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
2025-11-16 00:45:38 B 02 03 41.455 +37 49 55.96 X J51
2025-11-16 01:00:28 B 02 03 40.010 +37 49 45.37 X J51
2025-11-16 01:15:23 B 02 03 38.604 +37 49 34.18 X J51
2025-11-16 09:11:57 C 02 02 53.743 +37 43 46.38 V T05
2025-11-16 09:16:31 C 02 02 53.292 +37 43 43.00 V T05
2025-11-16 09:30:18 C 02 02 51.967 +37 43 32.81 V T05
2025-11-16 09:44:22 C 02 02 50.630 +37 43 22.40 V T05
2025-11-16 12:55:13 C 02 02 32.402 +37 41 00.31 V T08
2025-11-16 12:59:50 C 02 02 31.973 +37 40 57.04 V T08
2025-11-16 13:10:22 C 02 02 30.941 +37 40 49.15 V T08
2025-11-17 18:02:12 C 01 59 51.40 +37 19 24.0 X C40
2025-11-17 18:07:53 C 01 59 50.85 +37 19 19.6 X C40
2025-11-17 18:13:38 C 01 59 50.28 +37 19 15.3 X C40
2025-11-17 20:02:08 C 01 59 40.483 +37 17 53.74 Z C23
2025-11-17 20:29:41 C 01 59 37.939 +37 17 32.71 Z C23
2025-11-18 19:08:52 C 01 57 35.82 +37 00 31.1 Z L27
2025-11-18 19:29:42 C 01 57 33.95 +37 00 15.5 Z L27
2025-11-18 19:50:32 C 01 57 32.06 +36 59 59.9 Z L27
2025-11-19 22:03:09 C 01 55 14.249 +36 40 06.13 V R17
2025-11-19 22:23:32 C 01 55 12.444 +36 39 50.65 V R17
2025-11-19 22:43:56 C 01 55 10.661 +36 39 35.06 V R17
2025-11-19 23:04:17 C 01 55 08.844 +36 39 19.58 V R17
2025-11-20 14:18:51 C 01 53 50.621 +36 27 43.02 V P07
2025-11-20 14:56:33 C 01 53 47.376 +36 27 14.29 V P07
2025-11-20 15:17:03 C 01 53 45.588 +36 26 58.16 V P07
2025-11-20 15:49:14 C 01 53 42.794 +36 26 33.65 V P07
2025-11-21 14:12:17 C 01 51 50.70 +36 09 13.7 V D29
2025-11-21 14:32:39 C 01 51 48.99 +36 08 57.9 V D29
2025-11-21 14:53:01 C 01 51 47.27 +36 08 42.0 V D29
2025-11-21 19:48:12 C 01 51 23.220 +36 04 51.96 Z C23
2025-11-21 22:51:51 C 01 51 08.002 +36 02 30.59 Z C23
2025-11-22 12:20:44 C 01 50 02.786 +35 52 08.69 V P07
2025-11-22 13:51:17 C 01 49 55.346 +35 50 58.70 V P07
2025-11-22 14:52:34 C 01 49 50.350 +35 50 11.11 V P07
2025-11-22 14:56:16 C 01 49 50.050 +35 50 07.94 V P07
2025-11-22 15:16:56 C 01 49 48.348 +35 49 51.49 V P07
2025-11-22 15:44:14 C 01 49 46.099 +35 49 30.65 V P07
2025-11-22 16:12:02 C 01 49 43.807 +35 49 09.16 V P07
2025-11-22 17:01:17 C 01 49 40.433 +35 48 23.33 Z C23
2025-11-22 18:00:43 C 01 49 35.628 +35 47 37.64 Z C23
2025-11-22 20:25:05 C 01 49 23.98 +35 45 46.7 Z L27
2025-11-22 20:38:38 C 01 49 22.88 +35 45 36.2 Z L27
2025-11-22 20:52:11 C 01 49 21.79 +35 45 25.7 Z L27
2025-11-22 21:08:07 C 01 49 20.50 +35 45 13.2 Z L27
2025-11-22 21:23:31 C 01 49 19.25 +35 45 01.3 Z L27
2025-11-22 21:36:02 C 01 49 18.24 +35 44 51.5 Z L27
2025-11-24 08:47:50 C 01 46 34.250 +35 17 26.81 V T05
2025-11-24 08:52:24 C 01 46 33.883 +35 17 23.46 V T05
2025-11-24 09:01:01 C 01 46 33.197 +35 17 16.44 V T05
2025-11-24 09:15:37 C 01 46 32.086 +35 17 05.06 V T05
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)