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
2020-09-27 11:30:25 C 07 42 44.18 +27 04 22.1 V 703
2020-09-27 14:28:31 C 07 43 06.46 +27 03 08.3 V T05
2020-09-27 14:33:08 C 07 43 07.05 +27 03 06.4 V T05
2020-09-27 14:50:05 C 07 43 09.127 +27 02 59.34 U F51
2020-09-27 14:55:39 C 07 43 09.821 +27 02 57.00 U F51
2020-09-27 14:57:18 C 07 43 10.02 +27 02 56.4 V T05
2020-09-27 15:01:14 C 07 43 10.512 +27 02 54.68 U F51
2020-09-27 15:06:48 C 07 43 11.202 +27 02 52.36 U F51
2020-09-27 15:11:55 C 07 43 11.83 +27 02 50.2 V T05
2020-09-30 03:28:05 C 07 50 54.92 +26 35 40.1 V 204
2020-09-30 03:49:42 C 07 50 57.74 +26 35 30.4 V 204
2020-09-30 04:11:20 C 07 51 00.50 +26 35 20.1 V 204
2020-10-03 13:49:37 C 08 02 02.47 +25 53 14.4 V T08
2020-10-03 13:54:55 C 08 02 03.24 +25 53 11.5 V T08
2020-10-03 14:04:55 C 08 02 04.60 +25 53 05.8 V T08
2020-10-03 14:25:33 C 08 02 07.45 +25 52 54.3 V T08
2020-10-05 09:17:44 S 08 08 12.940 +25 27 53.75 X 275
2020-10-05 10:26:13 C 08 08 22.86 +25 27 12.3 V 703
2020-10-05 10:33:47 C 08 08 23.95 +25 27 07.6 V 703
2020-10-05 10:46:20 C 08 08 25.74 +25 26 59.9 V 703
2020-10-05 10:53:53 C 08 08 26.83 +25 26 55.2 V 703
2020-10-05 13:53:59 C 08 08 52.99 +25 25 06.3 V T05
2020-10-05 13:59:57 C 08 08 53.86 +25 25 02.8 V T05
2020-10-05 14:07:53 C 08 08 55.00 +25 24 58.2 V T05
2020-10-05 14:27:45 C 08 08 57.85 +25 24 46.1 V T05
2020-10-06 11:07:10 C 08 11 59.59 +25 11 47.5 V G96
2020-10-06 11:13:54 C 08 12 00.58 +25 11 43.3 V G96
2020-10-06 11:20:39 C 08 12 01.56 +25 11 38.9 V G96
2020-10-06 11:27:24 C 08 12 02.56 +25 11 34.8 V G96
2020-10-07 22:38:03 C 08 17 19.87 +24 48 11.3 q 168
2020-10-07 23:29:04 C 08 17 27.60 +24 47 36.5 q 168
2020-10-07 23:59:03 C 08 17 32.18 +24 47 16.1 q 168
2020-10-08 00:29:04 C 08 17 36.75 +24 46 55.5 q 168
2020-10-08 12:05:03 C 08 19 23.99 +24 38 51.7 U I41
2020-10-08 12:19:21 C 08 19 26.17 +24 38 41.7 U I41
2020-10-08 12:35:11 C 08 19 28.61 +24 38 30.6 U I41
2020-10-08 12:35:52 C 08 19 28.71 +24 38 30.1 U I41
2020-10-14 10:38:25 C 08 43 04.27 +22 41 33.9 V 703
2020-10-14 10:46:01 C 08 43 05.64 +22 41 26.5 V 703
2020-10-14 10:53:37 C 08 43 06.99 +22 41 19.6 V 703
2020-10-14 11:01:14 C 08 43 08.35 +22 41 12.0 V 703
2020-10-17 10:53:51 C 08 56 30.22 +21 26 54.8 U I41
2020-10-17 10:55:12 C 08 56 30.46 +21 26 53.3 U I41
2020-10-17 12:21:02 C 08 56 46.97 +21 25 18.1 U I41
2020-10-17 12:22:22 C 08 56 47.23 +21 25 16.6 U I41
2020-10-18 11:03:59 C 09 01 14.78 +20 59 10.9 V 703
2020-10-18 11:13:13 C 09 01 16.59 +20 59 01.3 V 703
2020-10-18 11:22:27 C 09 01 18.42 +20 58 48.5 V 703
2020-10-18 11:31:42 C 09 01 20.26 +20 58 38.0 V 703
2020-10-19 11:32:26 C 09 06 11.38 +20 29 31.0 V G96
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)