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
2024-12-20 20:45:26 C 02 17 27.59 +28 37 00.9 V D04
2024-12-20 20:48:34 C 02 17 27.18 +28 36 57.5 V D04
2024-12-21 05:58:07 C 02 16 25.928 +28 26 33.76 V G96
2024-12-21 06:05:35 C 02 16 25.086 +28 26 25.26 V G96
2024-12-21 06:13:03 C 02 16 24.244 +28 26 16.73 V G96
2024-12-21 06:20:31 C 02 16 23.408 +28 26 08.09 V G96
2024-12-21 06:45:58 C 02 16 20.514 +28 25 38.75 V 703
2024-12-21 06:48:52 C 02 16 20.197 +28 25 35.29 V 703
2024-12-21 06:49:14 C 02 16 20.154 +28 25 35.22 V 703
2024-12-21 06:52:08 C 02 16 19.837 +28 25 31.55 V 703
2024-12-21 06:52:30 C 02 16 19.780 +28 25 31.40 V 703
2024-12-21 06:55:24 C 02 16 19.477 +28 25 27.95 V 703
2024-12-21 06:55:46 C 02 16 19.420 +28 25 27.70 V 703
2024-12-21 08:12:46 C 02 16 11.107 +28 24 02.81 V T05
2024-12-21 08:18:01 C 02 16 10.517 +28 23 56.80 V T05
2024-12-21 08:26:45 C 02 16 09.528 +28 23 46.82 V T05
2024-12-21 17:17:46 C 02 15 11.58 +28 13 38.5 V D04
2024-12-21 17:19:58 C 02 15 11.32 +28 13 36.1 V D04
2024-12-21 17:22:11 C 02 15 11.08 +28 13 33.5 V D04
2024-12-21 17:24:23 C 02 15 10.84 +28 13 31.0 V D04
2024-12-21 17:26:36 C 02 15 10.60 +28 13 28.5 V D04
2024-12-21 17:28:42 C 02 15 10.35 +28 13 26.0 V D04
2024-12-21 17:30:42 C 02 15 10.13 +28 13 24.0 V D04
2024-12-21 17:32:42 C 02 15 09.91 +28 13 21.6 V D04
2024-12-21 17:34:43 C 02 15 09.69 +28 13 19.3 V D04
2024-12-21 17:36:43 C 02 15 09.46 +28 13 17.3 V D04
2024-12-21 17:38:44 C 02 15 09.24 +28 13 14.7 V D04
2024-12-21 17:40:44 C 02 15 09.02 +28 13 12.4 V D04
2024-12-21 19:21:06 C 02 14 58.05 +28 11 17.6 X G02
2024-12-21 19:27:47 C 02 14 57.31 +28 11 09.9 X G02
2024-12-21 19:34:28 C 02 14 56.57 +28 11 02.3 X G02
2024-12-21 19:50:59 B 02 14 54.818 +28 10 44.29 V 160
2024-12-21 19:58:17 B 02 14 53.964 +28 10 36.08 V 160
2024-12-21 20:05:43 B 02 14 53.160 +28 10 27.59 V 160
2024-12-22 05:00:13 C 02 13 55.297 +28 00 20.99 V 703
2024-12-22 05:03:29 C 02 13 54.952 +28 00 17.50 V 703
2024-12-22 05:06:46 C 02 13 54.584 +28 00 13.57 V 703
2024-12-22 05:10:02 C 02 13 54.224 +28 00 09.86 V 703
2024-12-22 07:27:20 C 02 13 39.619 +27 57 35.96 V T05
2024-12-22 07:32:01 C 02 13 39.106 +27 57 30.64 V T05
2024-12-22 07:40:43 C 02 13 38.150 +27 57 20.66 V T05
2024-12-22 07:55:11 C 02 13 36.566 +27 57 03.96 V T05
2024-12-22 08:10:52 S 02 13 34.555 +27 56 39.58 X 275
2024-12-23 02:58:09 C 02 11 36.149 +27 35 23.50 V W40
2024-12-23 04:06:34 C 02 11 28.937 +27 34 06.06 V W40
2024-12-23 05:01:46 C 02 11 23.018 +27 33 02.05 V W40
2024-12-23 08:55:46 C 02 10 58.968 +27 28 40.62 V T08
2024-12-23 08:59:45 C 02 10 58.558 +27 28 36.05 V T08
2024-12-23 09:07:43 C 02 10 57.703 +27 28 27.01 V T08
2024-12-23 09:24:26 C 02 10 55.963 +27 28 07.86 V T08
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)