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
2021-11-24 08:55:18 C 03 03 09.77 +37 09 24.0 V T08
2021-11-24 09:06:00 C 03 03 08.46 +37 09 17.6 V T08
2021-11-24 09:32:16 C 03 03 05.24 +37 09 01.4 V T08
2021-11-24 09:38:14 C 03 03 04.49 +37 08 57.7 V T08
2021-11-24 10:09:38 C 03 03 00.66 +37 08 38.2 V T08
2021-11-24 10:17:37 C 03 02 59.66 +37 08 33.0 V T08
2021-11-24 21:04:55 C 03 01 42.13 +37 01 46.4 V G02
2021-11-24 21:10:05 C 03 01 41.50 +37 01 43.2 V G02
2021-11-24 21:15:17 C 03 01 40.87 +37 01 40.0 V G02
2021-11-25 09:36:47 C 03 00 12.10 +36 53 53.1 V T05
2021-11-25 09:58:46 C 03 00 09.42 +36 53 39.0 V T05
2021-11-25 10:04:05 C 03 00 08.78 +36 53 35.6 V T05
2021-11-25 10:24:36 C 03 00 06.29 +36 53 22.4 V T05
2021-11-26 07:59:21 C 02 57 32.86 +36 39 22.1 V T05
2021-11-26 08:03:59 C 02 57 32.31 +36 39 19.2 V T05
2021-11-26 08:11:20 C 02 57 31.41 +36 39 14.2 V T05
2021-11-26 08:25:58 C 02 57 29.65 +36 39 04.6 V T05
2021-11-26 20:42:09 C 02 56 02.97 +36 30 53.3 V 511
2021-11-26 20:51:03 C 02 56 01.91 +36 30 47.2 V 511
2021-11-26 21:02:49 C 02 56 00.50 +36 30 39.6 V 511
2021-11-27 05:22:20 C 02 55 01.89 +36 25 05.3 V 703
2021-11-27 05:30:35 C 02 55 00.89 +36 24 59.9 V 703
2021-11-27 05:39:01 C 02 54 59.88 +36 24 54.1 V 703
2021-11-27 05:47:20 C 02 54 58.87 +36 24 48.5 V 703
2021-11-27 10:01:49 C 02 54 28.97 +36 21 57.7 V T08
2021-11-27 10:39:07 C 02 54 24.52 +36 21 31.9 V T08
2021-11-27 10:52:10 C 02 54 22.98 +36 21 22.8 V T08
2021-11-27 11:14:01 C 02 54 20.37 +36 21 07.7 V T08
2021-11-28 09:24:34 C 02 51 46.26 +36 05 52.8 V T08
2021-11-28 09:38:31 C 02 51 44.61 +36 05 43.0 V T08
2021-11-28 09:42:29 C 02 51 44.15 +36 05 40.3 V T08
2021-11-28 09:47:07 C 02 51 43.61 +36 05 36.9 V T08
2021-11-28 09:55:05 C 02 51 42.66 +36 05 31.3 V T08
2021-11-28 09:55:45 C 02 51 42.59 +36 05 30.8 V T08
2021-11-28 10:13:01 C 02 51 40.56 +36 05 18.6 V T08
2021-11-28 10:43:49 C 02 51 36.945 +36 04 56.73 U F52
2021-11-28 11:00:15 C 02 51 35.019 +36 04 44.17 U F52
2021-11-28 11:16:49 C 02 51 33.080 +36 04 33.40 U F52
2021-11-28 11:33:23 C 02 51 31.141 +36 04 21.63 U F52
2021-11-29 20:52:48 C 02 47 43.57 +35 40 39.8 a 233
2021-11-29 20:59:29 C 02 47 42.82 +35 40 34.9 a 233
2021-11-29 21:05:35 C 02 47 42.09 +35 40 30.5 a 233
2021-11-29 21:11:38 C 02 47 41.40 +35 40 26.2 a 233
2021-11-29 21:17:43 C 02 47 40.73 +35 40 22.3 a 233
2021-11-30 04:39:30 C 02 46 51.04 +35 35 03.2 V 703
2021-11-30 04:47:09 C 02 46 50.19 +35 34 57.5 V 703
2021-11-30 04:54:48 C 02 46 49.38 +35 34 51.9 V 703
2021-11-30 12:39:25 C 02 45 57.391 +35 29 18.10 V P07
2021-11-30 13:54:19 C 02 45 48.890 +35 28 23.81 V P07
2021-11-30 15:06:35 C 02 45 40.654 +35 27 30.78 V P07
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)