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
2024-11-21 11:20:57 C 04 01 54.266 +38 43 28.85 V T08
2024-11-21 11:25:01 C 04 01 54.34 +38 43 23.3 V P87
2024-11-21 11:37:03 C 04 01 51.763 +38 43 22.58 V T08
2024-11-21 11:44:04 C 04 01 51.42 +38 43 16.3 V P87
2024-11-21 11:54:48 C 04 01 49.75 +38 43 12.3 V P87
2024-11-21 12:02:03 C 04 01 47.887 +38 43 12.90 V T05
2024-11-21 12:16:38 C 04 01 45.619 +38 43 07.25 V T05
2024-11-21 20:08:51 C 04 00 34.128 +38 40 03.11 V K73
2024-11-21 20:18:00 C 04 00 32.690 +38 39 59.72 V K73
2024-11-22 18:54:26 C 03 57 03.57 +38 30 46.4 Y 557
2024-11-22 19:54:10 C 03 56 54.26 +38 30 21.8 Y 557
2024-11-22 20:50:47 C 03 56 45.43 +38 29 58.4 Y 557
2024-11-23 07:39:25 C 03 55 04.012 +38 25 18.80 V 703
2024-11-23 07:42:56 C 03 55 03.464 +38 25 17.18 V 703
2024-11-23 07:46:28 C 03 55 02.896 +38 25 15.64 V 703
2024-11-23 07:50:00 C 03 55 02.348 +38 25 13.94 V 703
2024-11-23 10:17:34 C 03 54 39.348 +38 24 10.33 V T08
2024-11-23 11:04:00 C 03 54 31.968 +38 23 49.60 V T08
2024-11-23 11:16:36 C 03 54 29.940 +38 23 43.66 V T08
2024-11-24 10:08:13 C 03 50 54.485 +38 13 02.03 V T05
2024-11-24 10:12:47 C 03 50 53.748 +38 12 59.80 V T05
2024-11-24 10:22:00 C 03 50 52.260 +38 12 55.19 V T05
2024-11-24 10:42:44 C 03 50 48.926 +38 12 45.07 V T05
2024-11-25 10:29:57 C 03 47 02.386 +38 00 42.77 V T05
2024-11-25 10:35:20 C 03 47 01.517 +38 00 39.92 V T05
2024-11-25 10:58:20 C 03 46 58.40 +38 00 23.9 q D95
2024-11-25 11:04:30 C 03 46 57.41 +38 00 20.7 q D95
2024-11-25 11:13:45 C 03 46 55.91 +38 00 16.1 q D95
2024-11-25 11:16:18 C 03 46 54.859 +38 00 18.18 V T05
2024-11-27 00:02:26 C 03 41 01.11 +37 39 43.2 q 168
2024-11-27 00:15:33 C 03 40 59.03 +37 39 35.3 q 168
2024-11-27 00:29:35 C 03 40 56.73 +37 39 26.8 q 168
2024-11-27 00:45:38 C 03 40 54.14 +37 39 17.1 q 168
2024-11-27 00:59:39 C 03 40 51.90 +37 39 08.8 q 168
2024-11-27 01:13:33 C 03 40 49.67 +37 39 00.3 q 168
2024-11-27 01:25:35 C 03 40 47.71 +37 38 53.2 q 168
2024-11-27 09:42:11 C 03 39 28.082 +37 34 06.53 V T05
2024-11-27 10:30:03 C 03 39 20.203 +37 33 37.58 V T05
2024-11-27 10:42:48 C 03 39 18.115 +37 33 29.81 V T05
2024-11-28 00:02:46 C 03 37 08.67 +37 25 10.5 q 168
2024-11-28 00:35:09 C 03 37 03.43 +37 24 49.8 q 168
2024-11-28 01:05:15 C 03 36 58.56 +37 24 30.6 q 168
2024-11-28 01:54:27 B 03 36 51.25 +37 24 12.1 Z X33
2024-11-28 01:58:32 B 03 36 50.65 +37 24 09.2 Z X33
2024-11-28 02:02:21 B 03 36 50.00 +37 24 07.2 Z X33
2024-11-28 09:43:39 C 03 35 35.095 +37 19 10.99 V T05
2024-11-28 10:26:56 C 03 35 27.948 +37 18 43.06 V T05
2024-11-28 10:31:34 C 03 35 27.185 +37 18 40.03 V T05
2024-11-28 10:52:20 C 03 35 23.762 +37 18 26.60 V T05
2024-11-28 13:51:34 C 03 34 55.41 +37 16 23.1 q 168
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)