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
2024-12-18 10:01:50 C 02 24 18.829 +29 43 53.79 X F51
2024-12-18 10:12:05 C 02 24 17.566 +29 43 41.98 X F52
2024-12-18 10:16:42 C 02 24 16.990 +29 43 36.67 X F51
2024-12-18 10:27:02 C 02 24 15.722 +29 43 24.78 X F52
2024-12-18 10:42:08 C 02 24 13.865 +29 43 07.42 X F52
2024-12-19 06:13:41 C 02 21 54.005 +29 20 55.90 Z U76
2024-12-19 06:31:43 C 02 21 51.833 +29 20 35.23 Z U76
2024-12-19 06:50:09 C 02 21 49.610 +29 20 14.06 Z U76
2024-12-19 08:05:09 C 02 21 40.576 +29 18 47.66 V 703
2024-12-19 08:08:25 C 02 21 40.190 +29 18 43.96 V 703
2024-12-19 08:11:41 C 02 21 39.812 +29 18 40.14 V 703
2024-12-19 08:14:57 C 02 21 39.409 +29 18 36.29 V 703
2024-12-19 09:25:18 C 02 21 31.276 +29 17 19.69 X F51
2024-12-19 09:37:29 C 02 21 29.810 +29 17 05.63 X F51
2024-12-19 09:44:55 C 02 21 28.923 +29 16 57.13 X F52
2024-12-19 09:49:36 C 02 21 28.360 +29 16 51.72 X F51
2024-12-19 09:57:06 C 02 21 27.462 +29 16 43.08 X F52
2024-12-19 10:09:17 C 02 21 26.006 +29 16 29.06 X F52
2024-12-19 10:45:01 C 02 21 21.725 +29 15 47.95 V T08
2024-12-19 10:50:58 C 02 21 21.017 +29 15 41.15 V T08
2024-12-19 10:58:30 C 02 21 20.134 +29 15 32.36 V T08
2024-12-19 11:12:39 C 02 21 18.454 +29 15 16.02 V T08
2024-12-19 22:15:40 C 02 20 01.36 +29 02 38.1 V D04
2024-12-19 22:21:17 C 02 20 00.69 +29 02 31.0 V D04
2024-12-19 22:26:54 C 02 20 00.04 +29 02 24.2 V D04
2024-12-19 22:38:09 C 02 19 58.71 +29 02 11.6 V D04
2024-12-19 22:49:20 C 02 19 57.43 +29 01 58.8 V D04
2024-12-19 22:54:55 C 02 19 56.75 +29 01 52.9 V D04
2024-12-19 23:17:21 C 02 19 54.13 +29 01 26.7 V D04
2024-12-20 05:28:46 C 02 19 11.665 +28 54 28.01 V G96
2024-12-20 05:36:12 C 02 19 10.787 +28 54 19.51 V G96
2024-12-20 05:43:39 C 02 19 09.930 +28 54 10.98 V G96
2024-12-20 05:51:04 C 02 19 09.052 +28 54 02.41 V G96
2024-12-20 06:46:25 C 02 19 02.586 +28 52 58.94 V 703
2024-12-20 06:49:41 C 02 19 02.204 +28 52 55.13 V 703
2024-12-20 06:52:57 C 02 19 01.830 +28 52 51.38 V 703
2024-12-20 06:56:13 C 02 19 01.448 +28 52 47.71 V 703
2024-12-20 09:04:27 C 02 18 46.855 +28 50 24.11 V T08
2024-12-20 09:17:27 C 02 18 45.346 +28 50 09.13 V T08
2024-12-20 09:34:52 C 02 18 43.330 +28 49 49.15 V T08
2024-12-20 20:14:13 C 02 17 31.14 +28 37 36.7 V D04
2024-12-20 20:17:20 C 02 17 30.78 +28 37 33.4 V D04
2024-12-20 20:20:28 C 02 17 30.41 +28 37 29.4 V D04
2024-12-20 20:23:35 C 02 17 30.05 +28 37 25.9 V D04
2024-12-20 20:26:43 C 02 17 29.72 +28 37 22.9 V D04
2024-12-20 20:29:50 C 02 17 29.38 +28 37 18.5 V D04
2024-12-20 20:32:57 C 02 17 29.01 +28 37 15.6 V D04
2024-12-20 20:36:04 C 02 17 28.66 +28 37 11.9 V D04
2024-12-20 20:39:12 C 02 17 28.29 +28 37 08.7 V D04
2024-12-20 20:42:19 C 02 17 27.93 +28 37 05.2 V D04
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)