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
2021-12-25 06:13:44 C 01 57 24.25 +27 38 15.8 V T08
2021-12-25 06:25:53 C 01 57 23.65 +27 38 06.9 V T08
2021-12-25 06:28:32 C 01 57 23.49 +27 38 04.7 V T08
2021-12-27 04:13:50 C 01 55 14.74 +27 04 28.1 V 703
2021-12-27 04:22:04 C 01 55 14.38 +27 04 21.9 V 703
2021-12-27 04:30:17 C 01 55 14.00 +27 04 16.0 V 703
2021-12-27 04:38:29 C 01 55 13.62 +27 04 10.2 V 703
2022-01-01 23:21:43 C 01 50 02.15 +25 28 46.7 V 204
2022-01-02 00:00:17 C 01 50 00.99 +25 28 21.0 V 204
2022-01-02 05:26:28 S 01 49 51.26 +25 24 53.1 L C51
2022-01-02 11:42:44 S 01 49 40.19 +25 20 50.3 L C51
2022-01-02 13:16:59 S 01 49 37.43 +25 19 49.1 L C51
2022-01-02 14:51:03 S 01 49 34.63 +25 18 49.2 L C51
2022-01-02 16:24:56 S 01 49 31.94 +25 17 49.1 L C51
2022-01-02 16:25:07 S 01 49 31.894 +25 17 48.23 L C51
2022-01-04 04:20:10 C 01 48 32.91 +24 55 11.0 V 703
2022-01-04 04:28:24 C 01 48 32.68 +24 55 06.0 V 703
2022-01-04 04:36:38 C 01 48 32.47 +24 55 00.7 V 703
2022-01-04 04:44:52 C 01 48 32.25 +24 54 55.9 V 703
2022-01-04 06:11:19 C 01 48 29.96 +24 54 01.2 V 703
2022-01-04 06:19:33 C 01 48 29.73 +24 53 56.4 V 703
2022-01-04 06:27:46 C 01 48 29.52 +24 53 51.4 V 703
2022-01-04 06:35:59 C 01 48 29.29 +24 53 46.5 V 703
2022-01-05 03:13:53 C 01 47 59.20 +24 41 09.1 V G96
2022-01-05 03:22:10 C 01 47 58.99 +24 41 04.1 V G96
2022-01-05 03:30:28 C 01 47 58.78 +24 40 59.0 V G96
2022-01-05 03:38:43 C 01 47 58.58 +24 40 53.9 V G96
2022-01-06 13:02:04 C 01 47 14.34 +24 20 58.9 V D29
2022-01-06 13:24:59 C 01 47 13.86 +24 20 45.5 V D29
2022-01-08 07:26:50 C 01 46 26.57 +23 56 38.9 V T05
2022-01-08 07:31:27 C 01 46 26.48 +23 56 36.6 V T05
2022-01-08 07:40:41 C 01 46 26.31 +23 56 31.3 V T05
2022-01-08 07:59:52 C 01 46 25.95 +23 56 20.3 V T05
2022-01-10 05:47:00 C 01 45 44.89 +23 31 15.2 V T08
2022-01-10 05:51:39 C 01 45 44.81 +23 31 13.3 V T08
2022-01-10 05:58:59 C 01 45 44.72 +23 31 08.9 V T08
2022-01-10 06:13:06 C 01 45 44.47 +23 31 01.4 V T08
2022-01-12 05:46:09 C 01 45 12.50 +23 06 15.4 V T05
2022-01-12 05:57:34 C 01 45 12.40 +23 06 09.9 V T05
2022-01-12 06:11:43 C 01 45 12.21 +23 06 02.4 V T05
2022-01-14 06:45:40 C 01 44 50.307 +22 42 06.70 U F52
2022-01-14 07:03:03 C 01 44 50.178 +22 41 58.34 U F52
2022-01-14 07:20:20 C 01 44 50.060 +22 41 49.95 U F52
2022-01-14 07:21:13 C 01 44 50.05 +22 41 49.7 V T08
2022-01-14 07:25:53 C 01 44 49.98 +22 41 47.1 V T08
2022-01-14 07:33:57 C 01 44 49.95 +22 41 42.9 V T08
2022-01-14 07:37:36 C 01 44 49.940 +22 41 41.63 U F52
2022-01-14 07:52:19 C 01 44 49.84 +22 41 34.7 V T08
2022-01-15 04:24:12 C 01 44 43.91 +22 31 51.1 V 703
2022-01-15 04:31:54 C 01 44 43.80 +22 31 47.7 V 703
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)