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
2021-02-09 02:36:08 C 23 26 40.27 +10 58 26.5 U I41
2021-02-09 02:39:38 C 23 26 40.68 +10 58 28.8 U I41
2021-02-10 02:23:36 C 23 29 24.20 +11 13 56.5 U I41
2021-02-10 02:27:06 C 23 29 24.60 +11 13 58.7 U I41
2021-02-10 02:30:36 C 23 29 24.99 +11 14 01.0 U I41
2021-02-10 02:34:08 C 23 29 25.39 +11 14 03.2 U I41
2021-02-10 02:37:38 C 23 29 25.79 +11 14 05.5 U I41
2021-02-11 02:25:01 C 23 32 07.58 +11 29 20.6 U I41
2021-02-11 02:28:27 C 23 32 07.96 +11 29 22.8 U I41
2021-02-11 02:31:56 C 23 32 08.36 +11 29 24.9 U I41
2021-02-11 02:35:23 C 23 32 08.74 +11 29 27.1 U I41
2021-02-11 02:38:49 C 23 32 09.13 +11 29 29.3 U I41
2021-02-19 02:36:08 C 23 52 45.54 +13 24 36.9 U I41
2021-02-19 02:39:35 C 23 52 45.89 +13 24 38.7 U I41
2021-02-19 02:43:03 C 23 52 46.24 +13 24 40.7 U I41
2021-02-19 02:46:32 C 23 52 46.61 +13 24 42.7 U I41
2021-02-19 02:50:01 C 23 52 46.96 +13 24 44.5 U I41
2021-07-05 11:26:31 C 03 49 37.05 +31 54 05.5 U I41
2021-07-05 11:33:17 C 03 49 37.46 +31 54 07.7 U I41
2021-07-06 11:23:09 C 03 50 56.95 +31 59 10.9 U I41
2021-07-06 11:26:32 C 03 50 57.17 +31 59 11.3 U I41
2021-07-06 11:29:55 C 03 50 57.38 +31 59 12.1 U I41
2021-07-06 11:33:19 C 03 50 57.50 +31 59 13.0 U I41
2021-07-06 11:36:42 C 03 50 57.70 +31 59 13.5 U I41
2021-07-07 11:32:21 C 03 52 17.18 +32 04 16.6 U I41
2021-07-07 11:35:45 C 03 52 17.36 +32 04 17.3 U I41
2021-07-07 11:39:10 C 03 52 17.51 +32 04 17.8 U I41
2021-07-09 11:26:13 C 03 54 54.90 +32 14 18.8 U I41
2021-07-09 11:33:12 C 03 54 55.28 +32 14 20.4 U I41
2021-07-09 11:36:41 C 03 54 55.47 +32 14 21.0 U I41
2021-07-09 11:40:10 C 03 54 55.65 +32 14 21.8 U I41
2021-07-11 11:27:04 C 03 57 31.23 +32 24 16.8 U I41
2021-07-11 11:33:50 C 03 57 31.59 +32 24 18.3 U I41
2021-07-11 11:37:14 C 03 57 31.78 +32 24 19.0 U I41
2021-07-11 11:40:37 C 03 57 31.97 +32 24 19.6 U I41
2021-07-19 11:17:40 C 04 07 36.51 +33 03 13.1 U I41
2021-07-19 11:21:08 C 04 07 36.69 +33 03 13.9 U I41
2021-07-19 11:24:36 C 04 07 36.87 +33 03 14.5 U I41
2021-07-19 11:31:31 C 04 07 37.21 +33 03 16.0 U I41
2021-07-20 11:20:35 C 04 08 50.04 +33 08 00.6 U I41
2021-07-20 11:24:02 C 04 08 50.21 +33 08 01.4 U I41
2021-07-20 11:27:30 C 04 08 50.39 +33 08 02.0 U I41
2021-07-20 11:30:59 C 04 08 50.56 +33 08 02.7 U I41
2021-07-20 11:34:27 C 04 08 50.74 +33 08 03.4 U I41
2021-08-20 14:27:55 C 04 41 10.55 +35 32 03.8 V T08
2021-08-20 14:35:52 C 04 41 10.87 +35 32 05.8 V T08
2021-08-20 14:55:11 C 04 41 11.51 +35 32 09.2 V T08
2021-08-20 15:05:08 C 04 41 11.79 +35 32 10.2 V T08
2021-08-27 11:21:51 C 04 46 17.74 +36 03 54.0 V G96
2021-08-27 11:29:29 C 04 46 17.95 +36 03 55.6 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)