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
2022-08-30 14:42:22 C 04 11 51.058 +42 39 52.88 V T08
2022-08-30 14:59:20 C 04 11 50.856 +42 39 58.57 V T08
2022-09-01 13:09:46 C 04 11 12.343 +42 56 40.02 V T05
2022-09-01 13:15:03 C 04 11 12.257 +42 56 41.71 V T05
2022-09-01 13:26:12 C 04 11 12.053 +42 56 45.82 V T05
2022-09-01 13:40:38 C 04 11 11.844 +42 56 51.22 V T05
2022-09-02 07:48:14 S 04 10 52.850 +43 03 18.83 L C51
2022-09-11 12:48:18 C 04 04 28.812 +44 20 03.05 V T08
2022-09-11 12:50:58 C 04 04 28.668 +44 20 04.27 V T08
2022-09-11 12:52:58 C 04 04 28.598 +44 20 05.10 V T08
2022-09-11 12:54:17 C 04 04 28.531 +44 20 05.06 V T08
2022-09-11 12:58:17 C 04 04 28.368 +44 20 06.43 V T08
2022-09-11 13:01:38 C 04 04 28.200 +44 20 08.12 V T08
2022-09-15 10:38:19 C 04 00 08.626 +44 50 01.72 V T08
2022-09-15 10:40:59 C 04 00 08.496 +44 50 01.86 V T08
2022-09-15 10:44:58 C 04 00 08.256 +44 50 02.98 V T08
2022-09-15 11:16:09 C 04 00 06.631 +44 50 13.49 V T08
2022-09-19 09:41:48 C 03 54 39.766 +45 17 47.58 V G96
2022-09-19 09:51:31 C 03 54 39.146 +45 17 49.63 V G96
2022-09-19 10:10:57 C 03 54 37.836 +45 17 55.14 V G96
2022-09-19 11:49:15 C 03 54 31.810 +45 18 23.29 V T08
2022-09-19 12:59:16 C 03 54 27.175 +45 18 43.02 V T08
2022-09-19 13:05:55 C 03 54 26.724 +45 18 45.00 V T08
2022-09-21 12:24:41 C 03 51 16.702 +45 31 12.72 V T05
2022-09-21 12:48:59 C 03 51 14.966 +45 31 18.84 V T05
2022-09-21 12:54:53 C 03 51 14.537 +45 31 20.17 V T05
2022-09-21 12:59:26 C 03 51 14.213 +45 31 21.47 V T05
2022-09-21 23:39:21 C 03 50 29.071 +45 33 57.71 V K74
2022-09-21 23:43:25 C 03 50 28.771 +45 33 58.86 V K74
2022-09-21 23:46:58 C 03 50 28.522 +45 33 59.83 V K74
2022-09-23 22:29:08 C 03 46 59.92 +45 45 00.0 X G02
2022-09-23 22:39:41 C 03 46 59.13 +45 45 02.7 X G02
2022-09-23 22:53:14 C 03 46 58.04 +45 45 05.6 X G02
2022-09-23 23:00:46 C 03 46 57.45 +45 45 07.4 X G02
2022-09-25 08:28:20 C 03 44 17.44 +45 52 15.7 q U55
2022-09-25 08:44:07 C 03 44 16.00 +45 52 20.0 q U55
2022-09-25 09:00:05 C 03 44 14.65 +45 52 22.9 q U55
2022-09-27 06:54:19 C 03 40 21.23 +46 01 02.1 V U55
2022-09-27 07:02:11 C 03 40 20.55 +46 01 03.4 V U55
2022-09-27 07:10:00 C 03 40 19.89 +46 01 04.8 V U55
2022-09-27 12:44:59 C 03 39 50.069 +46 02 07.33 V T08
2022-09-27 13:21:18 C 03 39 46.776 +46 02 13.70 V T08
2022-09-27 13:23:58 C 03 39 46.541 +46 02 13.99 V T08
2022-09-27 13:28:37 C 03 39 46.104 +46 02 14.78 V T08
2022-10-01 09:51:13 C 03 31 03.331 +46 14 42.54 V T08
2022-10-01 09:53:13 C 03 31 03.132 +46 14 42.36 V T08
2022-10-01 09:55:12 C 03 31 02.914 +46 14 42.68 V T08
2022-10-01 09:57:12 C 03 31 02.717 +46 14 42.97 V T08
2022-10-01 10:01:52 C 03 31 02.220 +46 14 43.58 V T08
2022-10-01 10:04:31 C 03 31 01.954 +46 14 43.84 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)