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
2025-09-25 03:12:09 C 04 02 02.990 +42 28 44.44 V R17
2025-09-25 03:32:30 C 04 02 01.968 +42 28 48.90 V R17
2025-09-25 03:52:54 C 04 02 00.895 +42 28 53.08 V R17
2025-09-27 03:55:16 B 03 59 30.593 +42 38 29.11 W X04
2025-09-27 04:05:33 B 03 59 30.034 +42 38 31.24 W X04
2025-09-27 04:15:52 B 03 59 29.501 +42 38 33.47 W X04
2025-09-30 08:29:34 C 03 55 00.646 +42 52 09.66 V G96
2025-09-30 08:37:08 C 03 55 00.181 +42 52 11.06 V G96
2025-09-30 08:44:41 C 03 54 59.674 +42 52 12.40 V G96
2025-09-30 08:52:16 C 03 54 59.173 +42 52 13.40 V G96
2025-09-30 12:06:48 C 03 54 46.906 +42 52 46.09 V T08
2025-09-30 12:10:05 C 03 54 46.690 +42 52 46.92 V T08
2025-09-30 12:20:37 C 03 54 45.996 +42 52 48.14 V T08
2025-09-30 12:27:52 C 03 54 45.523 +42 52 49.94 V T08
2025-10-01 01:42:27 C 03 53 54.876 +42 54 53.64 V R17
2025-10-01 02:02:04 C 03 53 53.573 +42 54 57.24 V R17
2025-10-01 02:21:46 C 03 53 52.272 +42 55 00.19 V R17
2025-10-01 02:42:06 C 03 53 50.899 +42 55 03.65 V R17
2025-10-02 09:55:59 C 03 51 46.649 +42 59 38.90 V T05
2025-10-02 10:42:07 C 03 51 43.495 +42 59 45.78 V T05
2025-10-02 11:03:33 C 03 51 41.978 +42 59 48.73 V T05
2025-10-02 11:23:15 C 03 51 40.625 +42 59 51.83 V T05
2025-10-02 11:29:14 C 03 51 40.171 +42 59 52.98 V T05
2025-10-02 11:40:55 C 03 51 39.401 +42 59 54.53 V T05
2025-10-02 11:46:39 C 03 51 38.976 +42 59 55.39 V T05
2025-10-03 11:50:18 C 03 49 58.613 +43 03 07.60 V T08
2025-10-03 11:51:38 C 03 49 58.531 +43 03 07.34 V T08
2025-10-03 11:55:00 C 03 49 58.272 +43 03 08.28 V T08
2025-10-03 11:57:39 C 03 49 58.094 +43 03 08.93 V T08
2025-10-03 12:01:36 C 03 49 57.785 +43 03 09.61 V T08
2025-10-03 12:02:55 C 03 49 57.718 +43 03 09.94 V T08
2025-10-03 12:16:27 C 03 49 56.707 +43 03 10.91 V T08
2025-10-03 12:17:07 C 03 49 56.693 +43 03 11.09 V T08
2025-10-04 01:35:58 C 03 48 59.642 +43 04 47.82 V R17
2025-10-04 01:55:33 C 03 48 58.202 +43 04 50.38 V R17
2025-10-04 02:15:07 C 03 48 56.770 +43 04 52.86 V R17
2025-10-04 02:35:28 C 03 48 55.246 +43 04 55.31 V R17
2025-10-05 11:40:21 C 03 46 28.255 +43 08 35.23 V T08
2025-10-05 11:44:57 C 03 46 27.962 +43 08 35.30 V T08
2025-10-05 11:55:01 C 03 46 27.161 +43 08 36.53 V T08
2025-10-05 12:07:13 C 03 46 26.210 +43 08 37.50 V T08
2025-10-06 11:30:04 C 03 44 38.177 +43 10 47.96 V T08
2025-10-06 11:35:25 C 03 44 37.774 +43 10 49.26 V T08
2025-10-06 11:45:30 C 03 44 37.001 +43 10 50.45 V T08
2025-10-06 12:00:44 C 03 44 35.755 +43 10 51.35 V T08
2025-10-11 21:48:35 C 03 33 35.79 +43 16 32.9 V R85
2025-10-11 21:55:58 C 03 33 35.08 +43 16 32.3 V R85
2025-10-11 22:02:59 C 03 33 34.49 +43 16 32.6 V R85
2025-10-12 21:09:33 C 03 31 26.79 +43 16 16.7 V R85
2025-10-12 21:17:38 C 03 31 25.97 +43 16 16.9 V R85
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)