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
2023-12-11 02:43:27 C 21 23 15.781 +07 49 56.21 V V00
2023-12-11 02:50:30 C 21 23 17.120 +07 50 00.17 V V00
2023-12-11 02:57:32 C 21 23 18.463 +07 50 04.13 V V00
2023-12-12 05:11:28 C 21 28 15.994 +08 04 39.86 V T08
2023-12-12 05:18:53 C 21 28 17.366 +08 04 44.08 V T08
2023-12-12 05:38:51 C 21 28 21.043 +08 04 54.84 V T08
2023-12-13 01:46:16 C 21 32 03.502 +08 15 42.80 V 703
2023-12-13 01:49:12 C 21 32 04.031 +08 15 44.53 V 703
2023-12-13 01:52:08 C 21 32 04.564 +08 15 46.08 V 703
2023-12-13 01:55:05 C 21 32 05.093 +08 15 47.70 V 703
2023-12-14 04:44:40 C 21 36 54.000 +08 29 48.95 V T05
2023-12-14 04:49:14 C 21 36 54.806 +08 29 51.40 V T05
2023-12-14 04:49:53 C 21 36 54.907 +08 29 51.76 V T05
2023-12-14 04:54:43 C 21 36 55.762 +08 29 54.24 V T05
2023-12-14 04:59:21 C 21 36 56.573 +08 29 56.62 V T05
2023-12-14 05:02:04 C 21 36 57.062 +08 29 58.06 V T05
2023-12-14 05:13:59 C 21 36 59.141 +08 30 04.07 V T05
2023-12-14 05:18:03 C 21 36 59.837 +08 30 06.05 V T05
2023-12-16 01:36:42 C 21 44 39.275 +08 52 11.50 V 703
2023-12-16 01:39:39 C 21 44 39.761 +08 52 12.79 V 703
2023-12-16 01:42:35 C 21 44 40.254 +08 52 14.70 V 703
2023-12-16 01:45:32 C 21 44 40.754 +08 52 16.10 V 703
2023-12-16 04:43:15 C 21 45 10.685 +08 53 43.84 V T08
2023-12-16 04:47:20 C 21 45 11.342 +08 53 45.89 V T08
2023-12-16 04:54:51 C 21 45 12.607 +08 53 49.31 V T08
2023-12-16 05:10:05 C 21 45 15.149 +08 53 56.76 V T08
2023-12-17 01:55:06 C 21 48 42.386 +09 03 50.65 V 703
2023-12-17 01:58:26 C 21 48 42.952 +09 03 52.49 V 703
2023-12-17 02:01:47 C 21 48 43.513 +09 03 53.82 V 703
2023-12-17 02:05:07 C 21 48 44.046 +09 03 55.51 V 703
2023-12-17 05:30:06 C 21 49 17.688 +09 05 33.79 V T08
2023-12-17 05:35:25 C 21 49 18.559 +09 05 36.28 V T08
2023-12-17 05:49:46 C 21 49 20.887 +09 05 43.08 V T08
2023-12-17 05:57:45 C 21 49 22.186 +09 05 46.68 V T08
2023-12-18 01:49:11 C 21 52 35.839 +09 15 00.04 V 703
2023-12-18 01:52:08 C 21 52 36.311 +09 15 01.26 V 703
2023-12-18 01:55:05 C 21 52 36.761 +09 15 02.88 V 703
2023-12-18 01:58:01 C 21 52 37.225 +09 15 04.14 V 703
2023-12-19 17:07:35 C 21 58 48.005 +09 32 43.01 X M26
2023-12-19 17:11:19 C 21 58 48.586 +09 32 44.88 X M26
2023-12-19 17:14:41 C 21 58 49.087 +09 32 46.25 X M26
2023-12-24 06:27:17 C 22 14 53.666 +10 18 41.62 V T05
2023-12-24 06:27:56 C 22 14 53.755 +10 18 41.90 V T05
2023-12-24 06:31:52 C 22 14 54.302 +10 18 43.49 V T05
2023-12-24 06:32:31 C 22 14 54.403 +10 18 43.16 V T05
2023-12-24 06:39:44 C 22 14 55.447 +10 18 46.30 V T05
2023-12-24 06:41:05 C 22 14 55.572 +10 18 46.69 V T05
2023-12-24 07:07:41 C 22 14 59.302 +10 18 57.31 V T05
2023-12-24 07:09:42 C 22 14 59.556 +10 18 58.54 V T05
2023-12-24 09:43:35 B 22 15 21.29 +10 19 59.3 q Q06
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)