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
2025-02-09 17:14:38 C 01 31 06.71 +12 17 39.6 X C40
2025-02-09 17:20:09 C 01 31 06.74 +12 17 37.4 X C40
2025-02-09 17:25:40 C 01 31 06.79 +12 17 34.0 X C40
2025-02-09 17:31:11 C 01 31 06.83 +12 17 32.0 X C40
2025-02-09 17:36:41 C 01 31 06.87 +12 17 28.9 X C40
2025-02-09 17:42:11 C 01 31 06.84 +12 17 25.7 X C40
2025-02-09 17:47:42 C 01 31 06.94 +12 17 23.8 X C40
2025-02-09 17:53:13 C 01 31 06.92 +12 17 20.9 X C40
2025-02-09 17:58:43 C 01 31 07.02 +12 17 18.5 X C40
2025-02-09 18:04:13 C 01 31 07.08 +12 17 15.3 X C40
2025-02-09 18:09:44 C 01 31 07.02 +12 17 12.8 X C40
2025-02-09 18:15:14 C 01 31 07.11 +12 17 09.6 X C40
2025-02-10 05:46:26 C 01 31 12.636 +12 11 42.29 V T05
2025-02-10 05:51:02 C 01 31 12.667 +12 11 40.24 V T05
2025-02-10 05:58:57 C 01 31 12.730 +12 11 36.31 V T05
2025-02-10 06:14:45 C 01 31 12.828 +12 11 28.72 V T05
2025-02-10 06:28:55 C 01 31 12.919 +12 11 22.24 V T08
2025-02-10 06:33:35 C 01 31 12.941 +12 11 19.64 V T08
2025-02-10 06:41:35 C 01 31 13.006 +12 11 15.65 V T08
2025-02-10 15:55:06 C 01 31 17.79 +12 06 48.2 X D04
2025-02-10 16:12:44 C 01 31 17.97 +12 06 40.7 X D04
2025-02-10 16:30:10 C 01 31 18.10 +12 06 32.8 X D04
2025-02-11 16:26:22 C 01 31 30.62 +11 55 11.7 X D04
2025-02-11 16:39:39 C 01 31 30.73 +11 55 05.2 X C40
2025-02-11 16:42:59 C 01 31 30.77 +11 55 03.7 X C40
2025-02-11 16:43:59 C 01 31 30.76 +11 55 03.2 X D04
2025-02-11 16:46:17 C 01 31 30.77 +11 55 02.1 X C40
2025-02-11 16:49:35 C 01 31 30.82 +11 55 00.5 X C40
2025-02-11 16:52:52 C 01 31 30.84 +11 54 58.5 X C40
2025-02-11 16:56:11 C 01 31 30.85 +11 54 57.2 X C40
2025-02-11 16:59:19 C 01 31 30.89 +11 54 55.6 X C40
2025-02-11 17:01:14 C 01 31 30.97 +11 54 54.6 X D04
2025-02-11 17:02:15 C 01 31 30.95 +11 54 54.6 X C40
2025-02-11 17:05:11 C 01 31 30.92 +11 54 53.1 X C40
2025-02-11 17:08:07 C 01 31 31.00 +11 54 51.9 X C40
2025-02-11 17:11:04 C 01 31 31.04 +11 54 50.8 X C40
2025-02-11 17:14:01 C 01 31 31.04 +11 54 48.5 X C40
2025-02-12 17:03:59 C 01 31 44.22 +11 43 34.8 X C40
2025-02-12 17:07:40 C 01 31 44.31 +11 43 33.9 X C40
2025-02-12 17:11:20 C 01 31 44.32 +11 43 32.9 X C40
2025-02-13 16:30:17 C 01 31 57.91 +11 32 37.4 X C40
2025-02-13 16:47:21 C 01 31 58.05 +11 32 29.2 X C40
2025-02-13 17:04:24 C 01 31 58.21 +11 32 21.5 X C40
2025-02-14 05:34:57 C 01 32 05.623 +11 26 34.44 V T05
2025-02-14 05:42:48 C 01 32 05.681 +11 26 30.59 V T05
2025-02-14 05:47:26 C 01 32 05.736 +11 26 28.46 V T05
2025-02-14 06:03:15 C 01 32 05.878 +11 26 20.94 V T05
2025-02-14 16:43:30 C 01 32 12.51 +11 21 20.2 X D04
2025-02-14 16:54:44 C 01 32 12.55 +11 21 14.0 X D04
2025-02-14 17:05:58 C 01 32 12.64 +11 21 09.4 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)