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
2022-02-04 05:53:46 C 01 50 02.48 +19 46 49.9 V T05
2022-02-05 05:10:31 C 01 50 37.19 +19 41 32.7 V T08
2022-02-05 05:15:10 C 01 50 37.34 +19 41 31.9 V T08
2022-02-05 05:40:55 C 01 50 37.92 +19 41 26.1 V T08
2022-02-05 06:05:00 C 01 50 38.52 +19 41 20.9 V T08
2022-02-14 03:38:26 C 01 57 04.63 +19 02 15.8 V 703
2022-02-14 03:46:02 C 01 57 04.92 +19 02 14.9 V 703
2022-02-14 03:53:39 C 01 57 05.22 +19 02 13.9 V 703
2022-02-14 04:01:16 C 01 57 05.44 +19 02 12.1 V 703
2022-02-14 06:13:47 C 01 57 10.05 +19 01 54.4 V T08
2022-02-14 06:22:26 C 01 57 10.29 +19 01 53.3 V T08
2022-02-14 06:28:24 C 01 57 10.56 +19 01 51.4 V T08
2022-02-14 06:43:42 C 01 57 11.08 +19 01 50.2 V T08
2022-02-14 16:06:34 C 01 57 30.76 +19 00 28.7 q C97
2022-02-14 16:20:00 C 01 57 31.22 +19 00 26.3 q C97
2022-02-14 16:30:55 C 01 57 31.59 +19 00 24.9 q C97
2022-02-16 05:54:46 C 01 58 52.08 +18 55 17.3 V T05
2022-02-16 06:00:45 C 01 58 52.32 +18 55 16.5 V T05
2022-02-16 06:08:39 C 01 58 52.58 +18 55 15.1 V T05
2022-02-16 06:23:11 C 01 58 53.07 +18 55 13.4 V T05
2022-02-20 02:50:15 C 02 02 25.94 +18 44 16.3 V 703
2022-02-20 02:58:29 C 02 02 26.25 +18 44 15.8 V 703
2022-02-20 03:06:43 C 02 02 26.61 +18 44 14.6 V 703
2022-02-20 03:14:57 C 02 02 26.91 +18 44 13.7 V 703
2022-02-27 02:54:35 C 02 09 40.68 +18 29 57.0 V 703
2022-02-27 03:02:49 C 02 09 41.10 +18 29 57.3 V 703
2022-02-27 03:11:03 C 02 09 41.45 +18 29 56.4 V 703
2022-02-27 03:19:17 C 02 09 41.84 +18 29 55.8 V 703
2022-03-03 02:26:51 C 02 14 14.13 +18 24 33.0 V 703
2022-03-03 02:55:21 C 02 14 15.55 +18 24 32.6 V 703
2022-03-03 03:03:32 C 02 14 15.95 +18 24 31.9 V 703
2022-03-09 03:02:22 C 02 21 42.47 +18 19 25.6 V 703
2022-03-09 03:10:34 C 02 21 42.89 +18 19 25.2 V 703
2022-03-09 03:18:46 C 02 21 43.32 +18 19 24.9 V 703
2022-03-09 03:26:59 C 02 21 43.74 +18 19 24.8 V 703
2022-03-13 02:34:21 C 02 27 00.56 +18 17 36.9 V 703
2022-03-13 02:42:35 C 02 27 01.08 +18 17 36.1 V 703
2022-03-13 02:50:48 C 02 27 01.58 +18 17 34.8 V 703
2022-03-13 02:59:02 C 02 27 02.14 +18 17 35.2 V 703
2022-06-26 11:21:55 C 03 19 50.791 +32 29 13.20 U I41
2022-06-26 11:25:20 C 03 19 50.990 +32 29 14.89 U I41
2022-06-26 11:28:44 C 03 19 51.199 +32 29 16.58 U I41
2022-06-26 11:32:09 C 03 19 51.410 +32 29 18.31 U I41
2022-06-26 11:35:32 C 03 19 51.619 +32 29 20.00 U I41
2022-06-27 11:19:40 C 03 21 18.730 +32 40 48.00 U I41
2022-06-27 11:23:04 C 03 21 18.941 +32 40 49.69 U I41
2022-06-27 11:26:30 C 03 21 19.140 +32 40 51.38 U I41
2022-06-27 11:29:54 C 03 21 19.349 +32 40 53.18 U I41
2022-06-27 11:33:19 C 03 21 19.550 +32 40 54.80 U I41
2022-07-03 11:26:18 C 03 29 51.850 +33 47 15.00 U I41
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)