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
2025-02-14 17:28:28 C 01 32 12.88 +11 20 58.2 X D04
2025-02-14 17:45:19 C 01 32 13.07 +11 20 49.9 X D04
2025-02-14 18:00:39 C 01 32 13.291 +11 20 43.01 Z C23
2025-02-14 18:19:01 C 01 32 13.517 +11 20 34.73 Z C23
2025-02-14 19:03:04 C 01 32 13.968 +11 20 14.28 Z C23
2025-02-16 18:08:40 C 01 32 43.445 +10 58 20.03 Z C23
2025-02-16 18:34:19 C 01 32 43.685 +10 58 07.97 Z C23
2025-02-16 19:23:38 C 01 32 44.150 +10 57 45.25 Z C23
2025-02-17 18:05:36 C 01 32 58.661 +10 47 09.96 Z C23
2025-02-17 18:32:36 C 01 32 58.942 +10 46 58.48 Z C23
2025-02-18 06:01:37 C 01 33 06.034 +10 41 39.55 V T05
2025-02-18 06:06:16 C 01 33 06.074 +10 41 37.39 V T05
2025-02-18 06:30:02 C 01 33 06.305 +10 41 25.98 V T05
2025-02-18 06:49:15 C 01 33 06.487 +10 41 18.10 V T05
2025-02-18 17:28:54 B 01 33 13.47 +10 36 14.8 X A71
2025-02-18 17:31:57 B 01 33 13.50 +10 36 13.7 X A71
2025-02-18 17:35:00 B 01 33 13.57 +10 36 11.9 X A71
2025-02-18 18:22:06 C 01 33 14.071 +10 35 50.21 Z C23
2025-02-18 18:53:34 C 01 33 14.364 +10 35 34.73 Z C23
2025-02-18 19:23:57 C 01 33 14.642 +10 35 19.79 Z C23
2025-02-23 02:26:15 C 01 34 15.820 +09 46 10.16 V V00
2025-02-23 02:34:18 C 01 34 15.884 +09 46 06.20 V V00
2025-02-23 02:42:23 C 01 34 15.949 +09 46 02.21 V V00
2025-02-23 02:50:28 C 01 34 16.007 +09 45 58.25 V V00
2025-02-25 16:25:21 C 01 34 44.85 +09 15 04.6 X D04
2025-02-25 16:33:41 C 01 34 44.88 +09 15 00.8 X D04
2025-02-25 16:42:00 C 01 34 45.04 +09 14 57.1 X D04
2025-02-26 12:46:30 C 01 34 52.161 +09 04 33.24 O18
2025-02-26 13:00:18 C 01 34 52.219 +09 04 25.84 O18
2025-02-26 16:09:03 C 01 34 53.33 +09 02 47.1 X C40
2025-02-26 16:12:04 C 01 34 53.31 +09 02 45.4 X C40
2025-02-26 16:15:04 C 01 34 53.35 +09 02 43.7 X C40
2025-02-26 16:18:03 C 01 34 53.36 +09 02 42.1 X C40
2025-02-26 16:24:04 C 01 34 53.31 +09 02 38.7 X C40
2025-02-26 16:30:06 C 01 34 53.40 +09 02 35.3 X C40
2025-02-26 16:36:08 C 01 34 53.43 +09 02 32.6 X C40
2025-02-26 16:42:10 C 01 34 53.38 +09 02 28.9 X C40
2025-02-27 12:45:18 C 01 34 59.018 +08 51 50.61 O18
2025-02-27 12:59:06 C 01 34 59.052 +08 51 43.07 O18
2025-02-27 16:23:37 C 01 34 59.88 +08 49 52.0 X D04
2025-02-27 16:29:14 C 01 34 59.94 +08 49 49.3 X D04
2025-02-27 16:40:28 C 01 34 59.98 +08 49 42.7 X D04
2025-02-27 17:24:10 C 01 35 00.13 +08 49 19.2 X C40
2025-02-27 17:29:53 C 01 35 00.07 +08 49 15.8 X C40
2025-02-27 17:35:59 C 01 35 00.14 +08 49 12.8 X C40
2025-02-28 18:21:29 C 01 35 04.421 +08 35 38.94 Z C23
2025-02-28 18:28:37 C 01 35 04.452 +08 35 34.87 Z C23
2025-02-28 18:48:10 C 01 35 04.488 +08 35 23.39 Z C23
2025-03-02 18:29:51 C 01 35 03.770 +08 08 04.13 Z C23
2025-03-02 19:10:36 C 01 35 03.646 +08 07 39.11 Z C23
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)