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
2024-01-02 05:50:51 C 22 42 37.613 +11 38 44.20 V T08
2024-01-02 05:59:29 C 22 42 38.618 +11 38 47.11 V T08
2024-01-02 06:17:09 C 22 42 40.718 +11 38 52.73 V T08
2024-01-02 06:21:13 C 22 42 41.191 +11 38 54.56 V T08
2024-01-03 02:15:25 C 22 45 02.048 +11 45 47.52 V 703
2024-01-03 02:18:45 C 22 45 02.419 +11 45 48.49 V 703
2024-01-03 02:22:05 C 22 45 02.812 +11 45 49.82 V 703
2024-01-03 02:25:25 C 22 45 03.200 +11 45 51.08 V 703
2024-01-03 05:16:24 C 22 45 23.182 +11 46 50.99 V T05
2024-01-03 05:20:57 C 22 45 23.705 +11 46 52.43 V T05
2024-01-03 05:36:53 C 22 45 25.543 +11 46 57.94 V T05
2024-01-03 05:45:25 C 22 45 26.558 +11 47 01.07 V T05
2024-01-04 15:42:15 C 22 49 21.96 +11 58 35.3 V C40
2024-01-04 15:45:30 C 22 49 22.32 +11 58 36.5 V C40
2024-01-04 15:50:33 C 22 49 22.84 +11 58 38.0 V C40
2024-01-04 15:54:43 C 22 49 23.35 +11 58 39.9 V C40
2024-01-05 04:56:12 C 22 50 52.178 +12 03 06.01 V T08
2024-01-05 05:00:12 C 22 50 52.637 +12 03 07.45 V T08
2024-01-05 05:08:25 C 22 50 53.537 +12 03 10.04 V T08
2024-01-05 05:22:41 C 22 50 55.138 +12 03 14.94 V T08
2024-01-09 02:25:10 C 23 01 09.635 +12 34 05.74 V 703
2024-01-09 02:28:10 C 23 01 09.966 +12 34 06.85 V 703
2024-01-09 02:31:09 C 23 01 10.319 +12 34 08.36 V 703
2024-01-09 02:34:08 C 23 01 10.650 +12 34 09.23 V 703
2024-01-10 02:23:08 C 23 03 42.599 +12 41 54.31 V 703
2024-01-10 02:26:29 C 23 03 42.905 +12 41 55.07 V 703
2024-01-10 02:29:49 C 23 03 43.319 +12 41 56.29 V 703
2024-01-10 02:33:10 C 23 03 43.643 +12 41 57.84 V 703
2024-01-11 02:18:05 C 23 06 13.212 +12 49 38.82 V 703
2024-01-11 02:21:03 C 23 06 13.532 +12 49 40.30 V 703
2024-01-11 02:23:59 C 23 06 13.792 +12 49 41.02 V 703
2024-01-11 02:26:56 C 23 06 14.141 +12 49 42.02 V 703
2024-01-14 05:04:13 C 23 13 51.749 +13 13 32.05 V T08
2024-01-14 05:08:14 C 23 13 52.150 +13 13 34.25 V T08
2024-01-14 05:16:13 C 23 13 52.951 +13 13 36.44 V T08
2024-01-14 05:34:25 C 23 13 54.792 +13 13 42.13 V T08
2024-01-15 02:34:50 C 23 16 00.415 +13 20 19.28 V 703
2024-01-15 02:38:13 C 23 16 00.808 +13 20 20.65 V 703
2024-01-15 02:41:33 C 23 16 01.211 +13 20 21.23 V 703
2024-01-15 02:44:53 C 23 16 01.463 +13 20 22.60 V 703
2024-01-17 02:39:13 C 23 20 43.393 +13 35 25.51 V 703
2024-01-17 02:42:29 C 23 20 43.652 +13 35 26.30 V 703
2024-01-17 02:45:45 C 23 20 43.998 +13 35 27.24 V 703
2024-01-17 02:49:01 C 23 20 44.311 +13 35 28.90 V 703
2024-01-19 02:39:54 C 23 25 19.603 +13 50 23.21 V 703
2024-01-19 02:43:10 C 23 25 19.974 +13 50 23.42 V 703
2024-01-19 02:49:40 C 23 25 20.586 +13 50 25.33 V 703
2024-01-24 05:39:06 C 23 36 41.688 +14 28 16.36 V T05
2024-01-24 05:43:53 C 23 36 42.182 +14 28 16.75 V T05
2024-01-24 05:54:06 C 23 36 43.092 +14 28 21.14 V T05
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)