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
2022-11-14 09:15:13 C 01 26 34.990 +37 51 32.33 V T08
2022-11-14 09:23:52 C 01 26 34.224 +37 51 24.41 V T08
2022-11-14 09:38:31 C 01 26 32.926 +37 51 10.94 V T08
2022-11-16 08:43:32 C 01 22 38.162 +37 08 01.86 V T08
2022-11-16 08:48:52 C 01 22 37.728 +37 07 56.89 V T08
2022-11-16 08:54:43 C 01 22 37.231 +37 07 51.42 V T05
2022-11-16 08:59:59 C 01 22 36.794 +37 07 46.60 V T05
2022-11-16 09:08:32 C 01 22 36.098 +37 07 38.78 V T05
2022-11-16 09:24:12 C 01 22 34.802 +37 07 24.38 V T08
2022-11-16 09:24:14 C 01 22 34.822 +37 07 24.28 V T05
2022-11-16 09:34:53 C 01 22 33.958 +37 07 14.48 V T08
2022-11-17 03:35:33 C 01 21 08.806 +36 50 40.88 V 703
2022-11-17 03:43:16 C 01 21 08.190 +36 50 33.76 V 703
2022-11-17 03:51:00 C 01 21 07.567 +36 50 26.81 V 703
2022-11-17 03:58:44 C 01 21 06.908 +36 50 19.54 V 703
2022-11-17 08:55:44 C 01 20 43.663 +36 45 48.28 V T08
2022-11-17 09:07:01 C 01 20 42.775 +36 45 37.87 V T08
2022-11-17 09:11:40 C 01 20 42.394 +36 45 33.70 V T08
2022-11-18 12:37:36 C 01 18 37.961 +36 20 21.48 q Q21
2022-11-18 12:45:11 C 01 18 37.382 +36 20 14.32 q Q21
2022-11-19 08:49:39 C 01 17 09.684 +36 01 53.15 V T05
2022-11-19 09:03:53 C 01 17 08.628 +36 01 40.08 V T05
2022-11-19 09:25:50 C 01 17 07.027 +36 01 19.81 V T05
2022-11-19 09:40:37 C 01 17 05.933 +36 01 06.35 V T05
2022-11-20 03:35:58 C 01 15 50.584 +35 44 42.79 V 703
2022-11-20 03:43:38 C 01 15 50.029 +35 44 35.99 V 703
2022-11-20 03:51:21 C 01 15 49.507 +35 44 29.08 V 703
2022-11-20 03:59:08 C 01 15 48.910 +35 44 21.55 V 703
2022-11-20 19:39:14 C 01 14 44.65 +35 30 04.3 q L47
2022-11-20 19:41:54 C 01 14 44.48 +35 30 02.9 q L47
2022-11-20 19:44:34 C 01 14 44.27 +35 29 59.6 q L47
2022-11-20 20:03:48 C 01 14 43.04 +35 29 42.4 q L47
2022-11-20 20:27:23 C 01 14 41.43 +35 29 21.2 q L47
2022-11-22 00:57:28 C 01 12 48.80 +35 03 31.0 X Z02
2022-11-22 01:39:43 C 01 12 46.06 +35 02 52.3 X Z02
2022-11-22 02:21:57 C 01 12 43.34 +35 02 13.9 X Z02
2022-11-24 07:23:19 C 01 09 30.686 +34 14 47.72 V T08
2022-11-24 07:36:53 C 01 09 29.873 +34 14 35.52 V T08
2022-11-24 07:59:01 C 01 09 28.562 +34 14 15.72 V T08
2022-11-25 07:12:26 C 01 08 10.277 +33 53 44.63 V T08
2022-11-25 07:17:06 C 01 08 10.030 +33 53 40.63 V T08
2022-11-25 07:38:09 C 01 08 08.815 +33 53 22.20 V T08
2022-11-25 10:30:45 C 01 07 59.542 +33 50 48.23 q Q21
2022-11-25 10:38:20 C 01 07 59.098 +33 50 41.93 q Q21
2022-11-25 10:45:52 C 01 07 58.673 +33 50 35.56 q Q21
2022-11-25 10:53:26 C 01 07 58.274 +33 50 28.75 q Q21
2022-11-26 03:05:30 C 01 07 06.215 +33 36 18.22 V 703
2022-11-26 03:13:16 C 01 07 05.786 +33 36 11.70 V 703
2022-11-26 03:21:04 C 01 07 05.380 +33 36 04.72 V 703
2022-11-26 03:28:53 C 01 07 04.955 +33 35 57.80 V 703
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)