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
2023-12-24 09:51:17 B 22 15 22.33 +10 20 02.4 q Q06
2023-12-24 09:59:00 B 22 15 23.41 +10 20 05.4 q Q06
2023-12-24 18:00:06 C 22 16 30.48 +10 23 15.7 V M14
2023-12-24 18:20:12 C 22 16 33.24 +10 23 23.8 V M14
2023-12-24 18:40:16 C 22 16 36.03 +10 23 31.4 V M14
2023-12-26 04:55:35 C 22 21 17.062 +10 36 58.10 V T05
2023-12-26 05:00:10 C 22 21 17.702 +10 36 59.76 V T05
2023-12-26 05:08:04 C 22 21 18.734 +10 37 02.75 V T05
2023-12-26 05:24:59 C 22 21 21.005 +10 37 09.59 V T05
2023-12-27 10:15:55 B 22 25 11.54 +10 48 09.2 q Q06
2023-12-27 10:21:03 B 22 25 12.22 +10 48 11.1 q Q06
2023-12-27 10:26:11 B 22 25 12.90 +10 48 13.4 q Q06
2023-12-27 16:38:00 C 22 26 01.83 +10 50 32.5 X G02
2023-12-27 16:46:29 C 22 26 02.95 +10 50 35.6 X G02
2023-12-27 16:54:34 C 22 26 04.02 +10 50 38.9 X G02
2023-12-28 05:50:08 C 22 27 44.892 +10 55 31.73 V T05
2023-12-28 05:51:26 C 22 27 45.048 +10 55 32.52 V T05
2023-12-28 05:54:41 C 22 27 45.482 +10 55 33.20 V T05
2023-12-28 05:56:00 C 22 27 45.650 +10 55 34.14 V T05
2023-12-28 06:02:33 C 22 27 46.488 +10 55 36.23 V T05
2023-12-28 06:03:51 C 22 27 46.661 +10 55 36.73 V T05
2023-12-28 06:16:37 C 22 27 48.298 +10 55 41.48 V T05
2023-12-28 06:19:13 C 22 27 48.622 +10 55 42.10 V T05
2023-12-29 02:53:22 C 22 30 27.346 +11 03 18.54 V 703
2023-12-29 02:56:40 C 22 30 27.724 +11 03 19.91 V 703
2023-12-29 02:59:58 C 22 30 28.166 +11 03 20.99 V 703
2023-12-29 03:03:16 C 22 30 28.624 +11 03 22.28 V 703
2023-12-30 05:09:46 C 22 33 46.433 +11 12 55.44 V T05
2023-12-30 05:18:25 C 22 33 47.501 +11 12 58.68 V T05
2023-12-30 05:22:58 C 22 33 48.060 +11 13 00.52 V T05
2023-12-30 05:37:38 C 22 33 49.894 +11 13 05.66 V T05
2023-12-30 16:39:39 C 22 35 12.48 +11 17 03.8 V C40
2023-12-30 16:48:26 C 22 35 13.47 +11 17 05.5 V C40
2023-12-30 16:57:13 C 22 35 14.52 +11 17 09.1 V C40
2023-12-31 03:09:05 C 22 36 30.049 +11 20 49.02 V 703
2023-12-31 03:12:25 C 22 36 30.434 +11 20 50.35 V 703
2023-12-31 03:15:45 C 22 36 30.834 +11 20 51.22 V 703
2023-12-31 03:19:05 C 22 36 31.252 +11 20 52.91 V 703
2024-01-01 02:12:23 C 22 39 18.900 +11 29 01.57 V 703
2024-01-01 02:15:38 C 22 39 19.249 +11 29 02.15 V 703
2024-01-01 02:18:53 C 22 39 19.685 +11 29 03.52 V 703
2024-01-01 02:22:09 C 22 39 20.063 +11 29 04.70 V 703
2024-01-01 04:59:15 C 22 39 39.041 +11 30 01.69 V T08
2024-01-01 05:03:54 C 22 39 39.598 +11 30 03.10 V T08
2024-01-01 05:11:53 C 22 39 40.572 +11 30 05.80 V T08
2024-01-01 05:29:26 C 22 39 42.650 +11 30 11.81 V T08
2024-01-01 16:33:23 C 22 41 02.56 +11 34 02.9 V C40
2024-01-01 16:42:09 C 22 41 03.61 +11 34 05.6 V C40
2024-01-01 16:52:21 C 22 41 04.84 +11 34 09.4 V C40
2024-01-01 17:03:54 C 22 41 06.23 +11 34 13.2 V C40
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)