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
2024-01-24 06:09:26 C 23 36 44.424 +14 28 25.28 V T05
2024-01-25 05:16:00 C 23 38 48.948 +14 35 27.71 V T05
2024-01-25 05:21:52 C 23 38 49.406 +14 35 29.54 V T05
2024-01-25 05:30:20 C 23 38 50.172 +14 35 32.32 V T05
2024-01-25 05:46:41 C 23 38 51.626 +14 35 37.82 V T05
2024-01-27 05:45:33 C 23 43 06.571 +14 50 13.27 V T05
2024-01-27 05:52:06 C 23 43 07.099 +14 50 15.40 V T05
2024-01-27 06:09:09 C 23 43 08.650 +14 50 20.33 V T05
2024-01-27 06:18:20 C 23 43 09.444 +14 50 23.53 V T05
2024-01-30 02:22:13 C 23 49 03.788 +15 10 59.30 V 703
2024-01-30 02:25:31 C 23 49 04.084 +15 11 00.74 V 703
2024-01-30 02:28:49 C 23 49 04.350 +15 11 00.78 V 703
2024-01-30 02:32:07 C 23 49 04.645 +15 11 00.46 V 703
2024-08-10 14:02:47 C 04 50 00.667 +33 44 36.28 V T08
2024-08-10 14:07:27 C 04 50 00.842 +33 44 36.96 V T08
2024-08-10 14:19:18 C 04 50 01.519 +33 44 39.37 V T08
2024-08-10 14:44:35 C 04 50 02.664 +33 44 43.69 V T08
2024-09-03 13:55:36 C 05 13 58.106 +35 12 27.22 V T08
2024-09-03 13:59:35 C 05 13 58.214 +35 12 28.80 V T08
2024-09-03 14:09:07 C 05 13 58.630 +35 12 29.59 V T08
2024-09-03 14:25:57 C 05 13 59.158 +35 12 32.72 V T08
2024-09-04 13:55:06 C 05 14 46.320 +35 16 14.84 V T05
2024-09-04 14:00:18 C 05 14 46.478 +35 16 15.96 V T05
2024-09-04 14:08:08 C 05 14 46.771 +35 16 17.08 V T05
2024-09-04 14:22:40 C 05 14 47.196 +35 16 19.45 V T05
2024-09-07 14:15:44 C 05 17 04.327 +35 27 48.38 V T08
2024-09-07 14:19:44 C 05 17 04.450 +35 27 49.00 V T08
2024-09-07 14:54:50 C 05 17 05.448 +35 27 54.50 V T08
2024-09-07 15:10:43 C 05 17 05.909 +35 27 57.60 V T08
2024-09-08 13:41:06 C 05 17 46.560 +35 31 34.75 V T05
2024-09-08 13:45:39 C 05 17 46.658 +35 31 36.84 V T05
2024-09-08 13:54:08 C 05 17 46.927 +35 31 37.31 V T05
2024-09-08 14:05:12 C 05 17 47.254 +35 31 39.79 V T05
2024-09-10 14:27:48 C 05 19 10.433 +35 39 32.62 V T05
2024-09-10 14:33:20 C 05 19 10.579 +35 39 33.34 V T05
2024-09-10 14:40:46 C 05 19 10.771 +35 39 34.88 V T05
2024-09-10 15:04:38 C 05 19 11.388 +35 39 39.06 V T05
2024-09-11 14:31:08 C 05 19 49.716 +35 43 30.90 V T08
2024-09-11 14:40:17 C 05 19 49.939 +35 43 32.56 V T08
2024-09-11 14:43:55 C 05 19 50.014 +35 43 32.59 V T08
2024-09-11 15:04:44 C 05 19 50.592 +35 43 36.23 V T08
2024-09-12 13:41:42 C 05 20 26.299 +35 47 20.72 V T05
2024-09-12 13:46:16 C 05 20 26.458 +35 47 21.30 V T05
2024-09-12 14:00:31 C 05 20 26.779 +35 47 23.82 V T05
2024-09-12 14:05:05 C 05 20 26.875 +35 47 24.94 V T05
2024-09-15 13:48:11 C 05 22 11.110 +35 59 28.36 V T08
2024-09-15 13:52:10 C 05 22 11.141 +35 59 29.26 V T08
2024-09-15 13:56:10 C 05 22 11.304 +35 59 30.19 V T08
2024-09-15 14:10:57 C 05 22 11.575 +35 59 32.32 V T08
2024-09-19 12:46:01 C 05 24 07.224 +36 15 53.78 V T08
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)