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
2001-12-15 19:58:23 C 02 21 45.57 +30 50 33.6 c 947
2001-12-15 20:05:39 C 02 21 44.84 +30 50 27.2 c 947
2001-12-15 21:45:24 C 02 21 35.16 +30 48 55.0 c 947
2001-12-15 21:47:36 C 02 21 34.95 +30 48 52.9 c 947
2001-12-17 17:11:45 C 02 17 34.06 +30 08 40.4 c 185
2001-12-17 17:25:46 C 02 17 32.79 +30 08 27.5 151
2001-12-17 17:25:54 C 02 17 32.76 +30 08 27.3 c 185
2001-12-17 17:32:27 C 02 17 32.17 +30 08 21.3 151
2001-12-17 17:37:15 C 02 17 31.72 +30 08 17.0 151
2001-12-17 17:40:27 C 02 17 31.42 +30 08 14.0 151
2001-12-17 17:46:13 C 02 17 30.91 +30 08 08.8 151
2001-12-17 17:50:22 C 02 17 30.53 +30 08 05.1 151
2001-12-18 04:47:02 C 02 16 31.77 +29 57 59.8 c 699
2001-12-18 05:22:58 C 02 16 28.51 +29 57 26.6 c 699
2001-12-18 05:58:58 C 02 16 25.26 +29 56 52.9 c 699
2001-12-18 06:34:57 C 02 16 22.03 +29 56 19.4 c 699
2001-12-21 03:27:35 C 02 10 36.47 +28 53 04.1 16.8 c 704
2001-12-21 03:49:02 C 02 10 34.68 +28 52 44.8 17.7 c 704
2001-12-21 04:10:44 C 02 10 32.93 +28 52 24.7 17.4 c 704
2001-12-21 04:32:14 C 02 10 31.14 +28 52 06.1 17.1 c 704
2001-12-21 04:53:43 C 02 10 29.44 +28 51 45.9 17.2 c 704
2001-12-23 03:21:03 C 02 06 57.64 +28 09 45.8 17.0 c 704
2001-12-23 03:43:05 C 02 06 55.98 +28 09 25.9 17.3 c 704
2001-12-23 04:05:06 C 02 06 54.33 +28 09 06.2 17.0 c 704
2001-12-23 04:27:08 C 02 06 52.67 +28 08 46.3 17.0 c 704
2001-12-23 04:49:16 C 02 06 51.01 +28 08 26.3 17.3 c 704
2001-12-30 18:43:06 C 01 55 39.01 +25 32 26.0 151
2001-12-30 18:45:57 C 01 55 38.90 +25 32 23.8 151
2001-12-30 18:51:25 C 01 55 38.56 +25 32 19.7 151
2001-12-30 18:55:46 C 01 55 38.35 +25 32 16.1 151
2002-01-01 19:25:00 C 01 53 19.16 +24 53 35.3 151
2002-01-01 19:27:54 C 01 53 19.00 +24 53 33.1 151
2002-01-01 19:30:32 C 01 53 18.89 +24 53 31.2 151
2002-01-01 19:35:12 C 01 53 18.68 +24 53 27.3 151
2002-01-04 18:54:04 C 01 50 22.58 +23 59 06.8 c 113
2002-01-04 18:57:57 C 01 50 22.37 +23 59 04.5 c 113
2002-01-04 19:01:51 C 01 50 22.25 +23 59 02.2 c 113
2002-01-05 02:06:36 V 01 50 06.42 +23 53 49.5 17.0 d 247
2002-01-05 02:06:36 v 1 282.1385 +39.0796 d 247
2002-01-05 02:46:40 V 01 50 04.93 +23 53 19.4 17.1 d 247
2002-01-05 02:46:40 v 1 282.1385 +39.0796 d 247
2002-01-05 03:32:16 V 01 50 03.23 +23 52 46.0 17.3 d 247
2002-01-05 03:32:16 v 1 282.1385 +39.0796 d 247
2002-01-06 02:23:45 C 01 49 15.27 +23 36 10.1 c 699
2002-01-06 03:02:59 C 01 49 13.84 +23 35 41.7 c 699
2002-01-06 03:42:14 C 01 49 12.45 +23 35 13.5 c 699
2002-01-06 04:21:36 C 01 49 11.05 +23 34 45.0 c 699
2002-01-08 03:33:09 C 01 47 42.16 +23 01 32.6 17.4 c 704
2002-01-08 03:54:50 C 01 47 41.51 +23 01 17.7 17.6 c 704
2002-01-08 04:16:33 C 01 47 40.85 +23 01 02.6 17.4 c 704
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)