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
2020-09-15 00:19:41 C 07 08 29.79 +28 41 26.0 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:20:17 C 07 08 29.85 +28 41 25.8 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:20:51 C 07 08 29.90 +28 41 25.5 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:21:27 C 07 08 29.96 +28 41 25.5 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:22:01 C 07 08 30.02 +28 41 25.3 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:22:37 C 07 08 30.08 +28 41 25.1 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:23:11 C 07 08 30.14 +28 41 25.0 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:23:47 C 07 08 30.20 +28 41 25.0 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:24:21 C 07 08 30.27 +28 41 24.8 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:24:57 C 07 08 30.33 +28 41 24.6 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:25:31 C 07 08 30.40 +28 41 24.6 Y B18
2020-09-15 00:26:07 C 07 08 30.45 +28 41 24.4 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:46:58 C 07 13 33.91 +28 29 20.4 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:47:34 C 07 13 33.97 +28 29 20.2 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:48:44 C 07 13 34.11 +28 29 19.9 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:49:18 C 07 13 34.16 +28 29 19.7 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:49:54 C 07 13 34.23 +28 29 19.8 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:50:28 C 07 13 34.30 +28 29 19.4 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:51:04 C 07 13 34.35 +28 29 19.4 Y B18
2020-09-16 23:51:38 C 07 13 34.41 +28 29 19.4 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:32:36 C 07 16 08.86 +28 22 52.8 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:33:46 C 07 16 08.98 +28 22 52.5 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:34:22 C 07 16 09.04 +28 22 52.4 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:34:56 C 07 16 09.11 +28 22 52.2 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:35:32 C 07 16 09.17 +28 22 52.1 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:36:06 C 07 16 09.24 +28 22 51.9 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:36:42 C 07 16 09.30 +28 22 51.8 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:37:16 C 07 16 09.37 +28 22 51.6 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:37:52 C 07 16 09.43 +28 22 51.4 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:38:26 C 07 16 09.50 +28 22 51.2 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:39:02 C 07 16 09.56 +28 22 51.1 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:39:36 C 07 16 09.63 +28 22 50.9 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:40:11 C 07 16 09.69 +28 22 50.8 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:40:47 C 07 16 09.75 +28 22 50.6 Y B18
2020-09-17 23:41:21 C 07 16 09.81 +28 22 50.5 Y B18
2020-09-19 11:28:00 C 07 20 06.70 +28 12 36.0 V 703
2020-09-19 11:34:00 C 07 20 07.36 +28 12 34.3 V 703
2020-09-19 11:39:59 C 07 20 08.01 +28 12 32.7 V 703
2020-09-19 11:45:58 C 07 20 08.68 +28 12 31.1 V 703
2020-09-23 11:57:53 C 07 31 09.13 +27 41 19.2 V 703
2020-09-23 12:02:58 C 07 31 09.70 +27 41 17.5 V 703
2020-09-23 12:08:03 C 07 31 10.31 +27 41 16.0 V 703
2020-09-23 12:13:08 C 07 31 10.91 +27 41 13.8 V 703
2020-09-25 14:07:37 C 07 37 08.79 +27 22 45.5 V T08
2020-09-25 14:12:56 C 07 37 09.43 +27 22 43.3 V T08
2020-09-25 14:22:14 C 07 37 10.56 +27 22 39.9 V T08
2020-09-25 14:47:25 C 07 37 13.56 +27 22 30.3 V T08
2020-09-27 11:06:21 C 07 42 41.14 +27 04 32.6 V 703
2020-09-27 11:14:22 C 07 42 42.15 +27 04 29.4 V 703
2020-09-27 11:22:24 C 07 42 43.14 +27 04 25.9 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)