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
2025-01-16 18:32:55 B 01 34 50.225 +18 00 22.82 V 160
2025-01-16 18:42:19 B 01 34 49.942 +18 00 16.56 V 160
2025-01-16 18:51:32 B 01 34 49.721 +18 00 08.10 V 160
2025-01-16 18:53:49 C 01 34 49.651 +18 00 07.02 X D77
2025-01-16 19:11:13 C 01 34 49.150 +17 59 53.81 X D77
2025-01-16 19:22:53 C 01 34 48.806 +17 59 44.74 X D77
2025-01-17 08:44:02 C 01 34 27.449 +17 49 40.44 V T05
2025-01-17 08:51:23 C 01 34 27.238 +17 49 35.33 V T05
2025-01-17 09:05:56 C 01 34 26.863 +17 49 23.95 V T05
2025-01-17 09:10:33 C 01 34 26.767 +17 49 20.28 V T05
2025-01-17 17:43:21 C 01 34 14.242 +17 42 54.86 X D77
2025-01-17 18:00:44 C 01 34 13.776 +17 42 41.83 X D77
2025-01-17 18:15:02 C 01 34 13.394 +17 42 31.03 X D77
2025-01-17 18:20:45 B 01 34 13.260 +17 42 24.26 V 160
2025-01-17 18:25:54 B 01 34 13.198 +17 42 22.79 V 160
2025-01-17 18:30:55 B 01 34 12.991 +17 42 19.76 V 160
2025-01-19 06:28:13 C 01 33 22.692 +17 16 00.84 V T05
2025-01-19 06:32:54 C 01 33 22.584 +17 15 57.64 V T05
2025-01-19 06:40:16 C 01 33 22.399 +17 15 52.09 V T05
2025-01-20 06:40:55 C 01 32 52.711 +16 58 46.24 V T08
2025-01-20 06:44:55 C 01 32 52.610 +16 58 43.36 V T08
2025-01-20 06:56:17 C 01 32 52.378 +16 58 35.47 V T08
2025-01-20 07:11:00 C 01 32 52.063 +16 58 24.89 V T08
2025-01-20 16:06:10 C 01 32 42.05 +16 52 07.0 X D04
2025-01-20 16:09:54 C 01 32 41.97 +16 52 04.3 X D04
2025-01-20 16:17:24 C 01 32 41.83 +16 51 59.0 X D04
2025-01-20 16:21:08 C 01 32 41.77 +16 51 56.5 X D04
2025-01-20 16:24:54 C 01 32 41.66 +16 51 54.2 X D04
2025-01-20 16:28:39 C 01 32 41.60 +16 51 51.6 X D04
2025-01-20 16:32:24 C 01 32 41.57 +16 51 48.5 X D04
2025-01-20 16:39:54 C 01 32 41.41 +16 51 42.8 X D04
2025-01-20 16:43:39 C 01 32 41.32 +16 51 40.4 X D04
2025-01-20 16:47:24 C 01 32 41.24 +16 51 37.7 X D04
2025-01-21 06:10:35 C 01 32 26.503 +16 42 24.62 V T08
2025-01-21 06:15:12 C 01 32 26.412 +16 42 21.53 V T08
2025-01-21 06:46:41 C 01 32 25.798 +16 41 59.68 V T08
2025-01-21 06:54:38 C 01 32 25.646 +16 41 54.17 V T08
2025-01-21 15:33:02 C 01 32 17.01 +16 35 55.8 X D04
2025-01-21 15:48:03 C 01 32 16.70 +16 35 46.1 X D04
2025-01-21 16:03:02 C 01 32 16.48 +16 35 35.5 X D04
2025-01-22 11:20:36 C 01 31 57.60 +16 22 33.4 q Q11
2025-01-22 11:33:56 C 01 31 57.38 +16 22 24.4 q Q11
2025-01-22 11:47:18 C 01 31 57.16 +16 22 15.3 q Q11
2025-01-24 01:56:19 C 01 31 25.622 +15 57 10.62 V G96
2025-01-24 02:04:27 C 01 31 25.504 +15 57 05.33 V G96
2025-01-24 02:12:34 C 01 31 25.388 +15 57 00.00 V G96
2025-01-24 02:20:41 C 01 31 25.273 +15 56 54.78 V G96
2025-01-24 05:45:14 C 01 31 22.680 +15 54 44.50 V T08
2025-01-24 05:49:52 C 01 31 22.608 +15 54 41.62 V T08
2025-01-24 05:57:53 C 01 31 22.502 +15 54 36.40 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)