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
2024-09-19 12:50:01 C 05 24 07.337 +36 15 53.71 V T08
2024-09-19 12:58:00 C 05 24 07.399 +36 15 55.76 V T08
2024-09-19 13:07:19 C 05 24 07.541 +36 15 57.20 V T08
2024-09-23 00:34:52 C 05 25 26.64 +36 30 46.8 V C40
2024-09-23 00:57:46 C 05 25 26.93 +36 30 51.9 V C40
2024-09-23 01:21:27 C 05 25 27.29 +36 30 56.4 V C40
2024-09-27 11:00:01 C 05 26 32.932 +36 50 24.61 V G96
2024-09-27 11:11:01 C 05 26 33.000 +36 50 26.77 V G96
2024-09-27 11:22:01 C 05 26 33.054 +36 50 28.82 V G96
2024-09-27 11:33:03 C 05 26 33.115 +36 50 30.95 V G96
2024-09-28 02:12:30 C 05 26 38.84 +36 53 15.0 V C40
2024-09-28 02:14:55 C 05 26 38.82 +36 53 15.6 V C40
2024-09-28 02:17:21 C 05 26 38.89 +36 53 15.7 V C40
2024-09-28 02:19:47 C 05 26 38.86 +36 53 16.7 V C40
2024-09-28 02:22:13 C 05 26 38.90 +36 53 17.6 V C40
2024-09-28 02:24:39 C 05 26 38.89 +36 53 17.1 V C40
2024-09-28 02:29:24 C 05 26 38.90 +36 53 18.6 V C40
2024-09-28 02:31:38 C 05 26 38.90 +36 53 18.6 V C40
2024-09-28 02:36:05 C 05 26 38.91 +36 53 19.2 V C40
2024-09-29 01:38:23 C 05 26 46.28 +36 57 41.4 V C40
2024-09-29 01:53:09 C 05 26 46.35 +36 57 44.0 V C40
2024-09-29 02:07:54 C 05 26 46.40 +36 57 46.8 V C40
2024-09-29 12:38:25 C 05 26 49.226 +36 59 47.98 V T05
2024-09-29 12:42:59 C 05 26 49.243 +36 59 48.95 V T05
2024-09-29 12:51:32 C 05 26 49.250 +36 59 51.22 V T05
2024-09-29 13:07:56 C 05 26 49.308 +36 59 54.49 V T05
2024-10-02 12:58:41 C 05 26 54.240 +37 13 45.41 V T08
2024-10-02 13:04:18 C 05 26 54.226 +37 13 46.34 V T08
2024-10-02 13:06:58 C 05 26 54.214 +37 13 46.85 V T08
2024-10-02 13:11:01 C 05 26 54.211 +37 13 47.60 V T08
2024-10-02 13:20:21 C 05 26 54.166 +37 13 49.69 V T08
2024-10-02 13:27:10 C 05 26 54.163 +37 13 50.56 V T08
2024-10-02 13:31:10 C 05 26 54.132 +37 13 51.53 V T08
2024-10-02 13:54:23 C 05 26 54.062 +37 13 55.96 V T08
2024-10-02 22:29:24 C 05 26 53.21 +37 15 33.8 V C40
2024-10-02 22:44:10 C 05 26 53.16 +37 15 36.5 V C40
2024-10-02 22:58:55 C 05 26 53.11 +37 15 39.7 V C40
2024-10-03 13:08:07 C 05 26 50.750 +37 18 27.90 V T05
2024-10-03 13:15:50 C 05 26 50.678 +37 18 29.27 V T05
2024-10-03 13:18:26 C 05 26 50.681 +37 18 30.17 V T05
2024-10-03 13:27:52 C 05 26 50.633 +37 18 32.72 V T05
2024-10-04 01:59:48 C 05 26 47.58 +37 20 57.9 V C40
2024-10-04 02:15:50 C 05 26 47.49 +37 21 01.1 V C40
2024-10-04 02:31:43 C 05 26 47.41 +37 21 04.3 V C40
2024-10-07 02:08:19 C 05 26 16.09 +37 35 17.0 V C40
2024-10-07 02:11:16 C 05 26 16.03 +37 35 17.1 V C40
2024-10-07 02:14:13 C 05 26 16.00 +37 35 17.6 V C40
2024-10-07 02:17:10 C 05 26 15.95 +37 35 18.4 V C40
2024-10-07 02:20:08 C 05 26 15.94 +37 35 18.6 V C40
2024-10-07 02:23:05 C 05 26 15.93 +37 35 19.6 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)