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
2022-11-26 03:36:51 C 01 07 04.523 +33 35 51.00 V G96
2022-11-26 03:45:01 C 01 07 04.076 +33 35 43.84 V G96
2022-11-26 03:53:13 C 01 07 03.630 +33 35 36.74 V G96
2022-11-26 04:01:31 C 01 07 03.173 +33 35 29.58 V G96
2022-11-29 03:10:31 C 01 03 35.521 +32 34 32.20 V 703
2022-11-29 03:18:12 C 01 03 35.129 +32 34 25.57 V 703
2022-11-29 03:25:58 C 01 03 34.736 +32 34 19.81 V 703
2022-11-29 03:33:47 C 01 03 34.420 +32 34 12.14 V 703
2022-12-01 08:39:34 C 01 01 20.309 +31 50 17.38 V T05
2022-12-01 08:44:14 C 01 01 20.098 +31 50 13.13 V T05
2022-12-01 08:52:42 C 01 01 19.757 +31 50 06.43 V T05
2022-12-01 09:28:31 C 01 01 18.319 +31 49 37.02 V T05
2022-12-02 05:46:50 C 01 00 31.838 +31 33 11.48 V 703
2022-12-02 05:54:38 C 01 00 31.583 +31 33 05.00 V 703
2022-12-02 06:10:12 C 01 00 30.960 +31 32 52.04 V 703
2022-12-05 00:58:44 C 00 58 15.45 +30 40 29.1 u H21
2022-12-05 01:01:31 C 00 58 15.37 +30 40 26.7 u H21
2022-12-05 01:04:18 C 00 58 15.26 +30 40 24.7 u H21
2022-12-05 01:07:04 C 00 58 15.18 +30 40 22.6 u H21
2022-12-05 01:09:51 C 00 58 15.09 +30 40 20.5 u H21
2022-12-05 01:12:38 C 00 58 15.01 +30 40 18.2 u H21
2022-12-05 01:14:57 C 00 58 14.92 +30 40 17.0 u H21
2022-12-11 12:45:58 C 00 54 33.10 +28 48 31.3 Y N42
2022-12-11 12:48:21 C 00 54 33.06 +28 48 29.5 Y N42
2022-12-11 12:50:43 C 00 54 33.03 +28 48 27.9 Y N42
2022-12-11 12:53:06 C 00 54 32.97 +28 48 26.3 Y N42
2022-12-11 12:55:28 C 00 54 32.94 +28 48 24.9 Y N42
2022-12-11 12:57:51 C 00 54 32.89 +28 48 23.2 Y N42
2022-12-11 16:03:08 C 00 54 29.49 +28 46 19.5 Y N42
2022-12-11 16:05:31 C 00 54 29.45 +28 46 17.7 Y N42
2022-12-11 16:07:53 C 00 54 29.41 +28 46 16.2 Y N42
2022-12-11 16:10:16 C 00 54 29.38 +28 46 14.7 Y N42
2022-12-11 16:12:38 C 00 54 29.31 +28 46 12.9 Y N42
2022-12-11 16:15:01 C 00 54 29.26 +28 46 11.1 Y N42
2022-12-11 19:24:57 C 00 54 25.92 +28 44 03.5 Y N42
2022-12-11 19:27:20 C 00 54 25.88 +28 44 01.9 Y N42
2022-12-11 19:29:42 C 00 54 25.84 +28 44 00.0 Y N42
2022-12-11 19:32:05 C 00 54 25.79 +28 43 58.3 Y N42
2022-12-11 19:34:27 C 00 54 25.77 +28 43 56.9 Y N42
2022-12-11 19:36:49 C 00 54 25.74 +28 43 55.8 Y N42
2022-12-11 19:39:12 C 00 54 25.67 +28 43 53.6 Y N42
2022-12-12 14:20:29 C 00 54 08.06 +28 31 34.3 Y N42
2022-12-12 14:23:49 C 00 54 08.01 +28 31 32.0 Y N42
2022-12-12 14:27:10 C 00 54 07.96 +28 31 29.8 Y N42
2022-12-12 14:30:30 C 00 54 07.90 +28 31 27.8 Y N42
2022-12-12 14:33:50 C 00 54 07.83 +28 31 25.4 Y N42
2022-12-12 14:37:11 C 00 54 07.79 +28 31 23.3 Y N42
2022-12-12 19:20:15 C 00 54 03.28 +28 28 17.5 Y N42
2022-12-12 19:23:35 C 00 54 03.23 +28 28 15.1 Y N42
2022-12-12 19:26:55 C 00 54 03.18 +28 28 13.0 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)