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
2024-12-23 17:55:11 C 02 10 04.229 +27 18 29.45 V 088
2024-12-23 17:56:13 B 02 10 04.306 +27 18 25.34 V 160
2024-12-23 17:57:46 C 02 10 03.950 +27 18 26.53 V 088
2024-12-23 17:59:53 C 02 10 03.742 +27 18 24.05 V 088
2024-12-23 18:01:59 C 02 10 03.514 +27 18 21.78 V 088
2024-12-23 18:04:05 C 02 10 03.295 +27 18 19.19 V 088
2024-12-23 18:04:45 B 02 10 03.410 +27 18 15.59 V 160
2024-12-24 00:44:21 C 02 09 22.949 +27 10 45.44 V W40
2024-12-24 02:03:52 C 02 09 14.767 +27 09 16.60 V W40
2024-12-24 02:35:55 C 02 09 11.503 +27 08 39.73 V W40
2024-12-24 07:26:58 C 02 08 42.427 +27 03 14.29 V T08
2024-12-24 07:31:08 C 02 08 41.998 +27 03 09.43 V T08
2024-12-24 07:39:05 C 02 08 41.184 +27 03 00.50 V T08
2024-12-24 07:58:55 C 02 08 39.163 +27 02 38.00 V T08
2024-12-24 20:01:43 B 02 07 28.176 +26 49 00.88 V 160
2024-12-24 20:09:23 B 02 07 27.382 +26 48 52.27 V 160
2024-12-24 20:16:39 B 02 07 26.650 +26 48 44.06 V 160
2024-12-25 07:18:32 C 02 06 22.639 +26 36 24.95 V T05
2024-12-25 07:20:32 C 02 06 22.486 +26 36 22.75 V T05
2024-12-25 07:25:14 C 02 06 22.018 +26 36 17.50 V T05
2024-12-25 07:34:39 C 02 06 21.094 +26 36 06.84 V T05
2024-12-25 07:47:19 C 02 06 19.838 +26 35 52.40 V T05
2024-12-25 07:49:57 C 02 06 19.591 +26 35 49.52 V T05
2024-12-25 16:30:20 C 02 05 30.48 +26 26 03.8 V D04
2024-12-25 16:32:45 C 02 05 30.26 +26 26 01.2 V D04
2024-12-25 16:35:10 C 02 05 30.03 +26 25 58.5 V D04
2024-12-25 16:37:33 C 02 05 29.80 +26 25 55.5 V D04
2024-12-25 16:39:57 C 02 05 29.56 +26 25 53.2 V D04
2024-12-25 16:42:22 C 02 05 29.35 +26 25 50.3 V D04
2024-12-25 16:44:45 C 02 05 29.09 +26 25 47.7 V D04
2024-12-25 16:47:09 C 02 05 28.87 +26 25 45.0 V D04
2024-12-25 16:49:28 C 02 05 28.63 +26 25 42.3 V D04
2024-12-25 16:51:41 C 02 05 28.45 +26 25 40.1 V D04
2024-12-25 16:53:53 C 02 05 28.21 +26 25 37.4 V D04
2024-12-25 16:56:06 C 02 05 28.02 +26 25 34.8 V D04
2024-12-26 07:33:44 C 02 04 05.959 +26 09 20.70 V T05
2024-12-26 07:39:05 C 02 04 05.450 +26 09 14.72 V T05
2024-12-26 07:47:00 C 02 04 04.704 +26 09 05.98 V T05
2024-12-26 08:05:02 C 02 04 03.005 +26 08 45.64 V T05
2024-12-26 16:15:23 C 02 03 18.79 +25 59 37.1 X G02
2024-12-26 16:21:31 C 02 03 18.21 +25 59 30.2 X G02
2024-12-26 16:27:39 C 02 03 17.64 +25 59 23.5 X G02
2024-12-26 18:06:02 C 02 03 08.563 +25 57 34.63 V D68
2024-12-26 20:00:09 C 02 02 58.022 +25 55 28.63 V D68
2024-12-26 20:11:57 B 02 02 56.954 +25 55 16.03 V 160
2024-12-26 20:23:26 B 02 02 55.858 +25 55 03.65 V 160
2024-12-27 17:19:00 C 02 01 05.124 +25 31 58.84 V D68
2024-12-27 17:40:38 C 02 01 03.250 +25 31 35.50 W 246
2024-12-27 17:41:26 C 02 01 03.180 +25 31 34.60 W 246
2024-12-27 17:42:01 C 02 01 03.130 +25 31 33.90 W 246
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)