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
2024-12-01 08:08:17 C 03 24 10.718 +36 30 07.20 V T05
2024-12-01 08:10:53 C 03 24 10.282 +36 30 05.22 V T05
2024-12-01 08:16:06 C 03 24 09.422 +36 30 01.30 V T05
2024-12-01 09:03:02 C 03 24 01.682 +36 29 26.05 V T05
2024-12-01 19:47:20 B 03 22 17.796 +36 21 11.12 V 160
2024-12-01 19:55:10 B 03 22 16.488 +36 21 05.11 V 160
2024-12-02 05:25:41 C 03 20 44.221 +36 13 44.15 V 703
2024-12-02 05:29:35 C 03 20 43.595 +36 13 40.55 V 703
2024-12-02 05:33:53 C 03 20 42.875 +36 13 37.63 V 703
2024-12-02 05:38:08 C 03 20 42.184 +36 13 34.46 V 703
2024-12-02 10:11:50 C 03 19 58.42 +36 09 56.3 q D95
2024-12-02 10:19:33 C 03 19 57.15 +36 09 50.3 q D95
2024-12-02 10:30:22 C 03 19 55.39 +36 09 41.8 q D95
2024-12-02 17:54:16 C 03 18 43.01 +36 03 48.2 V D29
2024-12-02 18:14:38 C 03 18 39.71 +36 03 31.5 V D29
2024-12-02 18:35:00 C 03 18 36.41 +36 03 14.8 V D29
2024-12-02 21:17:22 B 03 18 10.932 +36 01 04.22 V 160
2024-12-02 21:23:19 B 03 18 09.958 +36 00 59.51 V 160
2024-12-02 21:29:30 B 03 18 08.945 +36 00 54.79 V 160
2024-12-03 09:16:19 C 03 16 15.353 +35 51 21.31 V T05
2024-12-03 09:18:12 C 03 16 15.034 +35 51 19.91 V T08
2024-12-03 09:20:21 C 03 16 14.690 +35 51 18.04 V T05
2024-12-03 09:26:16 C 03 16 13.716 +35 51 13.25 V T08
2024-12-03 09:28:58 C 03 16 13.277 +35 51 10.84 V T05
2024-12-03 09:42:02 C 03 16 11.146 +35 51 00.07 V T08
2024-12-03 10:19:51 C 03 16 04.975 +35 50 28.54 V T05
2024-12-04 18:07:55 C 03 11 01.339 +35 23 21.80 Z C23
2024-12-04 18:09:38 C 03 11 01.082 +35 23 20.22 Z C23
2024-12-05 00:01:23 B 03 10 05.40 +35 18 14.8 Z W45
2024-12-05 00:17:30 B 03 10 02.82 +35 18 00.9 Z W45
2024-12-05 00:33:38 B 03 10 00.24 +35 17 46.9 Z W45
2024-12-05 09:04:29 C 03 08 39.033 +35 10 18.06 X F52
2024-12-05 09:20:18 C 03 08 36.492 +35 10 03.88 X F52
2024-12-05 09:36:07 C 03 08 33.941 +35 09 49.65 X F52
2024-12-05 09:51:51 C 03 08 31.415 +35 09 35.52 X F52
2024-12-05 17:37:00 C 03 07 18.82 +35 02 32.1 Y 557
2024-12-05 17:53:39 C 03 07 16.19 +35 02 17.2 Y 557
2024-12-05 18:05:34 C 03 07 14.33 +35 02 06.8 Y 557
2024-12-05 20:46:47 B 03 06 48.737 +34 59 42.36 V 160
2024-12-05 20:55:58 B 03 06 47.242 +34 59 34.01 V 160
2024-12-06 03:18:20 B 03 05 47.24 +34 53 47.4 Z W45
2024-12-06 03:34:28 B 03 05 44.68 +34 53 32.7 Z W45
2024-12-06 03:50:36 B 03 05 42.11 +34 53 17.9 Z W45
2024-12-06 19:24:05 B 03 03 17.016 +34 38 52.33 V 160
2024-12-06 19:30:18 B 03 03 16.051 +34 38 46.54 V 160
2024-12-06 19:36:22 B 03 03 15.079 +34 38 40.67 V 160
2024-12-07 06:04:21 C 03 01 37.531 +34 28 51.92 V 703
2024-12-07 06:07:49 C 03 01 36.991 +34 28 48.50 V 703
2024-12-07 06:11:16 C 03 01 36.455 +34 28 45.23 V 703
2024-12-07 06:14:42 C 03 01 35.900 +34 28 41.99 V 703
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)