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
2021-10-31 10:57:03 C 04 09 48.07 +40 18 11.6 V T08
2021-11-04 07:47:27 C 04 00 18.56 +40 09 32.7 V G96
2021-11-04 07:55:00 C 04 00 17.73 +40 09 31.6 V G96
2021-11-04 08:02:33 C 04 00 16.93 +40 09 30.7 V G96
2021-11-04 08:10:06 C 04 00 16.10 +40 09 29.7 V G96
2021-11-04 12:10:22 C 03 59 50.29 +40 08 58.8 V T08
2021-11-04 12:15:00 C 03 59 49.80 +40 08 58.0 V T08
2021-11-04 12:25:37 C 03 59 48.64 +40 08 56.7 V T08
2021-11-06 02:37:16 C 03 55 39.42 +40 02 58.1 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:39:02 C 03 55 39.24 +40 02 57.8 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:39:38 C 03 55 39.17 +40 02 57.7 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:40:12 C 03 55 39.11 +40 02 57.6 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:40:48 C 03 55 39.04 +40 02 57.5 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:41:22 C 03 55 38.98 +40 02 57.3 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:41:58 C 03 55 38.92 +40 02 57.2 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:42:32 C 03 55 38.83 +40 02 57.2 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:43:08 C 03 55 38.77 +40 02 57.2 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:43:42 C 03 55 38.72 +40 02 57.0 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:44:18 C 03 55 38.64 +40 02 56.8 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:44:52 C 03 55 38.59 +40 02 56.6 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:45:28 C 03 55 38.52 +40 02 56.6 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:46:02 C 03 55 38.44 +40 02 56.5 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:46:38 C 03 55 38.39 +40 02 56.4 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:47:12 C 03 55 38.35 +40 02 56.4 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:47:48 C 03 55 38.26 +40 02 56.1 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:48:22 C 03 55 38.19 +40 02 56.0 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:48:58 C 03 55 38.12 +40 02 55.7 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:49:32 C 03 55 38.10 +40 02 55.7 Y B18
2021-11-06 02:50:08 C 03 55 37.98 +40 02 55.4 Y B18
2021-11-06 11:07:00 C 03 54 43.49 +40 01 32.7 V T05
2021-11-06 11:13:36 C 03 54 42.74 +40 01 31.7 V T05
2021-11-06 11:21:30 C 03 54 41.85 +40 01 30.0 V T05
2021-11-06 12:10:48 C 03 54 36.28 +40 01 21.1 V T05
2021-11-07 02:22:36 C 03 53 01.01 +39 58 36.6 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:23:10 C 03 53 00.94 +39 58 36.4 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:26:06 C 03 53 00.61 +39 58 35.7 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:26:40 C 03 53 00.55 +39 58 35.7 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:27:16 C 03 53 00.48 +39 58 35.6 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:29:00 C 03 53 00.27 +39 58 35.1 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:29:36 C 03 53 00.21 +39 58 35.1 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:30:10 C 03 53 00.15 +39 58 35.0 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:30:46 C 03 53 00.08 +39 58 34.9 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:32:30 C 03 52 59.88 +39 58 34.5 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:33:06 C 03 52 59.82 +39 58 34.4 Y B18
2021-11-07 02:33:40 C 03 52 59.75 +39 58 34.2 Y B18
2021-11-08 09:38:26 C 03 49 29.22 +39 52 06.3 V T08
2021-11-08 09:41:44 C 03 49 28.84 +39 52 05.5 V T08
2021-11-08 09:45:44 C 03 49 28.38 +39 52 04.7 V T08
2021-11-08 10:01:00 C 03 49 26.58 +39 52 01.3 V T08
2021-11-11 18:30:03 C 03 40 02.62 +39 30 26.9 X G02
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)