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
2021-11-11 18:37:53 C 03 40 01.67 +39 30 24.6 X G02
2021-11-11 18:45:41 C 03 40 00.73 +39 30 22.3 X G02
2021-11-11 19:40:45 C 03 39 53.48 +39 30 07.3 V D29
2021-11-11 20:01:06 C 03 39 51.03 +39 30 00.7 V D29
2021-11-11 20:21:28 C 03 39 48.58 +39 29 53.9 V D29
2021-11-12 10:48:46 C 03 38 05.36 +39 25 21.6 V T08
2021-11-12 11:03:25 C 03 38 03.57 +39 25 16.8 V T08
2021-11-12 11:22:04 C 03 38 01.30 +39 25 10.6 V T08
2021-11-13 08:54:51 C 03 35 26.160 +39 17 53.72 U F52
2021-11-13 09:09:24 C 03 35 24.371 +39 17 48.75 U F52
2021-11-13 09:24:01 C 03 35 22.574 +39 17 43.72 U F52
2021-11-13 09:38:42 C 03 35 20.768 +39 17 38.68 U F52
2021-11-14 20:10:31 C 03 31 09.61 +39 04 52.5 V L54
2021-11-14 20:22:23 C 03 31 08.11 +39 04 47.5 V L54
2021-11-14 20:33:40 C 03 31 06.67 +39 04 43.8 V L54
2021-11-15 05:57:26 C 03 29 57.94 +39 01 04.8 V 703
2021-11-15 06:05:05 C 03 29 57.00 +39 01 01.6 V 703
2021-11-15 06:12:48 C 03 29 56.05 +39 00 58.6 V 703
2021-11-15 06:20:37 C 03 29 55.09 +39 00 55.6 V 703
2021-11-16 09:05:02 C 03 26 38.76 +38 49 56.4 V T08
2021-11-16 09:09:00 C 03 26 38.24 +38 49 55.1 V T08
2021-11-16 09:12:20 C 03 26 37.86 +38 49 53.5 V T08
2021-11-16 09:15:00 C 03 26 37.54 +38 49 52.1 V T08
2021-11-16 09:16:19 C 03 26 37.33 +38 49 51.6 V T08
2021-11-16 09:19:38 C 03 26 36.92 +38 49 50.3 V T08
2021-11-16 09:42:54 C 03 26 34.03 +38 49 40.7 V T08
2021-11-22 08:15:44 C 03 09 03.48 +37 38 19.0 X U76
2021-11-22 08:36:34 C 03 09 00.90 +37 38 07.2 X U76
2021-11-22 08:57:25 C 03 08 58.33 +37 37 54.9 X U76
2021-11-22 11:19:20 C 03 08 41.01 +37 36 35.3 V T05
2021-11-22 11:24:04 C 03 08 40.43 +37 36 32.4 V T05
2021-11-22 11:37:23 C 03 08 38.76 +37 36 24.3 V T05
2021-11-22 11:51:27 C 03 08 37.01 +37 36 16.5 V T05
2021-11-22 17:31:55 C 03 07 56.23 +37 32 54.9 V G33
2021-11-22 17:33:36 C 03 07 56.03 +37 32 53.9 V G33
2021-11-22 17:35:17 C 03 07 55.82 +37 32 52.9 V G33
2021-11-22 17:36:58 C 03 07 55.62 +37 32 51.9 V G33
2021-11-22 17:38:34 C 03 07 55.41 +37 32 51.3 V G33
2021-11-22 17:40:20 C 03 07 55.21 +37 32 50.1 V G33
2021-11-22 22:31:22 C 03 07 19.42 +37 30 02.5 V K87
2021-11-22 22:35:36 C 03 07 18.90 +37 29 59.6 V K87
2021-11-22 22:37:43 C 03 07 18.68 +37 29 58.4 V K87
2021-11-22 22:41:56 C 03 07 18.14 +37 29 55.5 V K87
2021-11-22 22:46:10 C 03 07 17.60 +37 29 53.2 V K87
2021-11-23 10:49:14 C 03 05 49.68 +37 22 49.4 V T08
2021-11-23 10:53:54 C 03 05 49.08 +37 22 46.1 V T08
2021-11-23 11:09:20 C 03 05 47.20 +37 22 36.6 V T08
2021-11-23 11:31:17 C 03 05 44.48 +37 22 23.6 V T08
2021-11-24 08:36:24 C 03 03 12.09 +37 09 35.6 V T08
2021-11-24 08:44:28 C 03 03 11.10 +37 09 30.6 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)