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
2025-01-04 07:05:12 C 01 47 41.899 +22 22 04.62 V T08
2025-01-04 07:37:41 C 01 47 39.854 +22 21 32.36 V T08
2025-01-04 19:05:01 B 01 46 58.781 +22 10 13.91 V 160
2025-01-04 19:12:33 B 01 46 58.346 +22 10 07.46 V 160
2025-01-04 19:20:07 B 01 46 57.883 +22 10 00.12 V 160
2025-01-05 04:01:19 C 01 46 27.203 +22 01 34.07 V 703
2025-01-05 04:04:17 C 01 46 27.012 +22 01 31.04 V 703
2025-01-05 04:07:15 C 01 46 26.861 +22 01 28.20 V 703
2025-01-05 04:10:13 C 01 46 26.666 +22 01 25.32 V 703
2025-01-05 06:47:49 C 01 46 17.556 +21 58 54.73 V T08
2025-01-05 07:02:30 C 01 46 16.673 +21 58 40.33 V T08
2025-01-05 07:07:48 C 01 46 16.361 +21 58 35.22 V T08
2025-01-05 07:15:53 C 01 46 15.874 +21 58 27.48 V T08
2025-01-05 20:17:09 C 01 45 31.41 +21 45 50.4 X D04
2025-01-05 20:22:46 C 01 45 31.09 +21 45 45.1 X D04
2025-01-05 20:28:24 C 01 45 30.77 +21 45 39.0 X D04
2025-01-05 20:34:01 C 01 45 30.44 +21 45 33.3 X D04
2025-01-05 20:39:38 C 01 45 30.11 +21 45 27.9 X D04
2025-01-05 20:45:16 C 01 45 29.81 +21 45 23.1 X D04
2025-01-05 20:50:53 C 01 45 29.52 +21 45 17.9 X D04
2025-01-05 21:02:07 C 01 45 28.82 +21 45 05.8 X D04
2025-01-05 21:07:45 C 01 45 28.44 +21 45 01.5 X D04
2025-01-05 21:13:22 C 01 45 28.19 +21 44 56.5 X D04
2025-01-06 03:12:27 C 01 45 08.536 +21 39 16.02 V 703
2025-01-06 03:15:43 C 01 45 08.366 +21 39 12.96 V 703
2025-01-06 03:18:58 C 01 45 08.176 +21 39 10.04 V 703
2025-01-06 03:22:13 C 01 45 07.988 +21 39 06.98 V 703
2025-01-06 06:45:07 C 01 44 56.772 +21 35 55.21 V T05
2025-01-06 06:49:44 C 01 44 56.498 +21 35 50.86 V T05
2025-01-06 06:57:35 C 01 44 56.064 +21 35 43.48 V T05
2025-01-06 07:35:20 C 01 44 53.914 +21 35 07.37 V T05
2025-01-07 19:16:39 C 01 43 01.87 +21 01 37.3 X D04
2025-01-07 19:22:16 C 01 43 01.57 +21 01 32.6 X D04
2025-01-07 19:27:53 C 01 43 01.30 +21 01 26.8 X D04
2025-01-07 19:33:30 C 01 43 00.99 +21 01 21.3 X D04
2025-01-07 19:39:07 C 01 43 00.73 +21 01 17.2 X D04
2025-01-07 19:44:44 C 01 43 00.43 +21 01 12.0 X D04
2025-01-07 19:50:21 C 01 43 00.11 +21 01 06.3 X D04
2025-01-07 20:01:35 C 01 42 59.58 +21 00 56.0 X D04
2025-01-07 20:12:50 C 01 42 59.01 +21 00 45.3 X D04
2025-01-07 20:18:27 C 01 42 58.65 +21 00 39.9 X D04
2025-01-07 22:19:43 C 01 42 52.716 +20 58 47.64 Z C23
2025-01-07 22:22:48 C 01 42 52.613 +20 58 44.80 Z C23
2025-01-07 22:26:50 C 01 42 52.301 +20 58 41.12 Z C23
2025-01-09 18:28:22 C 01 40 48.168 +20 18 54.04 Z C23
2025-01-09 18:39:27 C 01 40 47.683 +20 18 44.28 Z C23
2025-01-09 18:50:55 C 01 40 47.146 +20 18 34.34 Z C23
2025-01-10 17:10:21 C 01 39 49.15 +19 58 57.1 X D04
2025-01-10 17:14:07 C 01 39 49.01 +19 58 55.0 X D04
2025-01-10 17:17:51 C 01 39 48.78 +19 58 51.4 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)