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
2022-10-31 10:54:17 C 02 01 42.602 +42 34 20.86 V T05
2022-11-01 05:25:33 C 01 59 28.345 +42 20 36.67 V G96
2022-11-01 05:26:53 C 01 59 28.205 +42 20 35.88 V 703
2022-11-01 05:32:54 C 01 59 27.452 +42 20 31.24 V G96
2022-11-01 05:34:38 C 01 59 27.258 +42 20 29.94 V 703
2022-11-01 05:40:16 C 01 59 26.545 +42 20 25.69 V G96
2022-11-01 05:42:25 C 01 59 26.297 +42 20 24.07 V 703
2022-11-01 05:47:38 C 01 59 25.645 +42 20 20.29 V G96
2022-11-01 05:50:14 C 01 59 25.321 +42 20 18.42 V 703
2022-11-01 15:22:45 C 01 58 16.87 +42 13 05.0 Y N42
2022-11-01 15:24:00 C 01 58 16.73 +42 13 04.1 Y N42
2022-11-01 15:25:15 C 01 58 16.60 +42 13 03.1 Y N42
2022-11-01 15:58:57 C 01 58 12.48 +42 12 37.8 Y N42
2022-11-01 16:00:11 C 01 58 12.32 +42 12 36.7 Y N42
2022-11-01 16:01:26 C 01 58 12.18 +42 12 36.0 Y N42
2022-11-01 16:02:41 C 01 58 12.03 +42 12 35.0 Y N42
2022-11-02 04:55:20 C 01 56 40.186 +42 02 46.03 V G96
2022-11-02 05:02:50 C 01 56 39.275 +42 02 40.34 V G96
2022-11-02 05:10:22 C 01 56 38.375 +42 02 34.62 V G96
2022-11-02 05:17:53 C 01 56 37.471 +42 02 28.82 V G96
2022-11-10 09:28:10 C 01 35 22.531 +39 18 07.38 V T08
2022-11-10 09:32:50 C 01 35 22.051 +39 18 03.56 V T08
2022-11-10 09:40:50 C 01 35 21.254 +39 17 56.18 V T08
2022-11-10 09:44:09 C 01 35 20.933 +39 17 53.23 V T08
2022-11-10 09:48:09 C 01 35 20.537 +39 17 49.92 V T08
2022-11-10 09:55:30 C 01 35 19.814 +39 17 42.86 V T08
2022-11-10 09:57:29 C 01 35 19.632 +39 17 41.17 V T08
2022-11-10 10:48:11 C 01 35 14.578 +39 16 55.67 V T08
2022-11-10 11:45:43 C 01 35 08.863 +39 16 03.68 V T05
2022-11-10 11:50:17 C 01 35 08.426 +39 15 59.83 V T05
2022-11-10 11:58:09 C 01 35 07.646 +39 15 52.49 V T05
2022-11-10 12:47:55 C 01 35 02.719 +39 15 07.49 V T05
2022-11-10 14:21:05 C 01 34 54.43 +39 13 42.9 Y N42
2022-11-10 14:22:26 C 01 34 54.30 +39 13 41.6 Y N42
2022-11-10 14:23:47 C 01 34 54.16 +39 13 40.5 Y N42
2022-11-10 14:25:08 C 01 34 54.04 +39 13 39.2 Y N42
2022-11-10 21:07:55 C 01 34 14.53 +39 07 38.8 Y N42
2022-11-10 21:09:16 C 01 34 14.39 +39 07 37.6 Y N42
2022-11-10 21:10:10 C 01 34 14.748 +39 07 37.85 X K74
2022-11-10 21:10:37 C 01 34 14.29 +39 07 36.4 Y N42
2022-11-10 21:11:57 C 01 34 14.15 +39 07 35.3 Y N42
2022-11-10 21:14:37 C 01 34 14.297 +39 07 33.92 X K74
2022-11-10 21:18:31 C 01 34 13.934 +39 07 30.32 X K74
2022-11-11 12:32:16 C 01 32 46.937 +38 53 52.15 q Q21
2022-11-11 12:40:34 C 01 32 46.181 +38 53 44.88 q Q21
2022-11-11 12:48:09 C 01 32 45.422 +38 53 38.18 q Q21
2022-11-11 13:53:24 C 01 32 39.56 +38 52 37.7 Y N42
2022-11-11 13:55:15 C 01 32 39.38 +38 52 35.9 Y N42
2022-11-11 13:57:05 C 01 32 39.20 +38 52 34.3 Y N42
2022-11-11 13:58:55 C 01 32 39.02 +38 52 32.8 Y N42
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)