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
2022-10-01 10:37:46 C 03 30 58.577 +46 14 47.51 V T08
2022-10-01 10:40:26 C 03 30 58.306 +46 14 47.83 V T08
2022-10-02 22:18:15 C 03 27 19.687 +46 17 40.42 V Z80
2022-10-02 22:23:14 C 03 27 19.130 +46 17 40.92 V Z80
2022-10-02 22:28:14 C 03 27 18.581 +46 17 40.45 V Z80
2022-10-04 05:53:31 C 03 23 58.57 +46 19 19.1 V U55
2022-10-04 06:05:30 C 03 23 57.27 +46 19 19.6 V U55
2022-10-04 06:17:28 C 03 23 55.98 +46 19 20.1 V U55
2022-10-04 07:23:56 C 03 23 48.73 +46 19 22.9 q U55
2022-10-04 07:39:50 C 03 23 46.94 +46 19 23.5 q U55
2022-10-04 07:56:02 C 03 23 45.12 +46 19 24.9 q U55
2022-10-05 00:52:10 C 03 21 54.324 +46 19 53.65 V K74
2022-10-05 00:56:36 C 03 21 53.772 +46 19 53.65 V K74
2022-10-05 01:00:30 C 03 21 53.364 +46 19 53.65 V K74
2022-10-05 09:01:01 C 03 21 00.299 +46 20 03.80 V G96
2022-10-05 09:08:24 C 03 20 59.453 +46 20 03.05 V G96
2022-10-05 09:15:50 C 03 20 58.614 +46 20 03.19 V G96
2022-10-05 09:23:28 C 03 20 57.750 +46 20 03.44 V G96
2022-10-05 13:47:32 C 03 20 28.181 +46 20 06.58 V T08
2022-10-05 13:52:12 C 03 20 27.672 +46 20 06.83 V T08
2022-10-05 14:18:57 C 03 20 24.624 +46 20 06.83 V T08
2022-10-07 00:53:10 C 03 16 30.259 +46 19 39.58 X K74
2022-10-07 00:57:37 C 03 16 29.702 +46 19 39.43 X K74
2022-10-07 01:01:31 C 03 16 29.297 +46 19 39.50 X K74
2022-10-07 11:49:49 C 03 15 14.465 +46 19 19.20 V T05
2022-10-07 11:54:27 C 03 15 13.922 +46 19 18.98 V T05
2022-10-07 12:02:16 C 03 15 13.003 +46 19 18.73 V T05
2022-10-07 12:12:04 C 03 15 11.834 +46 19 18.19 V T05
2022-10-07 21:46:50 C 03 14 05.225 +46 18 46.40 V Z80
2022-10-07 21:53:57 C 03 14 04.402 +46 18 46.01 V Z80
2022-10-07 22:01:04 C 03 14 03.535 +46 18 45.61 V Z80
2022-10-11 22:58:19 C 03 02 18.824 +46 08 24.52 X B72
2022-10-11 23:00:26 C 03 02 18.573 +46 08 24.45 X B72
2022-10-11 23:01:31 C 03 02 18.444 +46 08 24.22 X B72
2022-10-11 23:02:35 C 03 02 18.310 +46 08 24.31 X B72
2022-10-11 23:03:40 C 03 02 18.152 +46 08 23.93 X B72
2022-10-11 23:04:45 C 03 02 18.033 +46 08 23.52 X B72
2022-10-11 23:05:50 C 03 02 17.885 +46 08 23.45 X B72
2022-10-11 23:06:55 C 03 02 17.742 +46 08 23.30 X B72
2022-10-11 23:08:00 C 03 02 17.607 +46 08 23.39 X B72
2022-10-11 23:09:05 C 03 02 17.476 +46 08 22.97 X B72
2022-10-11 23:10:10 C 03 02 17.362 +46 08 22.70 X B72
2022-10-11 23:11:15 C 03 02 17.202 +46 08 22.22 X B72
2022-10-11 23:12:20 C 03 02 17.070 +46 08 22.49 X B72
2022-10-11 23:13:25 C 03 02 16.923 +46 08 22.04 X B72
2022-10-15 11:36:48 C 02 51 30.950 +45 50 12.70 V T05
2022-10-15 11:41:23 C 02 51 30.377 +45 50 11.29 V T05
2022-10-15 12:05:01 C 02 51 27.209 +45 50 04.85 V T05
2022-10-17 09:20:56 C 02 45 32.652 +45 36 33.08 V T08
2022-10-17 09:28:16 C 02 45 31.661 +45 36 30.85 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)