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
1984-11-27 09:51:00 A 05 37 54.97 +39 57 49.1 688
1984-11-27 10:03:59 A 05 37 52.04 +39 57 52.6 688
1984-11-27 10:18:59 A 05 37 48.76 +39 57 55.8 688
1984-11-27 23:53:59 A 05 34 53.11 +40 01 33.2 15.7 567
1984-11-28 00:09:59 A 05 34 49.61 +40 01 37.3 567
1984-11-28 00:25:59 A 05 34 46.17 +40 01 41.6 567
1984-12-01 07:56:40 A 05 14 47.18 +40 15 35.7 675
1984-12-02 08:48:31 A 05 07 26.40 +40 16 15.0 675
1984-12-05 12:28:05 A 04 41 26.55 +40 00 46.7 657
1984-12-17 20:59:12 A 02 08 34.14 +29 13 59.9 491
1984-12-18 01:36:14 A 02 05 52.79 +28 53 08.1 A 801
1984-12-19 03:49:39 A 01 50 46.75 +26 49 09.9 657
1984-12-21 07:02:00 A 01 22 17.93 +22 24 15.0 568
1984-12-21 07:41:59 A 01 21 56.03 +22 20 37.7 568
1984-12-21 21:11:59 A 01 14 44.54 +21 06 40.5 15.0 552
1984-12-21 21:20:00 A 01 14 40.28 +21 05 56.9 552
1984-12-21 21:47:00 A 01 14 25.62 +21 03 28.9 552
1984-12-21 21:54:59 A 01 14 21.60 +21 02 45.3 552
1984-12-22 06:18:59 A 01 09 58.54 +20 16 41.6 568
1984-12-22 08:39:00 A 01 08 44.67 +20 03 42.0 568
1984-12-22 19:54:00 A 01 02 59.46 +19 00 50.8 552
1984-12-22 20:01:59 A 01 02 54.88 +19 00 05.1 552
1984-12-22 20:30:29 A 01 02 40.43 +18 57 24.8 552
1984-12-22 20:33:30 A 01 02 38.80 +18 57 08.3 552
1984-12-22 20:36:29 A 01 02 37.26 +18 56 51.1 552
1984-12-22 20:39:29 A 01 02 35.73 +18 56 34.4 552
1984-12-22 20:42:30 A 01 02 34.20 +18 56 17.2 552
1984-12-22 20:45:29 A 01 02 32.73 +18 56 00.6 552
1984-12-22 20:48:29 A 01 02 31.14 +18 55 43.4 552
1984-12-22 20:51:30 A 01 02 29.58 +18 55 27.2 552
1984-12-23 07:30:59 A 00 57 07.87 +17 56 01.6 568
1984-12-23 09:22:00 A 00 56 11.93 +17 45 35.8 568
1984-12-24 20:57:01 A 00 39 08.04 +14 25 45.4 494
1984-12-25 18:13:00 A 00 29 23.87 +12 28 01.6 15.0 552
1984-12-25 18:20:59 A 00 29 20.18 +12 27 21.3 552
1984-12-25 18:47:00 A 00 29 14.72 +12 24 42.1 494
1984-12-25 19:14:00 A 00 29 02.64 +12 22 12.6 494
1984-12-27 01:05:01 A 00 16 13.78 +09 40 24.0 A 801
1984-12-27 03:48:24 A 00 15 06.26 +09 26 02.5 695
1985-11-07 03:09:13 A 03 02 54.20 +40 04 28.5 B 691
1985-11-07 03:51:16 A 03 02 49.52 +40 04 12.8 B 691
1985-11-07 04:33:19 A 03 02 44.79 +40 03 55.2 B 691
1986-08-15 12:04:50 A 05 54 09.68 +46 17 27.9 675
1986-08-15 12:07:18 A 05 54 09.47 +46 17 30.1 675
1986-08-15 12:09:24 A 05 54 09.30 +46 17 32.3 675
1986-08-16 11:37:12 A 05 52 13.03 +46 39 12.4 675
1986-08-16 11:42:12 A 05 52 12.61 +46 39 17.2 675
1986-10-24 06:04:18 A 00 57 04.23 +48 22 13.1 B 691
1986-10-24 06:19:55 A 00 57 01.76 +48 21 49.2 B 691
1986-10-24 06:29:13 A 00 57 00.28 +48 21 34.3 B 691
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)