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
2002-11-03 19:43:46 C 02 14 57.86 +41 12 07.1 c 947
2002-11-03 20:51:55 C 02 14 50.02 +41 11 23.9 c 947
2002-11-08 22:29:34 C 02 01 28.79 +39 47 29.0 d 560
2002-11-08 22:36:22 C 02 01 28.09 +39 47 23.5 d 560
2002-11-08 22:42:57 C 02 01 27.40 +39 47 18.7 d 560
2002-11-09 19:10:42 C 01 59 19.87 +39 32 08.4 c 938
2002-11-09 19:20:53 C 01 59 18.78 +39 32 01.6 c 938
2002-11-09 19:32:03 C 01 59 17.57 +39 31 52.6 c 938
2002-11-10 18:53:28 C 01 56 54.28 +39 14 15.4 d J87
2002-11-10 18:54:32 C 01 56 54.19 +39 14 14.3 d J87
2002-11-10 18:55:35 C 01 56 53.98 +39 14 14.1 d J87
2002-11-10 19:13:40 C 01 56 52.23 +39 14 00.3 d J87
2002-11-10 19:14:43 C 01 56 52.04 +39 13 59.7 d J87
2002-11-10 19:15:46 C 01 56 52.00 +39 13 59.0 d J87
2002-11-11 05:41:19 C 01 55 48.68 +39 06 03.5 17.5 c 704
2002-11-11 06:05:19 C 01 55 46.20 +39 05 45.3 17.8 c 704
2002-11-11 06:30:01 C 01 55 43.69 +39 05 26.2 17.8 c 704
2002-11-11 06:54:04 C 01 55 41.22 +39 05 07.8 17.7 c 704
2002-11-11 07:18:25 C 01 55 38.78 +39 04 48.9 17.8 c 704
2002-11-12 03:26:34 C 01 53 39.39 +38 49 15.1 17.5 c 704
2002-11-12 03:50:31 C 01 53 36.98 +38 48 56.9 17.8 c 704
2002-11-12 04:14:00 C 01 53 34.65 +38 48 38.5 17.9 c 704
2002-11-12 04:38:15 C 01 53 32.22 +38 48 19.6 17.8 c 704
2002-11-12 05:01:45 C 01 53 29.85 +38 48 01.1 17.8 c 704
2002-11-13 03:39:25 C 01 51 18.35 +38 30 18.1 17.2 c 704
2002-11-13 04:04:44 C 01 51 15.87 +38 29 58.4 18.0 c 704
2002-11-13 04:30:09 C 01 51 13.39 +38 29 38.4 17.8 c 704
2002-11-13 04:54:58 C 01 51 10.98 +38 29 18.9 17.9 c 704
2002-11-13 05:19:52 C 01 51 08.56 +38 28 59.2 17.7 c 704
2002-11-15 06:49:50 C 01 46 31.34 +37 49 29.8 18.2 c 704
2002-11-15 07:15:34 C 01 46 28.93 +37 49 09.1 18.7 c 704
2002-11-15 07:41:03 C 01 46 26.55 +37 48 48.0 18.4 c 704
2002-11-15 08:06:32 C 01 46 24.20 +37 48 27.1 18.6 c 704
2002-11-15 08:32:00 C 01 46 21.86 +37 48 07.0 18.5 c 704
2002-11-22 05:02:48 C 01 32 53.76 +35 32 36.0 c 670
2002-11-22 05:52:02 C 01 32 50.01 +35 31 55.2 c 670
2002-11-22 06:30:59 C 01 32 47.13 +35 31 22.8 c 670
2002-11-22 07:12:42 C 01 32 44.01 +35 30 47.9 c 670
2002-11-23 19:11:08 C 01 30 11.11 +35 00 55.0 c 113
2002-11-23 19:16:19 C 01 30 10.73 +35 00 50.8 c 113
2002-11-23 19:21:27 C 01 30 10.37 +35 00 46.4 c 113
2002-12-03 03:46:16 C 01 17 20.90 +31 59 51.6 o 644
2002-12-03 04:16:30 C 01 17 19.48 +31 59 28.4 o 644
2002-12-11 03:05:07 C 01 10 22.42 +29 40 17.8 c 699
2002-12-11 03:29:41 C 01 10 21.74 +29 40 00.7 c 699
2002-12-11 03:54:12 C 01 10 21.01 +29 39 44.2 c 699
2002-12-11 04:18:41 C 01 10 20.36 +29 39 28.1 c 699
2002-12-31 01:55:02 C 01 05 39.82 +25 17 30.6 18.7 c 704
2002-12-31 02:16:25 C 01 05 39.89 +25 17 21.8 18.8 c 704
2002-12-31 02:37:42 C 01 05 40.02 +25 17 12.7 18.8 c 704
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)