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
2025-12-06 21:29:51 C 01 28 19.985 +31 26 59.32 V R17
2025-12-06 21:50:13 C 01 28 18.977 +31 26 44.27 V R17
2025-12-07 05:17:08 C 01 27 58.594 +31 21 18.04 V 703
2025-12-07 05:20:34 C 01 27 58.457 +31 21 15.52 V 703
2025-12-07 05:24:01 C 01 27 58.234 +31 21 13.00 V 703
2025-12-07 05:27:27 C 01 27 58.079 +31 21 10.15 V 703
2025-12-07 20:55:01 C 01 27 17.225 +31 09 58.50 V R17
2025-12-07 21:15:25 C 01 27 16.301 +31 09 43.99 V R17
2025-12-07 21:35:47 C 01 27 15.389 +31 09 29.38 V R17
2025-12-07 21:56:10 C 01 27 14.470 +31 09 14.54 V R17
2025-12-08 06:14:58 C 01 26 52.811 +31 03 14.44 V G96
2025-12-08 06:22:22 C 01 26 52.480 +31 03 09.07 V G96
2025-12-08 06:29:47 C 01 26 52.159 +31 03 03.60 V G96
2025-12-08 06:37:12 C 01 26 51.832 +31 02 58.34 V G96
2025-12-09 05:44:43 C 01 25 54.181 +30 46 28.27 V G96
2025-12-09 05:52:05 C 01 25 53.879 +30 46 23.05 V G96
2025-12-09 05:59:28 C 01 25 53.569 +30 46 17.76 V G96
2025-12-09 06:06:50 C 01 25 53.263 +30 46 12.47 V G96
2025-12-09 08:24:19 C 01 25 47.750 +30 44 36.42 V T08
2025-12-09 08:30:14 C 01 25 47.503 +30 44 32.68 V T08
2025-12-09 08:32:52 C 01 25 47.393 +30 44 30.26 V T08
2025-12-09 08:37:29 C 01 25 47.196 +30 44 27.06 V T08
2025-12-09 08:38:48 C 01 25 47.134 +30 44 26.34 V T08
2025-12-09 08:58:46 C 01 25 46.306 +30 44 11.58 V T08
2025-12-10 07:33:26 C 01 24 53.357 +30 28 19.78 V T05
2025-12-10 07:41:21 C 01 24 53.052 +30 28 14.12 V T05
2025-12-10 07:49:22 C 01 24 52.738 +30 28 08.36 V T05
2025-12-10 08:07:57 C 01 24 51.996 +30 27 55.01 V T05
2025-12-11 08:29:07 C 01 23 57.869 +30 11 02.22 V T05
2025-12-11 08:33:09 C 01 23 57.720 +30 10 59.70 V T05
2025-12-11 08:41:04 C 01 23 57.430 +30 10 54.12 V T05
2025-12-11 08:57:07 C 01 23 56.851 +30 10 42.74 V T05
2025-12-12 18:37:41 C 01 22 47.56 +29 47 46.5 V M31
2025-12-12 18:41:49 C 01 22 47.28 +29 47 44.7 V M31
2025-12-12 18:43:54 C 01 22 47.40 +29 47 43.7 V M31
2025-12-12 18:48:03 C 01 22 47.37 +29 47 37.0 V M31
2025-12-12 18:52:11 C 01 22 46.95 +29 47 35.2 V M31
2025-12-12 18:54:13 C 01 22 47.00 +29 47 37.5 V M31
2025-12-12 18:56:19 C 01 22 46.88 +29 47 35.3 V M31
2025-12-12 18:58:24 C 01 22 47.03 +29 47 32.5 V M31
2025-12-12 19:00:27 C 01 22 46.82 +29 47 29.0 V M31
2025-12-14 19:37:28 B 01 21 17.02 +29 15 23.6 X L76
2025-12-14 19:48:25 B 01 21 16.70 +29 15 16.5 X L76
2025-12-14 19:59:22 B 01 21 16.38 +29 15 09.5 X L76
2025-12-15 07:54:01 C 01 20 56.266 +29 07 30.00 V T08
2025-12-15 07:59:17 C 01 20 56.158 +29 07 26.54 V T08
2025-12-15 08:07:53 C 01 20 55.834 +29 07 21.18 V T08
2025-12-15 08:23:08 C 01 20 55.445 +29 07 11.28 V T08
2025-12-16 16:53:28 B 01 20 04.48 +28 46 31.1 X L76
2025-12-16 17:03:13 B 01 20 04.23 +28 46 25.0 X L76
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)