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
2022-12-12 19:30:17 C 00 54 03.12 +28 28 10.9 Y N42
2022-12-12 19:33:36 C 00 54 03.09 +28 28 08.7 Y N42
2022-12-12 19:36:57 C 00 54 03.03 +28 28 06.3 Y N42
2022-12-12 19:40:18 C 00 54 02.98 +28 28 04.5 Y N42
2022-12-13 07:56:17 C 00 53 52.478 +28 20 10.54 V T05
2022-12-13 08:00:54 C 00 53 52.447 +28 20 07.48 V T05
2022-12-13 08:15:19 C 00 53 52.212 +28 19 58.76 V T05
2022-12-13 08:34:18 C 00 53 51.919 +28 19 46.02 V T05
2022-12-13 14:26:54 C 00 53 47.38 +28 15 58.2 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:30:14 C 00 53 47.33 +28 15 55.7 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:33:35 C 00 53 47.28 +28 15 53.6 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:36:55 C 00 53 47.23 +28 15 51.5 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:40:16 C 00 53 47.18 +28 15 49.3 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:43:36 C 00 53 47.13 +28 15 47.3 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:46:57 C 00 53 47.08 +28 15 45.2 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:50:16 C 00 53 47.04 +28 15 43.0 Y N42
2022-12-13 14:53:37 C 00 53 46.98 +28 15 40.8 Y N42
2022-12-13 16:20:28 C 00 53 45.73 +28 14 45.2 Y N42
2022-12-13 16:23:49 C 00 53 45.68 +28 14 43.2 Y N42
2022-12-13 16:27:09 C 00 53 45.64 +28 14 40.8 Y N42
2022-12-13 16:30:30 C 00 53 45.59 +28 14 38.8 Y N42
2022-12-13 16:33:50 C 00 53 45.54 +28 14 36.6 Y N42
2022-12-13 16:37:11 C 00 53 45.48 +28 14 34.5 Y N42
2022-12-15 13:20:19 C 00 53 14.77 +27 46 39.8 Y N42
2022-12-15 13:23:39 C 00 53 14.72 +27 46 37.6 Y N42
2022-12-15 13:27:00 C 00 53 14.69 +27 46 35.8 Y N42
2022-12-15 13:30:20 C 00 53 14.65 +27 46 33.9 Y N42
2022-12-15 13:33:41 C 00 53 14.61 +27 46 31.6 Y N42
2022-12-15 13:37:02 C 00 53 14.57 +27 46 29.5 Y N42
2022-12-15 18:04:20 C 00 53 11.69 +27 43 45.8 Y N42
2022-12-15 18:07:41 C 00 53 11.66 +27 43 43.7 Y N42
2022-12-15 18:11:01 C 00 53 11.63 +27 43 41.7 Y N42
2022-12-15 18:14:22 C 00 53 11.58 +27 43 39.6 Y N42
2022-12-15 18:17:42 C 00 53 11.55 +27 43 37.5 Y N42
2022-12-15 18:21:03 C 00 53 11.52 +27 43 35.6 Y N42
2022-12-15 18:24:23 C 00 53 11.48 +27 43 33.5 Y N42
2022-12-16 09:42:07 C 00 53 03.523 +27 34 22.62 q Q21
2022-12-16 09:49:40 C 00 53 03.466 +27 34 18.19 q Q21
2022-12-19 05:41:14 C 00 52 38.435 +26 55 11.75 V 703
2022-12-19 05:49:36 C 00 52 38.392 +26 55 07.14 V 703
2022-12-19 06:06:20 C 00 52 38.327 +26 54 57.82 V 703
2022-12-19 14:04:42 B 00 52 36.916 +26 50 33.33 W N86
2022-12-19 14:16:08 B 00 52 36.719 +26 50 27.71 W N86
2022-12-19 14:27:40 B 00 52 36.765 +26 50 21.02 W N86
2022-12-19 14:37:55 B 00 52 36.768 +26 50 14.99 W N86
2022-12-19 14:49:23 B 00 52 36.628 +26 50 08.81 W N86
2022-12-19 15:00:52 B 00 52 36.571 +26 50 03.24 W N86
2022-12-21 04:28:39 C 00 52 32.221 +26 29 54.67 V 703
2022-12-21 04:34:54 C 00 52 32.156 +26 29 51.04 V 703
2022-12-21 04:41:10 C 00 52 32.131 +26 29 47.83 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)