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
2001-12-01 23:16:03 C 02 59 52.72 +35 40 17.4 c 118
2001-12-01 23:21:14 C 02 59 52.04 +35 40 13.4 c 118
2001-12-01 23:25:37 C 02 59 51.45 +35 40 09.9 c 118
2001-12-03 17:01:20 C 02 54 30.89 +35 07 32.4 056
2001-12-03 21:56:57 C 02 53 52.99 +35 03 36.2 c 113
2001-12-03 21:59:09 C 02 53 52.65 +35 03 34.2 c 113
2001-12-03 22:01:22 C 02 53 52.36 +35 03 32.5 c 113
2001-12-03 22:03:33 C 02 53 52.11 +35 03 30.5 c 113
2001-12-03 22:05:46 C 02 53 51.81 +35 03 28.8 c 113
2001-12-04 16:33:41 C 02 51 32.69 +34 48 26.8 056
2001-12-04 16:56:47 C 02 51 29.80 +34 48 08.4 056
2001-12-06 17:12:27 C 02 45 33.56 +34 07 42.8 056
2001-12-06 17:34:55 C 02 45 30.82 +34 07 23.5 056
2001-12-06 19:26:42 C 02 45 17.25 +34 05 48.0 c 127
2001-12-06 19:32:05 C 02 45 16.59 +34 05 43.6 c 127
2001-12-08 19:50:30 C 02 39 34.13 +33 23 43.4 c 157
2001-12-09 05:35:21 C 02 38 26.59 +33 15 08.4 16.7 c 704
2001-12-09 05:56:55 C 02 38 24.07 +33 14 49.1 17.3 c 704
2001-12-09 06:18:28 C 02 38 21.54 +33 14 29.7 17.1 c 704
2001-12-09 06:31:16 C 02 38 19.89 +33 14 17.7 452
2001-12-09 06:38:43 C 02 38 18.98 +33 14 10.9 452
2001-12-09 06:40:02 C 02 38 19.04 +33 14 10.3 16.7 c 704
2001-12-09 06:42:26 C 02 38 18.57 +33 14 07.1 452
2001-12-09 06:46:09 C 02 38 18.28 +33 14 05.1 452
2001-12-09 07:01:36 C 02 38 16.53 +33 13 51.0 16.7 c 704
2001-12-09 20:03:29 C 02 36 48.02 +33 02 12.3 c 127
2001-12-09 20:09:00 C 02 36 47.39 +33 02 07.1 c 127
2001-12-09 20:15:31 C 02 36 46.65 +33 02 01.7 c 127
2001-12-10 18:13:48 C 02 34 19.60 +32 42 16.9 c 185
2001-12-10 18:17:38 C 02 34 19.15 +32 42 13.5 c 185
2001-12-10 18:23:30 C 02 34 18.50 +32 42 08.3 c 185
2001-12-10 18:30:37 C 02 34 17.70 +32 42 01.9 c 185
2001-12-10 18:36:44 C 02 34 17.03 +32 41 56.3 c 185
2001-12-10 18:45:36 C 02 34 16.02 +32 41 48.5 c 185
2001-12-13 18:49:45 C 02 26 36.83 +31 35 59.7 c 113
2001-12-13 18:51:58 C 02 26 36.63 +31 35 57.6 c 113
2001-12-13 18:54:10 C 02 26 36.38 +31 35 55.5 c 113
2001-12-13 18:56:23 C 02 26 36.18 +31 35 53.3 c 113
2001-12-13 18:58:34 C 02 26 36.00 +31 35 51.5 c 113
2001-12-14 01:24:33 C 02 25 56.78 +31 29 59.1 c 452
2001-12-14 01:32:07 C 02 25 55.98 +31 29 52.3 c 452
2001-12-14 01:35:55 C 02 25 55.61 +31 29 48.7 c 452
2001-12-14 18:48:54 C 02 24 12.51 +31 13 50.6 c 947
2001-12-15 00:14:10 C 02 23 39.94 +31 08 49.0 c 561
2001-12-15 00:22:00 C 02 23 39.26 +31 08 42.1 c 561
2001-12-15 00:31:25 C 02 23 38.17 +31 08 32.1 c 561
2001-12-15 19:08:40 C 02 21 50.37 +30 51 20.2 c 185
2001-12-15 19:12:59 C 02 21 49.97 +30 51 16.1 c 185
2001-12-15 19:19:30 C 02 21 49.31 +30 51 10.5 c 185
2001-12-15 19:56:22 C 02 21 45.76 +30 50 35.5 c 947
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)