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
2020-10-19 11:40:31 C 09 06 13.03 +20 29 20.9 V G96
2020-10-19 11:48:37 C 09 06 14.67 +20 29 11.0 V G96
2020-10-19 11:56:42 C 09 06 16.31 +20 29 00.9 V G96
2020-10-19 14:08:29 C 09 06 43.51 +20 26 17.7 V T08
2020-10-19 14:09:49 C 09 06 43.79 +20 26 16.1 V T08
2020-10-19 14:13:07 C 09 06 44.45 +20 26 12.0 V T08
2020-10-19 14:15:07 C 09 06 44.86 +20 26 09.5 V T08
2020-10-19 14:21:05 C 09 06 46.07 +20 26 02.1 V T08
2020-10-19 14:26:25 C 09 06 47.17 +20 25 55.5 V T08
2020-10-19 14:37:42 C 09 06 49.46 +20 25 41.4 V T08
2020-10-19 14:52:25 C 09 06 52.47 +20 25 23.1 V T08
2020-10-19 19:48:48 C 09 07 53.67 +20 19 06.5 q D29
2020-10-19 20:09:10 C 09 07 57.86 +20 18 40.9 q D29
2020-10-19 20:29:32 C 09 08 02.05 +20 18 15.2 q D29
2020-10-20 10:53:13 C 09 11 02.65 +19 59 38.6 V 703
2020-10-20 11:00:45 C 09 11 04.23 +19 59 28.7 V 703
2020-10-20 11:08:18 C 09 11 05.81 +19 59 19.0 V 703
2020-10-20 11:15:51 C 09 11 07.39 +19 59 09.2 V 703
2020-11-01 04:15:31 C 10 22 34.17 +11 22 23.4 V Z07
2020-11-01 04:46:31 C 10 22 43.56 +11 21 07.2 V Z07
2020-11-01 05:08:32 C 10 22 50.25 +11 20 13.1 V Z07
2020-11-02 03:38:40 C 10 29 48.19 +10 23 16.4 V Z07
2020-11-02 04:06:52 C 10 29 56.98 +10 22 02.9 V Z07
2020-11-02 04:59:02 C 10 30 13.32 +10 19 47.8 V Z07
2020-11-04 12:11:50 C 10 48 13.44 +07 48 33.7 V G96
2020-11-04 12:19:30 C 10 48 16.00 +07 48 11.7 V G96
2020-11-04 12:27:07 C 10 48 18.57 +07 47 49.7 V G96
2020-11-04 12:34:45 C 10 48 21.12 +07 47 27.7 V G96
2020-11-04 14:34:22 C 10 49 01.75 +07 41 44.4 V T08
2020-11-04 14:39:01 C 10 49 03.33 +07 41 30.9 V T08
2020-11-04 14:40:21 C 10 49 03.79 +07 41 27.1 V T08
2020-11-04 14:46:19 C 10 49 05.79 +07 41 10.0 V T08
2020-11-04 15:04:56 C 10 49 12.05 +07 40 16.0 V T08
2020-11-04 15:10:55 C 10 49 14.07 +07 39 58.8 V T08
2020-11-04 15:18:52 C 10 49 16.75 +07 39 35.7 V T08
2020-11-04 15:20:52 C 10 49 17.42 +07 39 30.1 V T08
2020-11-05 14:48:20 C 10 57 21.44 +06 30 05.8 V T05
2020-11-05 14:56:55 C 10 57 24.42 +06 29 39.8 V T05
2020-11-05 15:20:27 C 10 57 32.57 +06 28 29.0 V T05
2020-11-05 15:33:31 C 10 57 37.10 +06 27 49.5 V T05
2021-01-04 01:53:04 C 21 06 15.53 -03 09 40.0 U I41
2021-01-04 01:56:36 C 21 06 16.37 -03 09 34.7 U I41
2021-01-04 02:00:08 C 21 06 17.20 -03 09 29.6 U I41
2021-01-04 02:03:39 C 21 06 18.04 -03 09 24.3 U I41
2021-01-04 02:07:09 C 21 06 18.87 -03 09 19.1 U I41
2021-01-10 02:16:26 C 21 38 00.31 +00 07 45.4 U I41
2021-01-10 02:19:56 C 21 38 01.01 +00 07 49.7 U I41
2021-01-10 02:23:26 C 21 38 01.73 +00 07 54.3 U I41
2021-01-10 02:26:56 C 21 38 02.44 +00 07 58.6 U I41
2021-01-12 02:00:38 C 21 47 28.50 +01 06 28.9 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)