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
2022-11-11 14:00:46 C 01 32 38.85 +38 52 30.9 Y N42
2022-11-11 18:23:56 C 01 32 13.72 +38 48 34.8 Y N42
2022-11-11 18:25:47 C 01 32 13.53 +38 48 33.1 Y N42
2022-11-11 18:27:38 C 01 32 13.37 +38 48 31.4 Y N42
2022-11-11 18:29:27 C 01 32 13.18 +38 48 29.9 Y N42
2022-11-12 07:23:36 C 01 31 01.283 +38 36 52.24 V G96
2022-11-12 07:31:05 C 01 31 00.577 +38 36 45.43 V G96
2022-11-12 07:38:33 C 01 30 59.879 +38 36 38.59 V G96
2022-11-12 07:46:02 C 01 30 59.177 +38 36 31.75 V G96
2022-11-12 08:27:43 C 01 30 55.618 +38 35 56.11 V T08
2022-11-12 08:33:42 C 01 30 55.046 +38 35 50.71 V T08
2022-11-12 09:06:45 C 01 30 51.931 +38 35 20.87 V T08
2022-11-12 09:32:03 C 01 30 49.572 +38 34 58.01 V T08
2022-11-12 14:53:41 C 01 30 20.47 +38 30 03.3 Y N42
2022-11-12 14:55:32 C 01 30 20.31 +38 30 01.6 Y N42
2022-11-12 14:57:22 C 01 30 20.14 +38 30 00.0 Y N42
2022-11-12 14:59:13 C 01 30 19.97 +38 29 58.4 Y N42
2022-11-12 15:01:03 C 01 30 19.80 +38 29 56.7 Y N42
2022-11-12 17:22:06 B 01 30 06.740 +38 27 48.57 W N86
2022-11-12 17:34:08 B 01 30 05.593 +38 27 37.75 W N86
2022-11-12 17:46:16 B 01 30 04.536 +38 27 26.90 W N86
2022-11-12 20:56:52 C 01 29 46.95 +38 24 32.9 Y N42
2022-11-12 20:58:43 C 01 29 46.78 +38 24 31.2 Y N42
2022-11-12 21:00:33 C 01 29 46.62 +38 24 29.5 Y N42
2022-11-12 21:02:25 C 01 29 46.47 +38 24 27.8 Y N42
2022-11-13 00:17:17 C 01 29 28.98 +38 21 31.6 X L63
2022-11-13 00:28:47 C 01 29 27.92 +38 21 20.9 X L63
2022-11-13 00:39:46 C 01 29 26.88 +38 21 10.8 X L63
2022-11-13 09:11:58 C 01 28 41.302 +38 13 28.81 V T08
2022-11-13 09:16:37 C 01 28 40.860 +38 13 24.85 V T08
2022-11-13 09:53:20 C 01 28 37.493 +38 12 51.26 V T08
2022-11-13 10:18:33 C 01 28 35.222 +38 12 28.12 V T08
2022-11-13 17:20:37 C 01 27 58.46 +38 05 59.4 V G33
2022-11-13 17:22:16 C 01 27 58.35 +38 05 57.6 V G33
2022-11-13 17:23:59 C 01 27 58.19 +38 05 55.9 V G33
2022-11-13 17:25:40 C 01 27 58.03 +38 05 54.5 V G33
2022-11-13 17:27:21 C 01 27 57.87 +38 05 53.4 V G33
2022-11-13 17:29:02 C 01 27 57.71 +38 05 51.5 V G33
2022-11-13 19:28:47 C 01 27 47.10 +38 04 03.2 V C23
2022-11-13 19:34:57 C 01 27 46.54 +38 03 57.7 V C23
2022-11-13 19:39:15 C 01 27 46.15 +38 03 53.9 V C23
2022-11-14 06:19:55 C 01 26 50.111 +37 54 10.98 V 703
2022-11-14 06:27:07 C 01 26 49.481 +37 54 04.64 V 703
2022-11-14 06:34:16 C 01 26 48.840 +37 53 58.02 V 703
2022-11-14 06:41:24 C 01 26 48.203 +37 53 51.43 V 703
2022-11-14 06:51:59 C 01 26 47.645 +37 53 42.86 V T05
2022-11-14 06:54:35 C 01 26 47.412 +37 53 40.67 V T05
2022-11-14 06:59:14 C 01 26 47.011 +37 53 36.35 V T05
2022-11-14 07:32:38 C 01 26 44.047 +37 53 05.93 V T05
2022-11-14 09:09:14 C 01 26 35.508 +37 51 37.87 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)