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
2025-11-09 20:19:11 C 02 18 37.853 +39 32 15.76 Z C23
2025-11-10 08:01:56 C 02 17 23.320 +39 24 43.70 V 703
2025-11-10 08:05:11 C 02 17 22.910 +39 24 41.80 V 703
2025-11-10 08:08:25 C 02 17 22.570 +39 24 39.80 V 703
2025-11-10 08:11:40 C 02 17 22.250 +39 24 38.10 V 703
2025-11-10 09:19:23 C 02 17 15.367 +39 23 55.36 V T08
2025-11-10 09:24:40 C 02 17 14.825 +39 23 51.97 V T08
2025-11-10 09:33:16 C 02 17 13.896 +39 23 46.03 V T08
2025-11-10 09:39:12 C 02 17 13.246 +39 23 42.43 V T08
2025-11-10 09:43:12 C 02 17 12.816 +39 23 39.77 V T08
2025-11-10 09:47:08 C 02 17 12.406 +39 23 37.10 V T08
2025-11-10 10:30:04 C 02 17 07.781 +39 23 09.17 V T08
2025-11-10 10:37:59 C 02 17 06.958 +39 23 03.88 V T08
2025-11-10 11:46:27 C 02 16 59.664 +39 22 18.48 V T05
2025-11-10 11:47:07 C 02 16 59.592 +39 22 18.34 V T05
2025-11-10 11:51:03 C 02 16 59.155 +39 22 15.46 V T05
2025-11-10 11:52:23 C 02 16 59.021 +39 22 14.99 V T05
2025-11-10 11:58:57 C 02 16 58.296 +39 22 10.34 V T05
2025-11-10 12:32:09 C 02 16 54.802 +39 21 48.13 V T05
2025-11-11 07:20:08 C 02 14 57.560 +39 09 22.90 V 703
2025-11-11 07:23:35 C 02 14 57.170 +39 09 20.80 V 703
2025-11-11 07:27:01 C 02 14 56.800 +39 09 18.60 V 703
2025-11-11 07:30:27 C 02 14 56.350 +39 09 14.40 V 703
2025-11-11 07:37:18 C 02 14 55.705 +39 09 11.41 V G96
2025-11-11 07:44:40 C 02 14 54.949 +39 09 06.55 V G96
2025-11-11 07:55:08 C 02 14 53.840 +39 08 59.53 V G96
2025-11-11 08:02:30 C 02 14 53.106 +39 08 54.46 V G96
2025-11-11 09:07:39 C 02 14 46.555 +39 08 12.84 V T08
2025-11-11 09:11:37 C 02 14 46.138 +39 08 10.18 V T08
2025-11-11 09:19:34 C 02 14 45.307 +39 08 04.85 V T08
2025-11-11 10:04:39 C 02 14 40.550 +39 07 34.57 V T05
2025-11-11 10:09:13 C 02 14 40.054 +39 07 31.55 V T05
2025-11-11 10:10:12 C 02 14 39.946 +39 07 31.04 V T08
2025-11-11 10:25:30 C 02 14 38.340 +39 07 20.46 V T05
2025-11-11 10:33:58 C 02 14 37.435 +39 07 15.02 V T05
2025-11-11 23:22:47 C 02 13 18.576 +38 58 36.66 V R17
2025-11-11 23:43:12 C 02 13 16.452 +38 58 23.05 V R17
2025-11-12 00:03:34 C 02 13 14.318 +38 58 09.23 V R17
2025-11-12 00:23:57 C 02 13 12.187 +38 57 55.30 V R17
2025-11-14 05:41:12 C 02 07 51.276 +38 20 56.76 V 703
2025-11-14 05:44:51 C 02 07 50.909 +38 20 54.02 V 703
2025-11-14 05:48:34 C 02 07 50.545 +38 20 51.79 V 703
2025-11-14 05:52:42 C 02 07 50.099 +38 20 49.60 V 703
2025-11-14 22:19:54 C 02 06 13.853 +38 09 04.21 V R17
2025-11-14 22:40:15 C 02 06 11.844 +38 08 49.78 V R17
2025-11-14 23:00:37 C 02 06 09.828 +38 08 35.12 V R17
2025-11-14 23:21:00 C 02 06 07.814 +38 08 20.65 V R17
2025-11-15 01:03:27 B 02 05 57.684 +38 07 06.42 X J51
2025-11-15 01:15:15 B 02 05 56.539 +38 06 57.89 X J51
2025-11-15 01:27:05 B 02 05 55.358 +38 06 49.68 X J51
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)