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
2024-10-07 02:26:02 C 05 26 15.86 +37 35 20.1 V C40
2024-10-07 02:29:00 C 05 26 15.85 +37 35 20.4 V C40
2024-10-07 02:31:57 C 05 26 15.76 +37 35 21.1 V C40
2024-10-07 02:34:54 C 05 26 15.78 +37 35 21.0 V C40
2024-10-07 02:37:40 C 05 26 15.73 +37 35 22.4 V C40
2024-10-07 02:40:15 C 05 26 15.75 +37 35 22.5 V C40
2024-10-07 13:15:45 C 05 26 09.082 +37 37 32.16 V T05
2024-10-07 13:19:16 C 05 26 09.029 +37 37 32.16 V T05
2024-10-07 13:54:23 C 05 26 08.587 +37 37 39.79 V T05
2024-10-07 14:21:04 C 05 26 08.220 +37 37 45.08 V T05
2024-10-09 12:36:38 C 05 25 31.243 +37 47 02.47 V T08
2024-10-09 12:40:37 C 05 25 31.159 +37 47 02.98 V T08
2024-10-09 12:44:37 C 05 25 31.128 +37 47 03.95 V T08
2024-10-09 12:57:17 C 05 25 30.881 +37 47 06.72 V T08
2024-10-10 12:55:57 C 05 25 06.982 +37 51 56.88 V T05
2024-10-10 13:00:51 C 05 25 06.890 +37 51 57.96 V T05
2024-10-10 13:05:24 C 05 25 06.780 +37 51 58.90 V T05
2024-10-10 13:12:55 C 05 25 06.629 +37 52 00.66 V T05
2024-10-11 04:53:50 C 05 24 49.39 +37 55 07.5 X W62
2024-10-11 05:01:52 C 05 24 49.22 +37 55 09.1 X W62
2024-10-11 05:09:54 C 05 24 49.07 +37 55 10.8 X W62
2024-10-12 11:49:26 C 05 24 10.817 +38 01 24.89 V T05
2024-10-12 11:52:48 C 05 24 10.735 +38 01 25.86 V T05
2024-10-12 11:57:21 C 05 24 10.606 +38 01 26.87 V T05
2024-10-12 12:04:36 C 05 24 10.454 +38 01 27.84 V T05
2024-10-13 08:13:15 C 05 23 42.288 +38 05 31.09 V G96
2024-10-13 08:20:54 C 05 23 42.076 +38 05 32.93 V G96
2024-10-13 08:28:33 C 05 23 41.860 +38 05 34.84 V G96
2024-10-13 08:36:13 C 05 23 41.716 +38 05 36.20 V G96
2024-10-16 11:32:52 C 05 21 34.318 +38 20 42.00 V T05
2024-10-16 11:36:52 C 05 21 34.373 +38 20 43.01 V T05
2024-10-16 11:41:26 C 05 21 34.049 +38 20 42.61 V T05
2024-10-16 11:48:41 C 05 21 33.890 +38 20 45.02 V T05
2024-10-17 10:59:34 C 05 20 47.146 +38 25 22.44 V T08
2024-10-17 11:02:14 C 05 20 47.014 +38 25 22.91 V T08
2024-10-17 11:06:14 C 05 20 46.884 +38 25 23.95 V T08
2024-10-17 11:41:44 C 05 20 45.636 +38 25 31.48 V T08
2024-10-18 11:10:17 C 05 19 54.377 +38 30 08.82 V T05
2024-10-18 11:13:32 C 05 19 54.271 +38 30 09.58 V T05
2024-10-18 11:18:45 C 05 19 54.053 +38 30 10.94 V T05
2024-10-18 11:27:27 C 05 19 53.719 +38 30 12.85 V T05
2024-10-30 09:57:40 C 05 03 45.948 +39 19 50.05 V T05
2024-10-30 10:02:15 C 05 03 45.588 +39 19 50.88 V T05
2024-10-30 10:10:10 C 05 03 44.978 +39 19 51.82 V T05
2024-10-30 10:24:35 C 05 03 43.831 +39 19 54.01 V T05
2024-10-30 11:51:47 C 05 03 36.943 +39 20 06.72 V T08
2024-10-30 11:56:27 C 05 03 36.581 +39 20 06.97 V T08
2024-10-30 12:05:46 C 05 03 35.854 +39 20 08.27 V T08
2024-10-30 12:32:48 C 05 03 33.703 +39 20 12.05 V T08
2024-11-01 22:23:51 C 04 58 51.628 +39 27 07.24 W M01
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)