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
2021-08-27 11:37:05 C 04 46 18.14 +36 03 57.2 V G96
2021-08-27 11:44:42 C 04 46 18.35 +36 03 58.6 V G96
2021-09-05 14:02:38 C 04 51 28.81 +36 47 04.8 V T08
2021-09-05 14:07:18 C 04 51 28.92 +36 47 05.6 V T08
2021-09-05 14:15:16 C 04 51 29.07 +36 47 07.5 V T08
2021-09-05 14:45:58 C 04 51 29.59 +36 47 13.5 V T08
2021-09-07 14:33:43 C 04 52 20.45 +36 56 48.7 V T05
2021-09-07 14:41:15 C 04 52 20.60 +36 56 51.1 V T05
2021-09-07 14:59:48 C 04 52 20.88 +36 56 54.9 V T05
2021-09-07 15:14:23 C 04 52 21.03 +36 56 57.5 V T05
2021-09-08 10:50:28 C 04 52 40.03 +37 00 54.0 U I41
2021-09-08 11:36:28 C 04 52 40.71 +37 01 03.4 U I41
2021-09-08 14:24:12 C 04 52 43.27 +37 01 38.2 V T08
2021-09-08 14:30:12 C 04 52 43.37 +37 01 39.5 V T08
2021-09-08 14:35:34 C 04 52 43.44 +37 01 40.5 V T08
2021-09-08 14:51:45 C 04 52 43.67 +37 01 43.6 V T08
2021-09-09 10:57:12 C 04 53 01.61 +37 05 46.7 U I41
2021-09-09 11:14:21 C 04 53 01.84 +37 05 50.2 U I41
2021-09-10 11:18:30 C 04 53 21.55 +37 10 43.4 U I41
2021-09-10 11:43:53 C 04 53 21.85 +37 10 48.6 U I41
2021-09-11 11:21:40 C 04 53 39.39 +37 15 37.1 U I41
2021-09-11 11:50:11 C 04 53 39.69 +37 15 43.1 U I41
2021-09-12 11:17:58 C 04 53 55.27 +37 20 30.4 U I41
2021-09-12 11:44:59 C 04 53 55.52 +37 20 35.9 U I41
2021-09-12 23:41:05 C 04 54 02.76 +37 23 01.5 u B18
2021-09-12 23:45:09 C 04 54 02.80 +37 23 02.1 u B18
2021-09-12 23:49:11 C 04 54 02.82 +37 23 02.9 u B18
2021-09-12 23:53:13 C 04 54 02.86 +37 23 03.7 u B18
2021-09-12 23:57:16 C 04 54 02.91 +37 23 04.7 u B18
2021-09-13 00:01:20 C 04 54 02.95 +37 23 05.4 u B18
2021-09-13 23:17:59 C 04 54 15.56 +37 27 51.5 u B18
2021-09-13 23:22:03 C 04 54 15.60 +37 27 52.2 u B18
2021-09-13 23:26:06 C 04 54 15.64 +37 27 53.1 u B18
2021-09-13 23:30:08 C 04 54 15.66 +37 27 54.0 u B18
2021-09-13 23:34:10 C 04 54 15.72 +37 27 54.7 u B18
2021-09-13 23:46:20 C 04 54 15.79 +37 27 57.4 u B18
2021-09-13 23:50:21 C 04 54 15.81 +37 27 58.1 u B18
2021-09-13 23:54:24 C 04 54 15.88 +37 27 59.1 u B18
2021-09-14 01:26:40 C 04 54 16.51 +37 28 18.4 u B18
2021-09-14 01:30:43 C 04 54 16.53 +37 28 19.3 u B18
2021-09-14 01:34:45 C 04 54 16.55 +37 28 20.0 u B18
2021-09-14 01:38:47 C 04 54 16.60 +37 28 21.1 u B18
2021-09-14 01:42:50 C 04 54 16.64 +37 28 21.7 u B18
2021-09-14 01:46:54 C 04 54 16.66 +37 28 22.5 u B18
2021-09-14 05:21:46 C 04 54 18.59 +37 29 04.9 V I22
2021-09-14 05:39:07 C 04 54 18.72 +37 29 09.1 V I22
2021-09-14 11:26:11 C 04 54 21.34 +37 30 22.1 U I41
2021-09-14 11:50:15 C 04 54 21.49 +37 30 27.2 U I41
2021-09-15 05:01:27 C 04 54 28.98 +37 33 57.3 V I22
2021-09-15 05:26:50 C 04 54 29.11 +37 34 02.4 V I22
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)