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
2026-01-02 07:37:25 C 01 15 58.615 +25 18 47.12 V T08
2026-01-02 07:52:37 C 01 15 58.661 +25 18 39.46 V T08
2026-01-05 12:14:28 C 01 16 20.83 +24 48 26.9 V D29
2026-01-05 12:34:49 C 01 16 20.89 +24 48 19.1 V D29
2026-01-05 12:55:11 C 01 16 21.04 +24 48 12.4 V D29
2026-01-09 06:30:49 C 01 17 10.603 +24 16 31.15 V T05
2026-01-09 06:35:26 C 01 17 10.673 +24 16 29.75 V T05
2026-01-09 06:43:19 C 01 17 10.714 +24 16 26.76 V T05
2026-01-09 06:59:02 C 01 17 10.901 +24 16 21.54 V T05
2026-01-11 06:46:04 C 01 17 47.105 +24 01 01.99 V T05
2026-01-11 06:50:38 C 01 17 47.222 +24 01 00.88 V T05
2026-01-11 06:59:54 C 01 17 47.242 +24 00 57.67 V T05
2026-01-11 07:14:21 C 01 17 47.474 +24 00 53.82 V T05
2026-01-14 07:16:22 C 01 18 54.139 +23 39 49.90 V T08
2026-01-14 07:46:27 C 01 18 54.535 +23 39 41.18 V T08
2026-01-14 07:50:27 C 01 18 54.626 +23 39 40.28 V T08
2026-01-14 07:58:26 C 01 18 54.768 +23 39 36.94 V T08
2026-01-16 06:23:35 C 01 19 45.139 +23 27 17.96 V T05
2026-01-16 06:28:11 C 01 19 45.257 +23 27 17.46 V T05
2026-01-16 06:36:04 C 01 19 45.353 +23 27 14.47 V T05
2026-01-16 06:54:32 C 01 19 45.698 +23 27 09.65 V T05
2026-01-17 06:24:04 C 01 20 13.298 +23 21 17.82 V T05
2026-01-17 06:28:38 C 01 20 13.411 +23 21 16.52 V T05
2026-01-17 06:36:33 C 01 20 13.555 +23 21 13.75 V T05
2026-01-17 06:57:55 C 01 20 13.939 +23 21 09.18 V T05
2026-01-21 10:53:23 C 01 22 26.203 +22 58 44.94 V D29
2026-01-21 11:13:45 C 01 22 26.675 +22 58 40.58 V D29
2026-01-21 11:34:07 C 01 22 27.140 +22 58 36.38 V D29
2026-01-26 17:59:01 C 01 25 46.36 +22 35 56.0 Z L27
2026-01-26 18:20:21 C 01 25 46.95 +22 35 53.0 Z L27
2026-01-26 18:41:41 C 01 25 47.55 +22 35 49.4 Z L27
2026-02-06 06:15:39 C 01 33 55.270 +22 07 12.40 V T05
2026-02-06 06:20:13 C 01 33 55.409 +22 07 11.35 V T05
2026-02-06 06:54:46 C 01 33 56.626 +22 07 08.65 V T05
2026-02-06 07:18:11 C 01 33 57.403 +22 07 07.82 V T05
2026-02-10 02:04:51 C 01 37 19.711 +22 01 28.74 V G96
2026-02-10 02:12:19 C 01 37 19.981 +22 01 28.85 V G96
2026-02-10 02:19:47 C 01 37 20.284 +22 01 28.38 V G96
2026-02-10 02:27:16 C 01 37 20.590 +22 01 27.70 V G96
2026-03-03 18:59:06 C 02 00 19.74 +22 06 01.7 Z C10
2026-03-03 19:36:40 C 02 00 21.53 +22 06 02.3 Z C10
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)