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
2021-01-12 02:04:06 C 21 47 29.16 +01 06 33.0 U I41
2021-01-12 02:07:34 C 21 47 29.83 +01 06 37.1 U I41
2021-01-12 02:11:00 C 21 47 30.50 +01 06 41.3 U I41
2021-01-12 02:14:28 C 21 47 31.16 +01 06 45.3 U I41
2021-01-13 02:01:27 C 21 52 04.13 +01 34 53.9 U I41
2021-01-13 02:04:56 C 21 52 04.78 +01 34 58.0 U I41
2021-01-13 02:08:23 C 21 52 05.44 +01 35 02.1 U I41
2021-01-13 02:11:50 C 21 52 06.08 +01 35 06.0 U I41
2021-01-13 02:15:19 C 21 52 06.74 +01 35 10.1 U I41
2021-01-14 02:18:56 C 21 56 36.39 +02 02 54.4 U I41
2021-01-14 02:22:23 C 21 56 37.02 +02 02 58.4 U I41
2021-01-14 02:25:48 C 21 56 37.65 +02 03 02.3 U I41
2021-01-14 02:29:15 C 21 56 38.29 +02 03 06.3 U I41
2021-01-14 02:32:40 C 21 56 38.92 +02 03 10.1 U I41
2021-01-16 02:03:18 C 22 05 13.32 +02 55 54.3 U I41
2021-01-16 02:06:48 C 22 05 13.94 +02 55 58.1 U I41
2021-01-16 02:10:19 C 22 05 14.55 +02 56 01.8 U I41
2021-01-16 02:13:50 C 22 05 15.17 +02 56 05.6 U I41
2021-01-16 02:17:21 C 22 05 15.80 +02 56 09.6 U I41
2021-01-17 02:03:27 C 22 09 24.61 +03 21 34.0 U I41
2021-01-17 02:06:57 C 22 09 25.22 +03 21 37.7 U I41
2021-01-17 02:10:27 C 22 09 25.81 +03 21 41.4 U I41
2021-01-17 02:13:58 C 22 09 26.42 +03 21 45.1 U I41
2021-01-17 02:17:30 C 22 09 27.03 +03 21 48.9 U I41
2021-02-03 02:23:30 C 23 09 17.06 +09 18 44.0 U I41
2021-02-03 02:27:02 C 23 09 17.50 +09 18 46.6 U I41
2021-02-03 02:30:32 C 23 09 17.94 +09 18 49.1 U I41
2021-02-03 02:34:02 C 23 09 18.38 +09 18 51.6 U I41
2021-02-03 02:37:32 C 23 09 18.82 +09 18 54.1 U I41
2021-02-04 02:19:41 C 23 12 16.62 +09 36 01.4 U I41
2021-02-04 02:23:11 C 23 12 16.98 +09 36 03.9 U I41
2021-02-04 02:26:43 C 23 12 17.43 +09 36 06.8 U I41
2021-02-06 02:20:45 C 23 18 08.75 +10 09 47.0 U I41
2021-02-06 02:24:10 C 23 18 09.16 +10 09 49.5 U I41
2021-02-06 02:27:33 C 23 18 09.56 +10 09 51.8 U I41
2021-02-06 02:30:57 C 23 18 09.97 +10 09 54.1 U I41
2021-02-06 02:34:20 C 23 18 10.39 +10 09 56.6 U I41
2021-02-07 02:22:17 C 23 21 01.21 +10 26 14.4 U I41
2021-02-07 02:25:43 C 23 21 01.62 +10 26 16.7 U I41
2021-02-07 02:29:09 C 23 21 02.02 +10 26 19.1 U I41
2021-02-07 02:32:34 C 23 21 02.42 +10 26 21.3 U I41
2021-02-07 02:35:58 C 23 21 02.83 +10 26 23.6 U I41
2021-02-08 02:21:12 C 23 23 50.96 +10 42 23.2 U I41
2021-02-08 02:24:38 C 23 23 51.36 +10 42 25.4 U I41
2021-02-08 02:28:02 C 23 23 51.77 +10 42 27.8 U I41
2021-02-08 02:31:29 C 23 23 52.17 +10 42 30.0 U I41
2021-02-08 02:34:53 C 23 23 52.57 +10 42 32.3 U I41
2021-02-09 02:25:36 C 23 26 39.06 +10 58 19.6 U I41
2021-02-09 02:29:06 C 23 26 39.46 +10 58 22.0 U I41
2021-02-09 02:32:36 C 23 26 39.87 +10 58 24.2 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)