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
2021-10-17 09:50:26 C 04 36 29.46 +40 01 16.5 V G96
2021-10-17 10:05:40 C 04 36 28.52 +40 01 18.4 V G96
2021-10-17 10:17:21 C 04 36 27.80 +40 01 20.0 V G96
2021-10-17 10:25:39 C 04 36 27.27 +40 01 21.1 V G96
2021-10-19 13:15:30 C 04 33 14.64 +40 07 31.8 V T08
2021-10-19 13:21:29 C 04 33 14.24 +40 07 32.2 V T08
2021-10-19 13:31:26 C 04 33 13.59 +40 07 33.2 V T08
2021-10-19 14:20:43 C 04 33 10.22 +40 07 38.7 V T08
2021-10-20 11:08:47 C 04 31 46.63 +40 09 51.8 V T05
2021-10-20 11:11:25 C 04 31 46.42 +40 09 51.5 V T05
2021-10-20 11:16:13 C 04 31 46.10 +40 09 52.3 V T05
2021-10-20 11:54:38 C 04 31 43.40 +40 09 56.1 V T05
2021-10-22 21:03:48 C 04 27 37.36 +40 14 58.9 X G02
2021-10-22 21:10:34 C 04 27 36.78 +40 14 58.5 X G02
2021-10-22 21:17:50 C 04 27 36.23 +40 14 59.3 X G02
2021-10-27 11:21:14 C 04 18 39.29 +40 20 05.4 V T08
2021-10-27 11:24:34 C 04 18 39.00 +40 20 05.5 V T08
2021-10-27 11:28:32 C 04 18 38.64 +40 20 05.6 V T08
2021-10-31 02:03:35 C 04 10 39.49 +40 18 35.4 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:04:11 C 04 10 39.43 +40 18 35.4 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:04:45 C 04 10 39.38 +40 18 35.4 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:05:21 C 04 10 39.32 +40 18 35.3 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:05:55 C 04 10 39.26 +40 18 35.3 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:06:31 C 04 10 39.20 +40 18 35.3 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:07:05 C 04 10 39.15 +40 18 35.2 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:07:41 C 04 10 39.09 +40 18 35.2 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:08:15 C 04 10 39.04 +40 18 35.1 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:08:51 C 04 10 38.98 +40 18 35.1 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:09:25 C 04 10 38.92 +40 18 35.1 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:10:01 C 04 10 38.86 +40 18 35.1 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:11:04 C 04 10 38.75 +40 18 35.0 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:15:25 C 04 10 38.36 +40 18 34.8 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:17:20 C 04 10 38.15 +40 18 34.6 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:18:25 C 04 10 38.04 +40 18 34.6 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:19:31 C 04 10 37.93 +40 18 34.5 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:20:36 C 04 10 37.83 +40 18 34.4 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:21:40 C 04 10 37.72 +40 18 34.3 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:22:45 C 04 10 37.61 +40 18 34.2 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:24:56 C 04 10 37.39 +40 18 34.1 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:26:00 C 04 10 37.29 +40 18 34.0 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:27:05 C 04 10 37.19 +40 18 34.1 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:30:27 C 04 10 36.86 +40 18 33.8 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:32:27 C 04 10 36.67 +40 18 33.7 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:34:27 C 04 10 36.47 +40 18 33.6 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:36:27 C 04 10 36.28 +40 18 33.5 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:38:26 C 04 10 36.09 +40 18 33.3 Y B18
2021-10-31 02:40:26 C 04 10 35.88 +40 18 33.2 Y B18
2021-10-31 10:06:30 C 04 09 53.12 +40 18 14.0 V T08
2021-10-31 10:11:50 C 04 09 52.56 +40 18 13.6 V T08
2021-10-31 10:46:58 C 04 09 49.08 +40 18 12.2 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)