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
2020-07-27 11:24:01 C 05 23 40.16 +30 13 59.4 U I41
2020-07-27 11:31:24 C 05 23 40.70 +30 13 59.8 U I41
2020-07-27 11:38:45 C 05 23 41.27 +30 14 00.1 U I41
2020-07-27 11:46:07 C 05 23 41.84 +30 14 00.4 U I41
2020-07-31 11:29:36 C 05 31 11.41 +30 16 23.4 U I41
2020-07-31 11:36:50 C 05 31 11.96 +30 16 23.6 U I41
2020-07-31 11:44:05 C 05 31 12.54 +30 16 23.7 U I41
2020-07-31 11:51:19 C 05 31 13.12 +30 16 24.0 U I41
2020-07-31 11:58:32 C 05 31 13.67 +30 16 24.2 U I41
2020-08-02 11:39:14 C 05 34 59.99 +30 17 07.2 U I41
2020-08-02 11:46:39 C 05 35 00.58 +30 17 07.3 U I41
2020-08-02 11:54:03 C 05 35 01.15 +30 17 07.6 U I41
2020-08-04 11:35:50 C 05 38 49.29 +30 17 31.2 U I41
2020-08-04 11:43:03 C 05 38 49.85 +30 17 31.2 U I41
2020-08-04 11:50:15 C 05 38 50.42 +30 17 30.9 U I41
2020-08-04 11:57:28 C 05 38 50.98 +30 17 31.2 U I41
2020-08-06 11:38:48 C 05 42 40.87 +30 17 34.5 U I41
2020-08-06 11:45:53 C 05 42 41.45 +30 17 34.5 U I41
2020-08-06 11:52:59 C 05 42 42.01 +30 17 34.6 U I41
2020-08-06 12:00:05 C 05 42 42.58 +30 17 34.5 U I41
2020-08-08 11:48:03 C 05 46 34.89 +30 17 17.0 U I41
2020-08-08 11:55:28 C 05 46 35.50 +30 17 17.0 U I41
2020-08-08 12:02:55 C 05 46 36.10 +30 17 17.1 U I41
2020-08-10 13:39:20 C 05 50 39.31 +30 16 36.6 V T05
2020-08-10 13:47:09 C 05 50 39.99 +30 16 35.8 V T05
2020-08-10 13:51:49 C 05 50 40.33 +30 16 37.3 V T05
2020-08-10 14:10:27 C 05 50 41.87 +30 16 36.7 V T05
2020-08-16 11:49:19 C 06 02 29.17 +30 12 21.0 U I41
2020-08-16 11:56:18 C 06 02 29.75 +30 12 20.7 U I41
2020-08-16 12:03:16 C 06 02 30.33 +30 12 20.5 U I41
2020-08-16 12:10:14 C 06 02 30.92 +30 12 20.2 U I41
2020-08-27 11:39:26 C 06 25 26.00 +29 54 08.0 V G96
2020-08-27 11:44:52 C 06 25 26.48 +29 54 07.7 V G96
2020-08-27 11:50:18 C 06 25 26.97 +29 54 07.1 V G96
2020-08-27 11:55:43 C 06 25 27.47 +29 54 06.6 V G96
2020-09-03 14:02:51 C 06 41 08.25 +29 33 40.1 V T05
2020-09-03 14:08:09 C 06 41 08.73 +29 33 39.1 V T05
2020-09-03 14:16:11 C 06 41 09.43 +29 33 38.7 V T05
2020-09-03 14:40:39 C 06 41 11.79 +29 33 35.0 V T05
2020-09-08 11:38:25 C 06 52 30.23 +29 14 34.6 V G96
2020-09-08 11:45:16 C 06 52 30.85 +29 14 33.6 V G96
2020-09-08 11:52:05 C 06 52 31.60 +29 14 32.4 V G96
2020-09-08 11:58:56 C 06 52 32.24 +29 14 31.8 V G96
2020-09-09 14:06:30 C 06 55 08.01 +29 09 40.1 V T08
2020-09-09 14:11:08 C 06 55 08.47 +29 09 39.1 V T08
2020-09-09 14:22:18 C 06 55 09.56 +29 09 36.8 V T08
2020-09-09 14:50:36 C 06 55 12.36 +29 09 31.8 V T08
2020-09-15 00:17:26 C 07 08 29.53 +28 41 26.5 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:18:31 C 07 08 29.65 +28 41 26.2 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:19:07 C 07 08 29.71 +28 41 26.0 Y B18
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)