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
2024-12-27 17:42:36 C 02 01 03.070 +25 31 33.30 W 246
2024-12-27 17:43:12 C 02 01 03.020 +25 31 32.70 W 246
2024-12-27 19:02:00 B 02 00 55.995 +25 30 08.00 W L92
2024-12-27 19:04:03 B 02 00 55.825 +25 30 05.84 W L92
2024-12-27 19:06:05 B 02 00 55.608 +25 30 04.26 W L92
2024-12-27 19:08:07 B 02 00 55.398 +25 30 02.17 W L92
2024-12-27 19:10:10 B 02 00 55.297 +25 29 59.01 W L92
2024-12-27 19:50:07 B 02 00 51.746 +25 29 14.39 V 160
2024-12-27 19:58:41 C 02 00 50.930 +25 29 04.24 V D68
2024-12-27 20:01:26 B 02 00 50.767 +25 29 02.04 V 160
2024-12-28 17:38:49 C 01 59 00.87 +25 05 26.4 X G02
2024-12-28 17:45:48 C 01 59 00.28 +25 05 18.8 X G02
2024-12-28 17:52:30 C 01 58 59.70 +25 05 11.6 X G02
2024-12-28 19:16:14 B 01 58 52.646 +25 03 41.58 V 160
2024-12-28 19:23:21 B 01 58 52.034 +25 03 33.77 V 160
2024-12-28 19:30:38 B 01 58 51.418 +25 03 25.67 V 160
2024-12-28 20:04:42 C 01 58 48.600 +25 02 47.98 Z C23
2024-12-28 20:08:09 C 01 58 48.305 +25 02 44.20 Z C23
2024-12-28 20:11:37 C 01 58 47.998 +25 02 40.16 Z C23
2024-12-29 07:32:16 C 01 57 52.015 +24 50 29.18 V T05
2024-12-29 07:37:36 C 01 57 51.557 +24 50 23.32 V T05
2024-12-29 07:46:59 C 01 57 50.782 +24 50 13.20 V T05
2024-12-29 08:08:14 C 01 57 49.010 +24 49 50.09 V T05
2024-12-30 03:56:42 C 01 56 14.564 +24 28 34.32 V 703
2024-12-30 03:59:41 C 01 56 14.334 +24 28 31.40 V 703
2024-12-30 04:02:41 C 01 56 14.089 +24 28 28.09 V 703
2024-12-30 04:05:40 C 01 56 13.852 +24 28 24.89 V 703
2024-12-30 07:24:27 C 01 55 58.301 +24 24 55.08 V T05
2024-12-30 07:29:12 C 01 55 57.914 +24 24 49.93 V T05
2024-12-30 07:37:07 C 01 55 57.286 +24 24 41.33 V T05
2024-12-30 07:52:18 C 01 55 56.069 +24 24 25.16 V T05
2024-12-30 14:50:39 C 01 55 23.43 +24 16 58.2 V G26
2024-12-30 15:50:38 C 01 55 19.01 +24 15 52.6 V G26
2024-12-30 16:13:49 C 01 55 18.00 +24 15 28.5 X G02
2024-12-30 16:19:45 C 01 55 17.54 +24 15 22.3 X G02
2024-12-30 16:25:25 C 01 55 17.11 +24 15 16.3 X G02
2024-12-31 07:06:17 C 01 54 10.373 +23 59 51.61 V T08
2024-12-31 07:15:03 C 01 54 09.698 +23 59 42.29 V T08
2024-12-31 07:33:21 C 01 54 08.297 +23 59 23.06 V T08
2025-01-01 03:57:03 C 01 52 39.479 +23 38 04.16 V 703
2025-01-01 04:00:02 C 01 52 39.259 +23 38 01.10 V 703
2025-01-01 04:03:02 C 01 52 39.047 +23 37 57.76 V 703
2025-01-01 04:06:01 C 01 52 38.802 +23 37 54.95 V 703
2025-01-01 13:49:01 C 01 51 57.58 +23 27 51.5 V D29
2025-01-01 14:09:23 C 01 51 56.12 +23 27 30.3 V D29
2025-01-01 14:29:45 C 01 51 54.66 +23 27 09.1 V D29
2025-01-01 16:35:10 C 01 51 46.36 +23 24 58.8 X D04
2025-01-01 16:38:17 C 01 51 46.14 +23 24 56.4 X D04
2025-01-01 16:41:25 C 01 51 45.89 +23 24 53.0 X D04
2025-01-01 16:44:32 C 01 51 45.68 +23 24 48.9 X 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)