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
2002-01-08 04:38:13 C 01 47 40.19 +23 00 47.6 17.6 c 704
2002-01-08 05:00:03 C 01 47 39.54 +23 00 32.6 17.5 c 704
2002-01-08 20:22:22 C 01 47 13.76 +22 50 03.8 c 938
2002-01-08 21:24:42 C 01 47 11.96 +22 49 20.3 c 938
2002-01-08 22:38:06 C 01 47 09.87 +22 48 31.1 c 938
2002-01-13 01:56:22 C 01 44 56.32 +21 44 38.4 c 711
2002-01-13 02:09:35 C 01 44 56.05 +21 44 30.2 c 711
2002-01-13 02:22:41 C 01 44 55.69 +21 44 22.6 c 711
2002-01-13 02:36:48 C 01 44 55.53 +21 44 13.6 c 711
2002-01-14 00:03:55 C 01 44 33.87 +21 31 15.9 c 785
2002-01-14 00:23:11 C 01 44 33.56 +21 31 04.4 c 785
2002-01-14 02:05:28 C 01 44 31.79 +21 30 02.8 c 785
2002-01-14 02:53:55 C 01 44 30.97 +21 29 33.6 c 785
2002-01-14 03:24:07 C 01 44 30.44 +21 29 15.5 c 785
2002-01-15 03:17:00 C 01 44 09.65 +21 15 16.7 711
2002-01-15 03:29:50 C 01 44 09.46 +21 15 09.1 711
2002-01-15 03:42:13 C 01 44 09.28 +21 15 01.9 711
2002-01-15 03:54:50 C 01 44 09.10 +21 14 54.6 711
2002-01-16 20:31:43 C 01 43 40.38 +20 51 54.8 c 938
2002-01-16 22:47:41 C 01 43 38.82 +20 50 39.1 c 938
2002-01-16 23:18:11 C 01 43 38.82 +20 50 23.0 c 785
2002-01-16 23:51:44 C 01 43 38.44 +20 50 05.9 c 785
2002-01-19 02:01:58 C 01 43 14.64 +20 23 13.4 17.7 c 704
2002-01-19 02:24:27 C 01 43 14.47 +20 23 01.0 17.7 c 704
2002-01-19 02:48:04 C 01 43 14.32 +20 22 49.2 17.7 c 704
2002-01-19 03:10:54 C 01 43 14.16 +20 22 37.5 17.9 c 704
2002-01-19 03:33:57 C 01 43 13.93 +20 22 25.0 17.7 c 704
2002-02-02 18:33:06 C 01 45 24.11 +17 54 30.5 c 113
2002-02-02 18:36:06 C 01 45 24.14 +17 54 29.8 c 113
2002-02-02 18:42:06 C 01 45 24.22 +17 54 27.4 c 113
2002-02-02 18:45:06 C 01 45 24.27 +17 54 26.5 c 113
2002-02-02 18:46:59 C 01 45 24.34 +17 54 25.9 c 113
2002-02-02 18:53:24 C 01 45 24.40 +17 54 23.5 c 613
2002-02-02 19:03:10 C 01 45 24.55 +17 54 20.5 c 613
2002-02-02 19:11:53 C 01 45 24.73 +17 54 17.9 c 613
2002-02-02 19:20:34 C 01 45 24.88 +17 54 14.6 c 613
2002-02-02 19:36:42 C 01 45 25.12 +17 54 09.8 c 613
2002-02-08 02:07:41 C 01 47 58.00 +17 15 26.6 17.5 c 704
2002-02-08 02:28:15 C 01 47 58.47 +17 15 21.0 17.8 c 704
2002-02-08 02:48:48 C 01 47 58.93 +17 15 15.3 17.8 c 704
2002-02-08 03:09:21 C 01 47 59.39 +17 15 09.5 17.9 c 704
2002-02-08 03:29:55 C 01 47 59.86 +17 15 03.8 17.9 c 704
2002-03-30 19:21:30 C 02 38 28.11 +13 22 36.1 16.2 939
2002-03-30 19:30:00 C 02 38 28.33 +13 22 34.3 16.1 939
2002-03-30 19:35:43 C 02 38 28.52 +13 22 32.6 16.1 939
2002-08-13 09:24:22 C 04 07 05.01 +38 45 26.9 18.3 c 704
2002-08-13 09:45:42 C 04 07 05.49 +38 45 33.7 18.6 c 704
2002-08-13 10:06:49 C 04 07 05.99 +38 45 41.0 18.7 c 704
2002-08-13 10:28:54 C 04 07 06.52 +38 45 47.4 18.6 c 704
2002-08-16 01:35:05 C 04 08 28.85 +39 06 02.4 c 198
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)