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
2025-01-01 16:47:40 C 01 51 45.52 +23 24 45.9 X D04
2025-01-01 16:50:47 C 01 51 45.21 +23 24 43.1 X D04
2025-01-01 16:53:55 C 01 51 44.99 +23 24 39.8 X D04
2025-01-01 16:57:02 C 01 51 44.81 +23 24 37.2 X D04
2025-01-01 17:03:24 C 01 51 44.36 +23 24 30.7 X D04
2025-01-02 03:11:53 C 01 51 02.527 +23 14 08.27 V G96
2025-01-02 03:19:19 C 01 51 02.005 +23 14 00.67 V G96
2025-01-02 03:26:44 C 01 51 01.480 +23 13 53.00 V G96
2025-01-02 03:34:11 C 01 51 00.954 +23 13 45.44 V G96
2025-01-02 07:10:18 C 01 50 46.229 +23 10 06.67 V T05
2025-01-02 07:14:57 C 01 50 45.893 +23 10 01.81 V T05
2025-01-02 07:22:54 C 01 50 45.334 +23 09 53.68 V T05
2025-01-02 07:40:43 C 01 50 44.095 +23 09 35.32 V T05
2025-01-02 19:33:47 C 01 49 56.959 +22 57 27.36 Z C23
2025-01-02 19:35:30 C 01 49 56.849 +22 57 25.96 Z C23
2025-01-02 19:37:14 C 01 49 56.654 +22 57 23.87 Z C23
2025-01-02 20:04:51 C 01 49 54.61 +22 56 55.8 X D04
2025-01-02 20:10:30 C 01 49 54.18 +22 56 50.1 X D04
2025-01-02 20:16:08 C 01 49 53.85 +22 56 44.4 X D04
2025-01-02 20:21:45 C 01 49 53.52 +22 56 38.7 X D04
2025-01-02 20:27:22 C 01 49 53.11 +22 56 32.3 X D04
2025-01-02 20:32:59 C 01 49 52.75 +22 56 27.6 X D04
2025-01-02 20:38:36 C 01 49 52.35 +22 56 22.2 X D04
2025-01-02 20:44:13 C 01 49 52.02 +22 56 15.5 X D04
2025-01-02 20:49:51 C 01 49 51.61 +22 56 09.7 X D04
2025-01-02 20:55:28 C 01 49 51.23 +22 56 04.5 X D04
2025-01-02 21:01:05 C 01 49 50.83 +22 55 58.7 X D04
2025-01-02 21:06:43 C 01 49 50.48 +22 55 52.7 X D04
2025-01-03 04:01:14 C 01 49 23.750 +22 48 58.79 V 703
2025-01-03 04:04:13 C 01 49 23.552 +22 48 55.80 V 703
2025-01-03 04:07:10 C 01 49 23.358 +22 48 52.85 V 703
2025-01-03 04:10:08 C 01 49 23.153 +22 48 49.75 V 703
2025-01-03 18:34:26 C 01 48 28.24 +22 34 21.5 X D04
2025-01-03 18:37:48 C 01 48 27.96 +22 34 19.5 X D04
2025-01-03 18:41:11 C 01 48 27.97 +22 34 17.8 X D04
2025-01-03 18:44:33 C 01 48 27.74 +22 34 11.9 X D04
2025-01-03 18:47:56 C 01 48 27.35 +22 34 08.8 X D04
2025-01-03 18:51:18 C 01 48 27.22 +22 34 03.3 X D04
2025-01-03 19:00:28 C 01 48 26.47 +22 33 57.9 X D04
2025-01-03 19:08:21 C 01 48 26.20 +22 33 49.7 X D04
2025-01-03 19:11:21 C 01 48 25.57 +22 33 45.6 X D04
2025-01-03 19:14:21 C 01 48 25.79 +22 33 47.8 X D04
2025-01-03 19:17:21 C 01 48 25.40 +22 33 40.4 X D04
2025-01-03 19:20:20 C 01 48 25.07 +22 33 37.2 X D04
2025-01-04 04:56:30 C 01 47 49.650 +22 24 09.29 V 703
2025-01-04 04:59:51 C 01 47 49.445 +22 24 04.86 V 703
2025-01-04 05:03:13 C 01 47 49.247 +22 24 02.63 V 703
2025-01-04 05:06:34 C 01 47 49.056 +22 23 58.52 V 703
2025-01-04 06:51:44 C 01 47 42.746 +22 22 17.83 V T08
2025-01-04 06:56:24 C 01 47 42.446 +22 22 13.19 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)