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
2023-02-09 03:59:45 C 01 22 26.008 +21 52 16.68 V V00
2023-02-09 04:07:18 C 01 22 26.328 +21 52 16.61 V V00
2023-02-15 10:56:40 C 01 29 00.40 +21 52 41.6 V D29
2023-02-15 11:17:02 C 01 29 01.29 +21 52 40.8 V D29
2023-02-15 11:37:24 C 01 29 02.22 +21 52 40.9 V D29
2023-02-17 10:23:32 C 01 31 09.32 +21 53 49.3 q Q11
2023-02-17 10:31:45 C 01 31 09.69 +21 53 49.6 q Q11
2023-02-21 09:43:33 C 01 35 35.27 +21 57 30.1 q Q11
2023-02-21 09:51:45 C 01 35 35.65 +21 57 30.7 q Q11
2023-02-21 10:00:27 C 01 35 36.05 +21 57 31.2 q Q11
2023-11-19 18:20:12 C 19 07 33.86 +00 25 18.6 V M14
2023-11-19 18:33:27 C 19 07 38.53 +00 25 35.4 V M14
2023-11-19 18:43:35 C 19 07 42.08 +00 25 47.2 V M14
2023-11-25 15:46:22 C 19 53 43.56 +03 06 02.8 V M31
2023-11-25 15:48:31 C 19 53 44.19 +03 06 05.1 V M31
2023-11-25 15:51:42 C 19 53 45.16 +03 06 08.9 V M31
2023-11-25 18:16:37 C 19 54 28.41 +03 08 37.8 V M14
2023-11-25 18:36:40 C 19 54 34.41 +03 08 58.3 V M14
2023-11-25 19:04:56 C 19 54 42.82 +03 09 27.1 V M14
2023-11-29 17:20:10 C 20 21 21.02 +04 38 04.0 X G02
2023-11-29 17:23:19 C 20 21 21.88 +04 38 07.6 X G02
2023-11-29 17:24:55 C 20 21 22.35 +04 38 08.5 X G02
2023-11-30 18:44:04 C 20 28 00.756 +04 59 40.16 V Z80
2023-11-30 18:52:08 C 20 28 02.830 +04 59 47.00 V Z80
2023-11-30 19:00:11 C 20 28 04.882 +04 59 53.30 V Z80
2023-12-02 19:28:15 B 20 40 13.19 +05 38 40.4 Z Y99
2023-12-02 20:17:40 B 20 40 25.10 +05 39 18.1 Z Y99
2023-12-02 21:06:32 B 20 40 36.98 +05 39 55.2 Z Y99
2023-12-04 01:19:58 C 20 47 20.836 +06 01 04.40 V 703
2023-12-04 01:22:56 C 20 47 21.520 +06 01 06.56 V 703
2023-12-04 01:25:54 C 20 47 22.218 +06 01 08.04 V 703
2023-12-04 01:28:51 C 20 47 22.895 +06 01 10.96 V 703
2023-12-05 16:31:05 C 20 56 18.73 +06 28 48.4 X G02
2023-12-05 16:35:18 C 20 56 19.66 +06 28 51.4 X G02
2023-12-05 16:39:18 C 20 56 20.55 +06 28 54.0 X G02
2023-12-07 01:44:19 C 21 03 35.060 +06 51 04.10 V 703
2023-12-07 01:47:15 C 21 03 35.669 +06 51 06.19 V 703
2023-12-07 01:50:13 C 21 03 36.317 +06 51 08.57 V 703
2023-12-07 01:53:10 C 21 03 36.936 +06 51 10.26 V 703
2023-12-08 18:02:19 B 21 12 02.00 +07 16 32.8 Z Y99
2023-12-08 19:00:55 B 21 12 13.85 +07 17 08.5 Z Y99
2023-12-08 19:59:00 B 21 12 25.62 +07 17 43.1 Z Y99
2023-12-09 01:44:06 C 21 13 35.998 +07 21 15.05 V 703
2023-12-09 01:47:02 C 21 13 36.592 +07 21 17.32 V 703
2023-12-09 01:49:58 C 21 13 37.171 +07 21 18.54 V 703
2023-12-09 01:52:55 C 21 13 37.801 +07 21 20.45 V 703
2023-12-11 01:51:36 C 21 23 05.870 +07 49 27.23 V 703
2023-12-11 01:54:56 C 21 23 06.500 +07 49 28.81 V 703
2023-12-11 01:58:17 C 21 23 07.062 +07 49 28.96 V 703
2023-12-11 02:36:25 C 21 23 14.442 +07 49 52.28 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)