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
2025-01-30 21:08:08 C 01 30 17.266 +14 19 06.20 Z C23
2025-01-30 21:38:53 C 01 30 17.222 +14 18 48.82 Z C23
2025-01-31 16:10:09 C 01 30 15.80 +14 08 34.6 X C40
2025-01-31 16:13:22 C 01 30 15.78 +14 08 32.9 X C40
2025-01-31 16:14:58 C 01 30 15.78 +14 08 31.8 X C40
2025-01-31 16:19:47 C 01 30 15.74 +14 08 28.6 X C40
2025-01-31 16:21:24 C 01 30 15.74 +14 08 28.0 X C40
2025-01-31 16:22:54 C 01 30 15.71 +14 08 27.0 X C40
2025-01-31 16:24:18 C 01 30 15.73 +14 08 26.5 X C40
2025-01-31 16:25:43 C 01 30 15.75 +14 08 26.4 X C40
2025-01-31 16:27:08 C 01 30 15.72 +14 08 24.9 X C40
2025-01-31 19:20:53 C 01 30 15.571 +14 06 49.25 Z C23
2025-01-31 20:04:31 C 01 30 15.494 +14 06 24.55 Z C23
2025-01-31 20:47:35 C 01 30 15.427 +14 06 00.61 Z C23
2025-02-01 17:43:39 C 01 30 15.444 +13 54 38.23 Z C23
2025-02-01 18:37:09 C 01 30 15.365 +13 54 09.22 Z C23
2025-02-01 19:13:03 C 01 30 15.362 +13 53 49.45 Z C23
2025-02-02 18:27:31 B 01 30 16.807 +13 41 27.28 V 160
2025-02-02 18:35:54 B 01 30 16.774 +13 41 20.94 V 160
2025-02-02 19:17:53 C 01 30 16.853 +13 40 58.66 Z C23
2025-02-02 19:50:18 C 01 30 16.884 +13 40 41.20 Z C23
2025-02-02 20:31:14 C 01 30 16.918 +13 40 18.66 Z C23
2025-02-03 02:01:49 C 01 30 17.618 +13 37 27.34 V G96
2025-02-03 02:14:27 C 01 30 17.622 +13 37 20.68 V G96
2025-02-03 02:20:37 C 01 30 17.622 +13 37 17.36 V G96
2025-02-03 02:26:48 C 01 30 17.626 +13 37 14.09 V G96
2025-02-03 05:10:41 C 01 30 17.962 +13 35 49.67 V T05
2025-02-03 05:15:15 C 01 30 17.947 +13 35 47.36 V T05
2025-02-03 05:29:06 C 01 30 17.954 +13 35 39.98 V T05
2025-02-03 06:01:29 C 01 30 17.969 +13 35 22.63 V T05
2025-02-03 17:52:35 C 01 30 19.874 +13 29 07.51 Z C23
2025-02-03 18:15:16 C 01 30 19.925 +13 28 55.67 Z C23
2025-02-06 05:55:32 C 01 30 33.838 +12 58 31.80 V T05
2025-02-06 06:00:07 C 01 30 33.859 +12 58 29.42 V T05
2025-02-06 06:27:11 C 01 30 33.962 +12 58 15.64 V T05
2025-02-08 06:05:55 C 01 30 51.137 +12 34 43.28 V T08
2025-02-08 06:10:36 C 01 30 51.154 +12 34 40.69 V T08
2025-02-08 06:24:43 C 01 30 51.230 +12 34 34.00 V T08
2025-02-08 10:52:22 C 01 30 53.264 +12 32 21.08 W 327
2025-02-08 11:10:46 C 01 30 53.377 +12 32 12.33 W 327
2025-02-08 17:40:12 B 01 30 56.201 +12 29 02.08 X K87
2025-02-08 17:46:31 B 01 30 56.203 +12 28 58.84 X K87
2025-02-08 17:52:49 B 01 30 56.254 +12 28 55.99 X K87
2025-02-09 16:14:11 C 01 31 06.24 +12 18 08.9 X D04
2025-02-09 16:20:34 C 01 31 06.26 +12 18 05.2 X D04
2025-02-09 16:26:56 C 01 31 06.39 +12 18 02.4 X D04
2025-02-09 16:33:18 C 01 31 06.41 +12 17 59.1 X D04
2025-02-09 16:45:38 C 01 31 06.51 +12 17 54.0 X D04
2025-02-09 17:04:19 C 01 31 06.60 +12 17 45.0 X D04
2025-02-09 17:10:41 C 01 31 06.69 +12 17 40.8 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)