 16 11.25 +21 21 20.6 V 703
2020-02-20 19:38:34 C 01 19 31.07 +21 26 41.9 q L27
2020-02-20 19:49:14 C 01 19 31.61 +21 26 43.1 q L27
2020-02-20 19:59:54 C 01 19 32.15 +21 26 44.1 q L27
2020-07-21 11:18:41 C 05 12 34.36 +30 08 10.2 U I41
2020-07-21 11:24:25 C 05 12 34.87 +30 08 10.1 U I41
2020-07-21 11:31:32 C 05 12 35.35 +30 08 10.6 U I41
2020-07-21 11:38:40 C 05 12 35.90 +30 08 11.0 U I41
2020-07-23 11:18:29 C 05 16 14.78 +30 10 23.6 U I41
2020-07-23 11:25:37 C 05 16 15.32 +30 10 23.9 U I41
2020-07-23 11:32:47 C 05 16 15.86 +30 10 24.2 U I41
2020-07-23 11:39:58 C 05 16 16.42 +30 10 24.8 U I41
2020-07-25 11:21:02 C 05 19 56.73 +30 12 20.3 U I41
2020-07-25 11:28:19 C 05 19 57.29 +30 12 20.6 U I41
2020-07-25 11:35:36 C 05 19 57.85 +30 12 20.9 U I41
2020-07-25 11:42:51 C 05 19 58.41 +30 12 21.2 U I41
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)