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
2003-11-13 00:44:55 C 20 21 51.76 +17 11 22.7 15.8 d H72
2003-11-13 01:50:30 C 20 22 10.14 +17 11 16.2 15.4 d H72
2003-11-13 01:52:31 C 20 22 10.75 +17 11 16.2 15.3 d H72
2003-11-13 02:04:32 C 20 22 14.06 +17 11 15.3 15.9 d H72
2003-11-13 02:05:58 C 20 22 14.49 +17 11 15.4 15.3 d H72
2003-11-13 02:08:30 C 20 22 15.20 +17 11 14.9 15.6 d H72
2003-11-13 02:09:48 C 20 22 15.53 +17 11 14.4 15.5 d H72
2003-11-13 09:08:20 C 20 24 13.48 +17 10 34.0 m 379
2003-11-13 09:12:37 C 20 24 14.63 +17 10 33.8 m 379
2003-11-13 09:14:47 C 20 24 15.24 +17 10 33.0 m 379
2003-11-16 18:28:22 C 20 45 27.74 +16 59 56.3 c J93
2003-11-16 19:10:33 C 20 45 37.97 +16 59 50.2 c J93
2003-11-16 19:13:39 C 20 45 38.74 +16 59 49.5 c J93
2003-11-17 03:25:12 C 20 47 37.66 +16 58 35.9 c 670
2003-11-17 04:18:26 C 20 47 50.33 +16 58 27.1 c 670
2003-11-20 17:29:46 C 21 07 00.23 +16 44 02.3 r 557
2003-11-20 17:38:35 C 21 07 02.08 +16 44 00.6 r 557
2003-11-20 17:47:24 C 21 07 03.92 +16 43 59.1 r 557
2003-11-20 17:56:14 C 21 07 05.77 +16 43 57.3 r 557
2003-11-20 18:05:02 C 21 07 07.60 +16 43 55.7 r 557
2003-11-20 18:13:51 C 21 07 09.44 +16 43 54.2 r 557
2003-11-24 18:26:48 C 21 26 02.18 +16 27 04.4 c A35
2003-11-24 18:28:42 C 21 26 02.53 +16 27 04.1 c A35
2003-11-24 18:31:28 C 21 26 03.02 +16 27 03.7 c A35
2003-11-25 16:23:56 C 21 30 00.02 +16 23 20.3 o 084
2003-12-07 17:54:25 C 22 13 27.22 +15 45 28.8 c 113
2003-12-07 17:55:45 C 22 13 27.38 +15 45 27.9 c 113
2003-12-07 17:57:06 C 22 13 27.59 +15 45 28.6 c 113
2003-12-07 17:58:26 C 22 13 27.70 +15 45 28.2 c 113
2003-12-07 17:59:46 C 22 13 27.86 +15 45 27.8 c 113
2003-12-07 18:07:47 C 22 13 28.90 +15 45 27.0 r 151
2003-12-07 18:11:15 C 22 13 29.34 +15 45 26.7 r 151
2003-12-07 18:14:41 C 22 13 29.77 +15 45 26.7 r 151
2003-12-07 18:16:18 C 22 13 29.99 +15 45 26.4 r 151
2003-12-08 17:06:26 C 22 16 23.30 +15 43 29.0 o 084
2003-12-09 15:29:46 C 22 19 09.88 +15 41 44.4 o 084
2003-12-10 17:48:46 C 22 22 21.26 +15 39 53.2 c A43
2003-12-10 17:58:41 C 22 22 22.42 +15 39 53.1 c A43
2003-12-10 19:44:08 C 22 22 34.92 +15 39 45.1 c A43
2003-12-10 19:51:28 C 22 22 35.83 +15 39 44.8 c A43
2003-12-13 16:14:46 C 22 30 33.18 +15 35 57.2 o 084
2003-12-16 17:48:04 C 22 38 38.68 +15 33 25.9 c 113
2003-12-16 17:49:39 C 22 38 38.85 +15 33 25.5 c 113
2003-12-16 17:51:14 C 22 38 39.02 +15 33 25.7 c 113
2003-12-16 17:52:49 C 22 38 39.19 +15 33 25.7 c 113
2003-12-16 17:54:24 C 22 38 39.36 +15 33 25.4 c 113
2003-12-19 00:39:29 C 22 44 24.44 +15 32 33.8 c 932
2003-12-19 00:43:37 C 22 44 24.88 +15 32 33.6 c 932
2003-12-19 00:45:40 C 22 44 25.07 +15 32 33.6 c 932
2003-12-19 00:47:45 C 22 44 25.31 +15 32 34.0 c 932
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)