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
2022-12-21 04:47:25 C 00 52 32.149 +26 29 44.52 V 703
2022-12-21 15:55:42 C 00 52 32.01 +26 23 56.6 q C97
2022-12-21 15:57:07 C 00 52 31.99 +26 23 55.9 q C97
2022-12-21 16:04:16 C 00 52 31.98 +26 23 52.1 q C97
2022-12-21 16:07:10 C 00 52 31.96 +26 23 50.1 q C97
2022-12-23 02:35:39 C 00 52 34.147 +26 06 17.93 V G96
2022-12-23 02:43:58 C 00 52 34.147 +26 06 14.11 V G96
2022-12-23 02:52:14 C 00 52 34.176 +26 06 09.76 V G96
2022-12-23 03:00:33 C 00 52 34.187 +26 06 05.62 V G96
2022-12-24 02:34:25 C 00 52 38.179 +25 54 32.08 V G96
2022-12-24 02:42:37 C 00 52 38.190 +25 54 28.08 V G96
2022-12-24 02:50:49 C 00 52 38.212 +25 54 24.08 V G96
2022-12-24 02:59:03 C 00 52 38.233 +25 54 20.12 V G96
2022-12-24 03:30:43 C 00 52 38.312 +25 54 04.57 V 703
2022-12-24 03:38:21 C 00 52 38.316 +25 54 01.15 V 703
2022-12-24 03:46:00 C 00 52 38.323 +25 53 57.62 V 703
2022-12-24 03:53:38 C 00 52 38.345 +25 53 54.06 V 703
2022-12-27 03:43:52 C 00 53 02.569 +25 20 45.24 V 703
2022-12-27 03:52:13 C 00 53 02.634 +25 20 41.32 V 703
2022-12-27 04:00:35 C 00 53 02.706 +25 20 37.54 V 703
2022-12-27 04:08:56 C 00 53 02.724 +25 20 34.55 V 703
2023-01-08 14:03:45 C 00 57 27.62 +23 33 45.5 V D29
2023-01-08 14:16:06 C 00 57 27.93 +23 33 42.1 V D29
2023-01-08 14:28:28 C 00 57 28.17 +23 33 38.7 V D29
2023-01-13 06:57:46 C 01 00 06.012 +23 04 50.45 V T05
2023-01-13 07:02:20 C 01 00 06.149 +23 04 49.58 V T05
2023-01-13 07:27:23 C 01 00 06.794 +23 04 44.11 V T05
2023-01-13 08:02:23 C 01 00 07.608 +23 04 36.05 V T05
2023-01-14 03:57:44 C 01 00 38.531 +23 00 04.61 V 703
2023-01-14 04:05:56 C 01 00 38.707 +23 00 02.95 V 703
2023-01-14 04:14:08 C 01 00 38.948 +23 00 00.29 V 703
2023-01-14 04:22:20 C 01 00 39.168 +22 59 59.21 V 703
2023-01-21 03:14:08 C 01 05 27.895 +22 28 41.84 V 703
2023-01-21 03:23:00 C 01 05 28.216 +22 28 40.04 V 703
2023-01-21 03:31:52 C 01 05 28.468 +22 28 38.24 V 703
2023-01-21 03:40:44 C 01 05 28.727 +22 28 38.06 V 703
2023-01-22 05:05:44 C 01 06 17.239 +22 24 51.08 V T05
2023-01-22 05:10:18 C 01 06 17.446 +22 24 49.18 V T05
2023-01-22 05:18:54 C 01 06 17.681 +22 24 47.70 V T05
2023-01-22 05:35:55 C 01 06 18.238 +22 24 45.36 V T05
2023-01-25 03:22:10 C 01 08 36.762 +22 15 30.92 V 703
2023-01-25 03:29:45 C 01 08 37.000 +22 15 30.67 V 703
2023-01-25 03:37:19 C 01 08 37.381 +22 15 28.66 V 703
2023-01-25 03:44:52 C 01 08 37.633 +22 15 27.83 V 703
2023-01-25 05:46:11 C 01 08 41.767 +22 15 14.40 V T05
2023-01-25 05:50:45 C 01 08 41.945 +22 15 13.64 V T05
2023-01-25 05:58:34 C 01 08 42.182 +22 15 12.35 V T05
2023-01-25 06:16:17 C 01 08 42.799 +22 15 10.30 V T05
2023-02-09 03:44:52 C 01 22 25.396 +21 52 16.97 V V00
2023-02-09 03:52:18 C 01 22 25.712 +21 52 16.86 V V00
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)