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
2002-12-31 02:59:19 C 01 05 40.11 +25 17 03.7 18.8 c 704
2002-12-31 03:20:35 C 01 05 40.23 +25 16 54.9 18.6 c 704
2003-01-24 19:47:38 C 01 16 57.03 +22 35 31.7 d J87
2003-01-24 20:13:09 C 01 16 57.73 +22 35 24.9 d J87
2003-01-24 20:32:51 C 01 16 58.57 +22 35 22.5 d J87
2003-10-17 17:54:09 C 15 54 01.25 +08 15 36.6 c A18
2003-10-21 16:04:37 C 16 38 45.27 +11 12 51.3 o 084
2003-10-22 17:09:31 C 16 51 03.53 +11 55 55.6 o 084
2003-10-23 18:28:55 C 17 03 33.39 +12 37 03.3 c A18
2003-10-23 18:47:56 C 17 03 42.75 +12 37 31.9 c A18
2003-10-24 16:32:52 C 17 14 28.32 +13 10 38.7 o 084
2003-10-28 17:35:34 C 18 01 45.28 +15 11 32.5 c 113
2003-10-28 17:36:24 C 18 01 45.67 +15 11 33.1 c 113
2003-10-28 17:37:13 C 18 01 46.06 +15 11 34.0 c 113
2003-10-28 17:38:03 C 18 01 46.43 +15 11 34.9 c 113
2003-10-28 17:38:53 C 18 01 46.83 +15 11 35.6 c 113
2003-11-01 01:42:23 C 18 38 30.17 +16 17 06.3 15.8 c 704
2003-11-01 01:59:58 C 18 38 37.86 +16 17 17.0 16.4 c 704
2003-11-01 02:18:19 C 18 38 45.88 +16 17 29.0 16.2 c 704
2003-11-01 02:35:58 C 18 38 53.58 +16 17 39.6 16.3 c 704
2003-11-01 02:53:32 C 18 39 01.23 +16 17 50.9 16.4 c 704
2003-11-01 10:15:06 C 18 42 14.58 +16 22 24.6 300
2003-11-01 10:17:36 C 18 42 15.58 +16 22 23.8 300
2003-11-01 10:18:58 C 18 42 16.24 +16 22 24.6 300
2003-11-01 16:24:33 C 18 44 55.26 +16 25 52.8 o 084
2003-11-04 09:48:03 C 19 12 00.95 +16 55 07.0 r 347
2003-11-04 09:53:40 C 19 12 03.18 +16 55 08.9 r 347
2003-11-04 09:59:17 C 19 12 05.38 +16 55 10.5 r 347
2003-11-04 10:04:55 C 19 12 07.60 +16 55 12.4 r 347
2003-11-04 20:39:20 C 19 16 16.56 +16 58 26.2 c 434
2003-11-04 20:42:06 C 19 16 17.70 +16 58 27.6 c 434
2003-11-04 20:44:59 C 19 16 18.79 +16 58 28.2 c 434
2003-11-04 20:47:49 C 19 16 19.97 +16 58 29.0 c 434
2003-11-07 08:48:20 C 19 38 40.09 +17 10 58.4 m 379
2003-11-07 09:52:38 C 19 39 02.70 +17 11 06.3 m 379
2003-11-07 09:55:41 C 19 39 03.67 +17 11 06.3 m 379
2003-11-07 18:00:00 C 19 41 54.31 +17 12 02.0 r 620
2003-11-07 18:01:16 C 19 41 54.74 +17 12 02.3 r 620
2003-11-07 18:05:00 C 19 41 56.05 +17 12 02.5 r 620
2003-11-07 18:11:19 C 19 41 58.20 +17 12 03.2 r 620
2003-11-07 18:12:34 C 19 41 58.65 +17 12 03.4 r 620
2003-11-07 19:11:09 C 19 42 19.00 +17 12 04.5 o 084
2003-11-08 16:10:31 C 19 49 31.15 +17 13 49.3 o 084
2003-11-12 18:37:24 C 20 20 07.42 +17 11 51.3 c J93
2003-11-12 18:40:28 C 20 20 08.51 +17 11 50.1 c J93
2003-11-12 18:43:32 C 20 20 09.19 +17 11 50.6 c J93
2003-11-13 00:38:33 C 20 21 50.02 +17 11 23.8 14.9 d H72
2003-11-13 00:40:25 C 20 21 50.52 +17 11 23.6 15.6 d H72
2003-11-13 00:41:56 C 20 21 50.93 +17 11 22.8 16.2 d H72
2003-11-13 00:43:33 C 20 21 51.35 +17 11 22.8 15.9 d H72
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)