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
2021-09-15 05:30:51 C 04 54 29.139 +37 34 03.83 V I22
2021-09-15 06:00:14 C 04 54 29.36 +37 34 09.9 V I22
2021-09-15 10:48:13 C 04 54 31.13 +37 35 10.4 U I41
2021-09-15 11:41:11 C 04 54 31.40 +37 35 21.5 U I41
2021-09-15 14:21:42 C 04 54 32.42 +37 35 55.1 V T05
2021-09-15 14:29:41 C 04 54 32.48 +37 35 57.0 V T05
2021-09-15 14:53:51 C 04 54 32.56 +37 36 02.5 V T05
2021-09-15 15:01:07 C 04 54 32.61 +37 36 03.2 V T05
2021-09-17 10:57:26 C 04 54 44.97 +37 45 06.5 U I41
2021-09-17 11:23:47 C 04 54 45.02 +37 45 12.0 U I41
2021-09-24 12:59:07 C 04 54 21.25 +38 20 23.4 V T08
2021-09-24 13:04:25 C 04 54 21.12 +38 20 24.1 V T08
2021-09-24 13:11:44 C 04 54 21.09 +38 20 25.4 V T08
2021-09-24 13:21:45 C 04 54 20.88 +38 20 28.3 V T08
2021-09-28 18:12:49 C 04 53 06.99 +38 41 15.2 q Q21
2021-09-28 18:20:23 C 04 53 06.85 +38 41 16.8 q Q21
2021-09-28 18:27:57 C 04 53 06.72 +38 41 18.5 q Q21
2021-09-28 18:35:29 C 04 53 06.57 +38 41 19.9 q Q21
2021-09-29 13:18:55 C 04 52 47.53 +38 45 10.9 V T08
2021-09-29 13:21:35 C 04 52 47.56 +38 45 11.2 V T08
2021-09-29 13:29:33 C 04 52 47.36 +38 45 13.5 V T08
2021-09-29 13:39:30 C 04 52 47.16 +38 45 15.2 V T08
2021-10-03 12:40:34 C 04 50 42.14 +39 04 20.7 V T08
2021-10-03 12:45:13 C 04 50 42.03 +39 04 22.0 V T08
2021-10-03 13:13:35 C 04 50 41.22 +39 04 27.3 V T08
2021-10-03 13:25:35 C 04 50 40.85 +39 04 29.9 V T08
2021-10-03 17:03:24 S 04 50 35.205 +39 05 11.25 X 275
2021-10-03 22:32:01 C 04 50 26.52 +39 06 13.3 V L59
2021-10-03 22:59:16 C 04 50 25.77 +39 06 19.4 V L59
2021-10-03 23:26:30 C 04 50 24.96 +39 06 25.0 V L59
2021-10-07 00:39:27 C 04 48 10.67 +39 20 31.0 V Y90
2021-10-07 00:46:10 C 04 48 10.38 +39 20 32.3 V Y90
2021-10-07 00:52:55 C 04 48 10.13 +39 20 33.9 V Y90
2021-10-09 07:58:48 C 04 46 08.43 +39 30 41.0 X U55
2021-10-09 08:23:33 C 04 46 07.36 +39 30 44.6 X U55
2021-10-11 12:44:24 C 04 43 54.43 +39 39 56.6 V T08
2021-10-11 12:49:02 C 04 43 54.16 +39 39 57.3 V T08
2021-10-11 12:53:01 C 04 43 54.02 +39 39 58.1 V T08
2021-10-11 13:04:53 C 04 43 53.47 +39 40 00.0 V T08
2021-10-13 01:05:13 C 04 42 12.28 +39 45 53.6 V Y90
2021-10-13 01:10:33 C 04 42 11.93 +39 45 55.4 V Y90
2021-10-13 01:15:54 C 04 42 11.67 +39 45 56.6 V Y90
2021-10-13 12:59:11 C 04 41 36.74 +39 47 50.5 V T05
2021-10-13 13:01:50 C 04 41 36.61 +39 47 50.9 V T05
2021-10-13 13:05:47 C 04 41 36.42 +39 47 51.4 V T05
2021-10-13 13:13:42 C 04 41 35.99 +39 47 53.1 V T05
2021-10-15 12:07:22 C 04 39 07.92 +39 54 59.6 V T08
2021-10-15 12:10:02 C 04 39 07.75 +39 54 59.7 V T08
2021-10-15 12:14:46 C 04 39 07.45 +39 55 00.1 V T08
2021-10-15 12:22:44 C 04 39 07.03 +39 55 01.6 V T08
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)