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
2025-01-10 17:21:36 C 01 39 48.57 +19 58 48.4 X D04
2025-01-10 17:25:21 C 01 39 48.56 +19 58 43.5 X D04
2025-01-10 17:27:35 C 01 39 48.691 +19 58 42.56 Z C23
2025-01-10 17:29:05 C 01 39 48.36 +19 58 39.4 X D04
2025-01-10 17:32:51 C 01 39 48.20 +19 58 37.8 X D04
2025-01-10 17:36:36 C 01 39 48.01 +19 58 34.5 X D04
2025-01-10 17:40:20 C 01 39 47.90 +19 58 31.4 X D04
2025-01-10 17:44:05 C 01 39 47.70 +19 58 27.8 X D04
2025-01-10 17:47:49 C 01 39 47.53 +19 58 24.2 X D04
2025-01-10 17:51:35 C 01 39 47.39 +19 58 22.0 X D04
2025-01-10 17:55:34 C 01 39 47.438 +19 58 17.80 Z C23
2025-01-10 18:18:50 C 01 39 46.433 +19 57 57.53 Z C23
2025-01-11 16:29:02 C 01 38 52.36 +19 38 53.0 X D04
2025-01-11 16:44:13 C 01 38 51.71 +19 38 40.0 X D04
2025-01-11 16:59:12 C 01 38 51.10 +19 38 26.6 X D04
2025-01-12 05:12:44 C 01 38 22.492 +19 28 06.60 V 703
2025-01-12 05:15:59 C 01 38 22.362 +19 28 03.68 V 703
2025-01-12 05:19:14 C 01 38 22.243 +19 28 00.84 V 703
2025-01-12 05:22:29 C 01 38 22.110 +19 27 58.18 V 703
2025-01-12 18:25:29 B 01 37 53.213 +19 17 01.28 V 160
2025-01-12 18:27:45 B 01 37 53.100 +19 16 59.56 V 160
2025-01-12 18:27:54 B 01 37 53.165 +19 16 59.23 X K87
2025-01-12 18:31:02 B 01 37 53.040 +19 16 56.53 X K87
2025-01-12 18:32:29 B 01 37 52.918 +19 16 56.75 V 160
2025-01-12 18:34:11 B 01 37 52.915 +19 16 53.94 X K87
2025-01-12 18:37:56 B 01 37 52.735 +19 16 51.78 V 160
2025-01-12 18:39:28 B 01 37 52.721 +19 16 49.80 V 160
2025-01-12 20:49:55 C 01 37 47.77 +19 15 01.1 V M14
2025-01-12 21:09:55 C 01 37 47.01 +19 14 44.2 V M14
2025-01-13 05:12:56 C 01 37 29.597 +19 08 05.93 V G96
2025-01-13 05:19:24 C 01 37 29.348 +19 08 00.53 V G96
2025-01-13 05:25:56 C 01 37 29.111 +19 07 55.06 V G96
2025-01-13 05:32:24 C 01 37 28.877 +19 07 49.66 V G96
2025-01-13 17:57:34 C 01 37 03.389 +18 57 37.22 Z C23
2025-01-13 18:33:29 C 01 37 02.078 +18 57 07.92 Z C23
2025-01-13 19:34:30 C 01 36 59.935 +18 56 18.31 Z C23
2025-01-14 06:28:41 C 01 36 37.968 +18 47 32.17 V T05
2025-01-14 06:33:17 C 01 36 37.786 +18 47 28.57 V T05
2025-01-14 06:41:12 C 01 36 37.507 +18 47 22.16 V T05
2025-01-14 18:46:12 B 01 36 14.251 +18 37 37.96 V 160
2025-01-14 19:01:57 B 01 36 13.757 +18 37 25.54 V 160
2025-01-14 19:17:35 B 01 36 13.303 +18 37 12.32 V 160
2025-01-15 06:57:49 C 01 35 51.377 +18 28 01.02 V T05
2025-01-15 07:05:12 C 01 35 51.154 +18 27 55.33 V T05
2025-01-15 07:15:51 C 01 35 50.801 +18 27 46.80 V T05
2025-01-15 07:31:54 C 01 35 50.280 +18 27 34.02 V T05
2025-01-16 07:51:53 C 01 35 07.601 +18 08 36.74 V T08
2025-01-16 07:55:54 C 01 35 07.486 +18 08 33.83 V T08
2025-01-16 08:11:52 C 01 35 06.996 +18 08 21.34 V T08
2025-01-16 08:20:30 C 01 35 06.778 +18 08 14.60 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)