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
2002-08-16 01:46:20 C 04 08 29.05 +39 06 06.0 c 198
2002-08-16 01:57:36 C 04 08 29.26 +39 06 09.8 c 198
2002-09-25 10:46:37 C 03 52 31.70 +43 52 21.0 c 926
2002-09-25 10:52:43 C 03 52 31.27 +43 52 22.0 c 926
2002-09-25 11:06:10 C 03 52 30.40 +43 52 24.1 c 926
2002-10-07 07:52:06 C 03 29 57.05 +44 28 48.3 17.8 c 704
2002-10-07 08:16:14 C 03 29 54.76 +44 28 49.6 17.8 c 704
2002-10-07 08:37:34 C 03 29 52.67 +44 28 50.2 18.0 c 704
2002-10-07 09:00:46 C 03 29 50.41 +44 28 51.1 17.9 c 704
2002-10-07 09:22:47 C 03 29 48.30 +44 28 51.7 17.9 c 704
2002-10-15 08:16:04 C 03 10 00.36 +44 18 30.5 18.5 c 704
2002-10-15 09:04:47 C 03 09 54.85 +44 18 23.9 17.8 c 704
2002-10-15 09:29:10 C 03 09 52.05 +44 18 20.4 18.1 c 704
2002-10-15 09:53:35 C 03 09 49.30 +44 18 17.1 18.2 c 704
2002-10-21 22:18:31 C 02 51 42.55 +43 42 05.3 d 170
2002-10-21 22:27:46 C 02 51 41.67 +43 42 04.5 d 170
2002-10-21 22:37:06 C 02 51 40.53 +43 42 00.2 d 170
2002-10-21 22:42:59 C 02 51 39.86 +43 41 57.4 d 170
2002-10-28 19:34:21 C 02 31 52.42 +42 34 32.2 c 240
2002-10-28 19:36:25 C 02 31 52.16 +42 34 31.3 c 240
2002-10-28 19:46:39 C 02 31 50.94 +42 34 26.7 c 240
2002-10-29 23:18:10 C 02 28 33.52 +42 20 18.2 d 049
2002-10-29 23:20:46 C 02 28 33.17 +42 20 16.3 d 049
2002-10-29 23:23:27 C 02 28 32.88 +42 20 15.3 d 049
2002-10-29 23:25:48 C 02 28 32.57 +42 20 14.2 d 049
2002-10-29 23:28:50 C 02 28 32.23 +42 20 12.7 d 049
2002-10-29 23:31:14 C 02 28 31.91 +42 20 11.4 d 049
2002-10-30 06:05:25 C 02 27 45.12 +42 16 45.7 18.5 c 704
2002-10-30 06:30:00 C 02 27 42.15 +42 16 31.5 17.9 c 704
2002-10-30 06:53:51 C 02 27 39.26 +42 16 18.6 17.7 c 704
2002-10-30 07:18:06 C 02 27 36.35 +42 16 05.7 17.6 c 704
2002-10-30 07:43:19 C 02 27 33.30 +42 15 52.4 17.7 c 704
2002-10-31 05:48:30 C 02 24 56.54 +42 03 45.5 17.1 c 704
2002-10-31 06:13:15 C 02 24 53.57 +42 03 31.6 17.3 c 704
2002-10-31 06:37:51 C 02 24 50.64 +42 03 17.9 17.9 c 704
2002-10-31 07:02:30 C 02 24 47.62 +42 03 04.1 17.6 c 704
2002-10-31 07:27:06 C 02 24 44.66 +42 02 50.3 17.5 c 704
2002-11-01 05:48:03 C 02 22 07.31 +41 50 03.9 17.2 c 704
2002-11-01 06:12:12 C 02 22 04.43 +41 49 50.0 17.3 c 704
2002-11-01 06:36:19 C 02 22 01.57 +41 49 36.1 17.5 c 704
2002-11-01 07:00:55 C 02 21 58.63 +41 49 21.5 17.4 c 704
2002-11-01 07:25:18 C 02 21 55.78 +41 49 07.1 17.6 c 704
2002-11-01 19:37:33 C 02 20 30.60 +41 41 51.9 d J87
2002-11-01 19:39:37 C 02 20 30.35 +41 41 50.6 d J87
2002-11-03 06:03:47 C 02 16 31.46 +41 20 49.1 17.5 c 704
2002-11-03 06:27:13 C 02 16 28.65 +41 20 34.5 17.6 c 704
2002-11-03 07:15:23 C 02 16 23.04 +41 20 04.3 17.1 c 704
2002-11-03 19:27:22 C 02 14 59.75 +41 12 17.4 17.0 c 947
2002-11-03 19:37:18 C 02 14 58.62 +41 12 11.1 c 947
2002-11-03 19:40:07 C 02 14 58.29 +41 12 09.8 c 947
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)