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
2022-01-15 04:39:36 C 01 44 43.83 +22 31 43.5 V 703
2022-01-15 04:47:18 C 01 44 43.72 +22 31 39.0 V 703
2022-01-17 16:51:56 C 01 44 36.84 +22 04 40.2 q C97
2022-01-17 16:59:10 C 01 44 36.78 +22 04 37.4 q C97
2022-01-17 17:01:34 C 01 44 36.73 +22 04 36.7 q C97
2022-01-18 05:24:10 C 01 44 37.31 +21 59 18.3 V T08
2022-01-18 05:28:48 C 01 44 37.28 +21 59 16.4 V T08
2022-01-18 05:36:45 C 01 44 37.29 +21 59 12.9 V T08
2022-01-18 05:54:04 C 01 44 37.29 +21 59 05.5 V T08
2022-01-21 18:52:08 C 01 44 56.67 +21 24 46.9 V G17
2022-01-21 19:37:33 C 01 44 56.93 +21 24 29.5 V G17
2022-01-21 19:59:48 C 01 44 57.08 +21 24 20.3 V G17
2022-01-22 07:52:16 C 01 45 01.89 +21 19 53.6 V T08
2022-01-22 07:56:58 C 01 45 01.94 +21 19 52.3 V T08
2022-01-22 07:57:38 C 01 45 01.97 +21 19 51.4 V T08
2022-01-22 08:08:16 C 01 45 02.01 +21 19 47.2 V T08
2022-01-22 08:20:25 C 01 45 02.15 +21 19 43.7 V T08
2022-01-22 08:26:27 C 01 45 02.15 +21 19 40.5 V T08
2022-01-22 08:46:52 C 01 45 02.21 +21 19 33.1 V T08
2022-01-24 07:40:31 C 01 45 27.11 +21 02 34.9 V T05
2022-01-24 07:45:08 C 01 45 27.19 +21 02 33.0 V T05
2022-01-24 07:53:03 C 01 45 27.24 +21 02 29.9 V T05
2022-01-24 08:07:34 C 01 45 27.39 +21 02 24.9 V T05
2022-01-25 14:59:53 C 01 45 48.34 +20 51 51.8 q C97
2022-01-25 15:05:57 C 01 45 48.35 +20 51 49.8 q C97
2022-01-25 15:12:01 C 01 45 48.43 +20 51 48.2 q C97
2022-01-26 18:09:50 C 01 46 09.03 +20 42 55.6 q C97
2022-01-26 18:15:52 C 01 46 09.09 +20 42 53.8 q C97
2022-01-26 18:21:55 C 01 46 09.16 +20 42 51.5 q C97
2022-01-27 05:13:25 C 01 46 18.44 +20 39 25.1 V T08
2022-01-27 05:18:05 C 01 46 18.51 +20 39 23.9 V T08
2022-01-27 05:44:45 C 01 46 18.86 +20 39 15.3 V T08
2022-01-27 06:09:31 C 01 46 19.16 +20 39 07.1 V T08
2022-01-28 05:08:39 C 01 46 39.84 +20 31 59.2 V T08
2022-01-28 05:16:01 C 01 46 39.96 +20 31 56.7 V T08
2022-01-28 05:51:56 C 01 46 40.45 +20 31 45.5 V T08
2022-01-28 05:56:36 C 01 46 40.52 +20 31 44.0 V T08
2022-01-30 05:48:25 C 01 47 29.14 +20 17 40.5 V T05
2022-01-30 05:56:32 C 01 47 29.29 +20 17 38.1 V T05
2022-01-30 06:01:09 C 01 47 29.37 +20 17 36.9 V T05
2022-01-31 07:02:01 C 01 47 57.63 +20 10 40.3 V T08
2022-01-31 07:16:38 C 01 47 57.90 +20 10 36.6 V T08
2022-01-31 07:21:17 C 01 47 57.98 +20 10 35.0 V T08
2022-01-31 07:29:55 C 01 47 58.12 +20 10 32.8 V T08
2022-02-03 06:03:26 C 01 49 28.61 +19 52 28.1 V T05
2022-02-03 06:09:23 C 01 49 28.73 +19 52 26.4 V T05
2022-02-03 06:18:36 C 01 49 28.93 +19 52 24.2 V T05
2022-02-03 06:33:47 C 01 49 29.28 +19 52 20.7 V T05
2022-02-04 05:26:22 C 01 50 01.85 +19 46 56.2 V T05
2022-02-04 05:41:47 C 01 50 02.22 +19 46 52.5 V T05
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)