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
2021-11-30 15:10:49 C 02 45 40.166 +35 27 27.76 V P07
2021-12-02 12:13:33 C 02 40 44.018 +34 53 48.12 V P07
2021-12-02 13:15:57 C 02 40 37.159 +34 53 01.21 V P07
2021-12-02 14:27:38 C 02 40 29.280 +34 52 06.78 V P07
2021-12-02 15:37:59 C 02 40 21.583 +34 51 12.67 V P07
2021-12-03 03:37:19 C 02 39 04.96 +34 41 57.4 V 703
2021-12-03 03:44:53 C 02 39 04.13 +34 41 51.6 V 703
2021-12-03 03:52:29 C 02 39 03.30 +34 41 45.9 V 703
2021-12-03 04:00:03 C 02 39 02.50 +34 41 39.9 V 703
2021-12-03 20:40:29 C 02 37 16.60 +34 28 46.4 V 130
2021-12-03 20:42:38 C 02 37 16.38 +34 28 44.7 V 130
2021-12-03 20:44:46 C 02 37 16.16 +34 28 43.0 V 130
2021-12-03 20:46:55 C 02 37 15.94 +34 28 41.4 V 130
2021-12-06 03:35:47 C 02 31 39.39 +33 45 33.8 V 703
2021-12-06 03:43:15 C 02 31 38.67 +33 45 29.3 V 703
2021-12-06 03:50:42 C 02 31 37.87 +33 45 22.2 V 703
2021-12-06 03:58:09 C 02 31 37.10 +33 45 15.9 V 703
2021-12-07 19:59:27 C 02 27 42.60 +33 13 04.8 V K74
2021-12-07 20:03:55 C 02 27 42.17 +33 13 01.5 V K74
2021-12-07 20:06:08 C 02 27 41.95 +33 12 59.5 V K74
2021-12-09 07:40:26 C 02 24 21.95 +32 44 08.5 V T08
2021-12-09 07:49:24 C 02 24 21.10 +32 44 01.1 V T08
2021-12-09 07:54:16 C 02 24 20.64 +32 43 57.1 V T08
2021-12-09 08:11:12 C 02 24 19.04 +32 43 43.4 V T08
2021-12-12 03:06:39 C 02 18 25.56 +31 48 50.5 V 703
2021-12-12 03:14:26 C 02 18 24.85 +31 48 44.2 V 703
2021-12-12 03:22:16 C 02 18 24.23 +31 48 37.7 V 703
2021-12-12 03:30:15 C 02 18 23.52 +31 48 31.0 V 703
2021-12-13 07:31:14 C 02 16 04.24 +31 25 31.5 V T08
2021-12-13 07:35:56 C 02 16 03.81 +31 25 27.7 V T08
2021-12-13 07:46:53 C 02 16 02.90 +31 25 18.6 V T08
2021-12-13 08:06:59 C 02 16 01.27 +31 25 02.2 V T08
2021-12-20 20:21:29 C 02 03 13.76 +28 59 20.4 X K87
2021-12-20 20:24:39 C 02 03 13.57 +28 59 18.0 X K87
2021-12-20 20:27:49 C 02 03 13.37 +28 59 15.5 X K87
2021-12-21 05:00:49 C 02 02 42.33 +28 52 34.7 V G96
2021-12-21 05:08:13 C 02 02 41.87 +28 52 28.8 V G96
2021-12-21 05:15:38 C 02 02 41.42 +28 52 23.1 V G96
2021-12-21 05:23:03 C 02 02 40.96 +28 52 17.3 V G96
2021-12-21 06:42:11 C 02 02 36.16 +28 51 14.9 V 703
2021-12-21 06:49:52 C 02 02 35.65 +28 51 08.3 V 703
2021-12-21 06:57:32 C 02 02 35.18 +28 51 02.4 V 703
2021-12-21 07:05:13 C 02 02 34.70 +28 50 56.6 V 703
2021-12-21 09:39:48 C 02 02 25.50 +28 48 56.7 V T08
2021-12-21 09:44:27 C 02 02 25.23 +28 48 53.2 V T08
2021-12-21 09:53:47 C 02 02 24.66 +28 48 46.0 V T08
2021-12-21 10:08:24 C 02 02 23.79 +28 48 35.0 V T08
2021-12-25 05:58:37 C 01 57 25.03 +27 38 27.1 V T08
2021-12-25 06:03:16 C 01 57 24.78 +27 38 23.5 V T08
2021-12-25 06:04:35 C 01 57 24.72 +27 38 22.7 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)