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
2024-12-07 06:17:21 C 03 01 36.036 +34 28 40.82 X F51
2024-12-07 06:47:16 C 03 01 31.332 +34 28 12.76 X F51
2024-12-07 07:02:19 C 03 01 28.966 +34 27 58.60 X F51
2024-12-08 06:40:33 C 02 57 51.149 +34 05 11.51 V 703
2024-12-08 06:43:47 C 02 57 50.652 +34 05 08.34 V 703
2024-12-08 06:47:01 C 02 57 50.155 +34 05 05.06 V 703
2024-12-08 06:50:14 C 02 57 49.644 +34 05 01.90 V 703
2024-12-08 08:42:21 C 02 57 32.777 +34 03 14.87 V T08
2024-12-08 08:54:03 C 02 57 30.958 +34 03 03.38 V T08
2024-12-08 08:58:40 C 02 57 30.245 +34 02 58.92 V T08
2024-12-09 05:00:36 C 02 54 28.948 +33 43 07.79 V 703
2024-12-09 05:04:09 C 02 54 28.404 +33 43 04.30 V 703
2024-12-09 05:07:18 C 02 54 27.932 +33 43 01.09 V 703
2024-12-09 05:10:24 C 02 54 27.450 +33 42 58.00 V 703
2024-12-09 08:40:26 C 02 53 55.906 +33 39 29.45 V T05
2024-12-09 08:45:41 C 02 53 55.106 +33 39 24.23 V T05
2024-12-09 08:53:32 C 02 53 53.899 +33 39 16.27 V T05
2024-12-09 09:10:41 C 02 53 51.290 +33 38 58.99 V T05
2024-12-10 03:17:10 C 02 51 10.328 +33 20 36.20 V 703
2024-12-10 03:20:29 C 02 51 09.817 +33 20 32.89 V 703
2024-12-10 03:23:48 C 02 51 09.310 +33 20 29.72 V 703
2024-12-10 03:27:08 C 02 51 08.809 +33 20 26.34 V 703
2024-12-10 09:29:57 C 02 50 14.846 +33 14 16.26 V T05
2024-12-10 09:48:34 C 02 50 12.060 +33 13 57.11 V T05
2024-12-10 09:55:53 C 02 50 10.968 +33 13 49.44 V T05
2024-12-10 10:00:30 C 02 50 10.286 +33 13 44.69 V T05
2024-12-10 10:08:26 C 02 50 09.084 +33 13 36.30 V T05
2024-12-10 10:38:30 C 02 50 04.608 +33 13 04.91 V T05
2024-12-11 21:01:35 B 02 45 06.202 +32 37 09.91 V 160
2024-12-11 21:13:01 B 02 45 04.601 +32 36 57.31 V 160
2024-12-12 15:27:15 B 02 42 29.46 +32 17 34.4 V O46
2024-12-12 15:37:54 B 02 42 27.89 +32 17 22.8 V O46
2024-12-12 15:50:07 B 02 42 26.15 +32 17 09.7 V O46
2024-12-15 09:33:29 C 02 33 29.035 +31 05 22.16 V T08
2024-12-15 09:43:34 C 02 33 27.677 +31 05 10.79 V T08
2024-12-15 09:47:34 C 02 33 27.149 +31 05 06.40 V T08
2024-12-15 10:03:15 C 02 33 25.032 +31 04 48.94 V T08
2024-12-16 09:27:14 C 02 30 22.618 +30 38 42.54 V T08
2024-12-16 09:31:52 C 02 30 22.006 +30 38 37.43 V T08
2024-12-16 09:56:02 C 02 30 18.840 +30 38 09.92 V T08
2024-12-16 10:12:43 C 02 30 16.658 +30 37 50.88 V T08
2024-12-16 19:58:02 B 02 29 02.568 +30 26 51.11 V 160
2024-12-16 20:09:22 B 02 29 01.085 +30 26 38.69 V 160
2024-12-17 08:50:27 C 02 27 25.006 +30 12 24.77 V T05
2024-12-17 08:59:54 C 02 27 23.808 +30 12 14.00 V T05
2024-12-17 09:14:02 C 02 27 21.998 +30 11 57.84 V T05
2024-12-18 08:54:58 C 02 24 27.094 +29 45 10.40 V T05
2024-12-18 08:59:33 C 02 24 26.534 +29 45 05.08 V T05
2024-12-18 09:07:25 C 02 24 25.560 +29 44 56.11 V T05
2024-12-18 09:22:02 C 02 24 23.746 +29 44 39.37 V T05
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)