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
2025-11-25 12:55:00 C 01 44 28.841 +34 55 30.83 V P07
2025-11-25 13:27:52 C 01 44 26.400 +34 55 04.73 V P07
2025-11-25 13:54:46 C 01 44 24.353 +34 54 43.63 V P07
2025-11-25 14:26:38 C 01 44 21.991 +34 54 19.62 V P07
2025-11-26 13:22:32 C 01 42 43.469 +34 36 22.72 V P07
2025-11-26 13:50:09 C 01 42 41.477 +34 36 01.48 V P07
2025-11-26 14:24:26 C 01 42 38.993 +34 35 34.58 V P07
2025-11-26 14:49:08 C 01 42 37.248 +34 35 14.82 V P07
2025-11-26 15:07:18 C 01 42 35.916 +34 35 00.60 V P07
2025-11-26 17:22:46 C 01 42 26.738 +34 33 07.56 Z C23
2025-11-26 18:23:29 C 01 42 22.500 +34 32 20.04 Z C23
2025-11-27 11:31:58 C 01 41 11.36 +34 18 58.5 V D29
2025-11-27 11:52:20 C 01 41 09.94 +34 18 42.8 V D29
2025-11-27 12:12:42 C 01 41 08.52 +34 18 26.9 V D29
2025-11-27 12:52:35 C 01 41 05.750 +34 18 00.76 V P07
2025-11-27 13:25:59 C 01 41 03.403 +34 17 34.55 V P07
2025-11-27 13:48:46 C 01 41 01.867 +34 17 16.33 V P07
2025-11-27 14:53:17 C 01 40 57.326 +34 16 25.93 V P07
2025-11-27 15:07:42 C 01 40 56.345 +34 16 14.92 V P07
2025-11-28 08:18:01 C 01 39 47.378 +34 02 47.62 V T05
2025-11-28 08:22:34 C 01 39 47.064 +34 02 44.09 V T05
2025-11-28 08:30:04 C 01 39 46.541 +34 02 38.29 V T05
2025-11-28 09:05:03 C 01 39 44.189 +34 02 11.00 V T05
2025-11-29 08:33:20 C 01 38 12.859 +33 43 55.34 V T05
2025-11-29 08:38:01 C 01 38 12.588 +33 43 51.82 V T05
2025-11-29 08:53:16 C 01 38 11.556 +33 43 39.79 V T05
2025-11-29 09:19:59 C 01 38 09.823 +33 43 19.02 V T05
2025-11-30 02:35:47 C 01 37 05.257 +33 29 55.14 V 703
2025-11-30 02:39:09 C 01 37 05.005 +33 29 52.48 V 703
2025-11-30 02:42:31 C 01 37 04.804 +33 29 49.45 V 703
2025-11-30 02:45:52 C 01 37 04.609 +33 29 46.57 V 703
2025-11-30 08:25:39 C 01 36 43.430 +33 25 25.57 V T05
2025-11-30 08:30:13 C 01 36 43.123 +33 25 22.51 V T05
2025-11-30 08:38:04 C 01 36 42.629 +33 25 16.54 V T05
2025-11-30 08:52:48 C 01 36 41.710 +33 25 04.73 V T05
2025-12-04 20:53:57 B 01 30 40.178 +32 02 51.00 W Z80
2025-12-04 21:06:02 B 01 30 39.576 +32 02 41.64 W Z80
2025-12-05 19:56:28 C 01 29 31.86 +31 45 44.6 X C40
2025-12-05 19:59:40 C 01 29 31.71 +31 45 41.9 X C40
2025-12-05 20:06:07 C 01 29 31.37 +31 45 36.8 X C40
2025-12-05 20:09:20 C 01 29 31.25 +31 45 34.6 X C40
2025-12-05 20:18:59 C 01 29 30.75 +31 45 27.3 X C40
2025-12-05 20:22:12 C 01 29 30.58 +31 45 25.1 X C40
2025-12-05 20:28:38 C 01 29 30.28 +31 45 20.3 X C40
2025-12-06 11:10:09 C 01 28 48.247 +31 34 32.34 V T05
2025-12-06 11:15:24 C 01 28 48.053 +31 34 28.24 V T05
2025-12-06 11:24:05 C 01 28 47.623 +31 34 22.12 V T05
2025-12-06 11:38:43 C 01 28 46.915 +31 34 10.96 V T05
2025-12-06 20:49:07 C 01 28 21.914 +31 27 28.66 V R17
2025-12-06 21:09:30 C 01 28 20.928 +31 27 14.11 V R17
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)