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
2022-10-17 09:48:21 C 02 45 28.978 +45 36 24.34 V T08
2022-10-17 10:22:18 C 02 45 24.437 +45 36 13.36 V T05
2022-10-17 10:24:11 C 02 45 24.161 +45 36 13.10 V T08
2022-10-17 10:24:55 C 02 45 24.091 +45 36 12.31 V T05
2022-10-17 10:29:28 C 02 45 23.479 +45 36 10.98 V T05
2022-10-17 10:37:17 C 02 45 22.433 +45 36 08.42 V T05
2022-10-18 11:21:39 C 02 42 06.602 +45 27 35.39 V T05
2022-10-18 11:26:13 C 02 42 05.993 +45 27 33.70 V T05
2022-10-18 11:33:38 C 02 42 04.975 +45 27 30.96 V T05
2022-10-18 12:24:43 C 02 41 58.092 +45 27 12.31 V T05
2022-10-19 06:07:15 C 02 39 37.998 +45 20 32.42 V G96
2022-10-19 06:14:37 C 02 39 36.983 +45 20 29.72 V G96
2022-10-19 06:21:59 C 02 39 35.996 +45 20 26.92 V G96
2022-10-19 06:29:22 C 02 39 35.010 +45 20 24.07 V G96
2022-10-19 12:16:36 C 02 38 48.612 +45 18 09.94 V T05
2022-10-19 12:21:12 C 02 38 47.966 +45 18 08.24 V T05
2022-10-19 12:32:19 C 02 38 46.476 +45 18 03.78 V T05
2022-10-21 14:32:13 S 02 32 08.786 +44 56 40.07 X 275
2022-10-22 12:25:05 C 02 29 15.04 +44 46 18.6 q Q11
2022-10-22 12:37:34 C 02 29 13.35 +44 46 12.7 q Q11
2022-10-22 12:49:52 C 02 29 11.70 +44 46 07.0 q Q11
2022-10-22 18:52:46 S 02 28 22.945 +44 43 07.52 X 275
2022-10-23 10:39:50 C 02 26 18.158 +44 35 11.69 V T05
2022-10-23 10:44:29 C 02 26 17.532 +44 35 09.35 V T05
2022-10-23 10:53:40 C 02 26 16.320 +44 35 04.56 V T05
2022-10-23 11:13:22 C 02 26 13.649 +44 34 54.34 V T05
2022-10-25 09:24:55 C 02 20 09.703 +44 09 43.88 V T08
2022-10-25 09:28:55 C 02 20 09.173 +44 09 41.58 V T08
2022-10-25 09:32:54 C 02 20 08.642 +44 09 39.24 V T08
2022-10-25 09:40:14 C 02 20 07.668 +44 09 35.10 V T08
2022-10-26 05:57:15 C 02 17 29.260 +43 57 40.39 V 703
2022-10-26 06:04:53 C 02 17 28.237 +43 57 36.25 V 703
2022-10-26 06:12:31 C 02 17 27.229 +43 57 31.14 V 703
2022-10-26 06:20:08 C 02 17 26.246 +43 57 27.11 V 703
2022-10-27 19:26:19 C 02 12 39.53 +43 34 25.1 V M26
2022-10-27 19:33:07 C 02 12 38.66 +43 34 20.8 V M26
2022-10-27 19:39:55 C 02 12 37.75 +43 34 16.8 V M26
2022-10-29 06:00:06 C 02 08 16.220 +43 11 38.90 V 703
2022-10-29 06:07:54 C 02 08 15.227 +43 11 34.22 V 703
2022-10-29 06:15:50 C 02 08 13.98 +43 11 26.8 V W24
2022-10-29 06:23:43 C 02 08 13.117 +43 11 22.42 V 703
2022-10-29 06:25:56 C 02 08 12.65 +43 11 19.9 V W24
2022-10-29 06:36:01 C 02 08 11.36 +43 11 13.5 V W24
2022-10-29 10:10:18 C 02 07 44.556 +43 08 50.39 V T08
2022-10-29 10:21:04 C 02 07 43.207 +43 08 43.15 V T08
2022-10-29 10:25:48 C 02 07 42.586 +43 08 39.84 V T08
2022-10-29 10:40:27 C 02 07 40.723 +43 08 29.76 V T08
2022-10-31 10:26:12 C 02 01 46.097 +42 34 41.52 V T05
2022-10-31 10:30:47 C 02 01 45.545 +42 34 38.17 V T05
2022-10-31 10:39:55 C 02 01 44.398 +42 34 31.33 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)