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
2024-11-28 15:09:33 C 03 34 42.74 +37 15 33.4 q 168
2024-11-28 16:35:37 C 03 34 28.70 +37 14 38.3 q 168
2024-11-28 18:03:33 C 03 34 14.28 +37 13 41.3 q 168
2024-11-28 18:11:36 C 03 34 13.332 +37 13 35.15 Z C23
2024-11-28 19:16:27 C 03 34 02.753 +37 12 53.53 Z C23
2024-11-28 19:29:36 C 03 34 00.18 +37 12 44.9 q 168
2024-11-28 20:55:39 C 03 33 46.09 +37 11 48.0 q 168
2024-11-28 21:30:11 C 03 33 40.807 +37 11 26.34 Z C23
2024-11-28 22:21:36 C 03 33 32.05 +37 10 50.6 q 168
2024-11-28 23:47:39 C 03 33 18.02 +37 09 52.7 q 168
2024-11-29 00:58:39 C 03 33 06.50 +37 09 04.5 q 168
2024-11-29 04:57:29 C 03 32 28.450 +37 06 31.82 V 703
2024-11-29 05:00:50 C 03 32 27.884 +37 06 29.48 V 703
2024-11-29 05:04:11 C 03 32 27.341 +37 06 27.43 V 703
2024-11-29 05:07:33 C 03 32 26.815 +37 06 24.80 V 703
2024-11-29 09:39:11 C 03 31 42.489 +37 03 23.53 X F51
2024-11-29 09:56:44 C 03 31 39.588 +37 03 11.57 X F51
2024-11-29 10:14:10 C 03 31 36.708 +37 02 59.65 X F51
2024-11-29 10:31:34 C 03 31 33.835 +37 02 47.71 X F51
2024-11-29 16:48:43 C 03 30 33.39 +36 58 21.9 Y 557
2024-11-29 16:58:15 C 03 30 31.84 +36 58 15.5 Y 557
2024-11-29 17:10:08 C 03 30 29.90 +36 58 07.4 Y 557
2024-11-29 17:41:41 B 03 30 24.778 +36 57 45.61 X B72
2024-11-29 17:45:49 B 03 30 24.116 +36 57 42.78 X B72
2024-11-29 17:49:57 B 03 30 23.443 +36 57 39.98 X B72
2024-11-29 19:13:20 C 03 30 09.775 +36 56 43.15 Z C23
2024-11-29 19:14:28 C 03 30 09.614 +36 56 42.32 Z C23
2024-11-29 19:25:39 C 03 30 07.776 +36 56 35.20 Z C23
2024-11-29 20:37:05 B 03 29 56.069 +36 55 45.62 V L65
2024-11-29 20:41:16 B 03 29 55.378 +36 55 42.74 V L65
2024-11-29 20:45:28 B 03 29 54.686 +36 55 39.83 V L65
2024-11-29 23:47:11 B 03 29 24.806 +36 53 34.40 V 160
2024-11-29 23:53:14 B 03 29 23.815 +36 53 29.65 V 160
2024-11-29 23:59:26 B 03 29 22.771 +36 53 25.40 V 160
2024-11-30 11:48:52 C 03 27 28.37 +36 45 02.5 V P87
2024-11-30 12:01:42 C 03 27 26.27 +36 44 53.5 V P87
2024-11-30 12:11:17 C 03 27 24.67 +36 44 46.6 V P87
2024-11-30 16:23:33 C 03 26 44.01 +36 41 38.4 Y 557
2024-11-30 17:01:39 C 03 26 37.82 +36 41 11.2 Y 557
2024-11-30 17:37:24 C 03 26 32.00 +36 40 45.7 Y 557
2024-11-30 18:10:43 C 03 26 26.56 +36 40 21.9 Y 557
2024-11-30 18:46:28 C 03 26 20.73 +36 39 56.2 Y 557
2024-11-30 20:11:33 C 03 26 06.75 +36 38 55.0 X G02
2024-11-30 20:17:57 C 03 26 05.70 +36 38 50.3 X G02
2024-11-30 20:24:06 C 03 26 04.70 +36 38 45.7 X G02
2024-11-30 22:38:42 C 03 25 42.650 +36 37 07.57 q L05
2024-11-30 22:52:45 C 03 25 40.344 +36 36 57.13 q L05
2024-11-30 23:06:49 C 03 25 38.045 +36 36 46.76 q L05
2024-11-30 23:20:53 C 03 25 35.741 +36 36 36.32 q L05
2024-11-30 23:34:56 C 03 25 33.425 +36 36 25.67 q L05
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)