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
2003-12-20 01:42:28 C 22 46 58.26 +15 32 27.9 17.7 c 704
2003-12-20 02:02:24 C 22 47 00.27 +15 32 27.7 18.1 c 704
2003-12-20 02:21:28 C 22 47 02.16 +15 32 27.8 18.2 c 704
2003-12-20 02:40:24 C 22 47 04.07 +15 32 27.9 18.1 c 704
2003-12-20 02:58:50 C 22 47 05.94 +15 32 27.3 18.1 c 704
2003-12-25 19:13:40 C 23 00 22.38 +15 34 49.6 r 170
2003-12-25 19:14:52 C 23 00 22.49 +15 34 49.6 r 170
2003-12-29 01:41:14 C 23 07 35.13 +15 38 22.9 18.2 c 704
2003-12-29 01:59:57 C 23 07 36.78 +15 38 23.7 18.3 c 704
2003-12-29 02:18:47 C 23 07 38.49 +15 38 24.8 18.5 c 704
2003-12-29 02:37:58 C 23 07 40.18 +15 38 25.7 18.6 c 704
2003-12-29 02:57:27 C 23 07 41.91 +15 38 26.7 18.3 c 704
2003-12-30 16:07:19 C 23 11 01.21 +15 40 37.0 o 084
2004-01-02 16:03:47 C 23 17 17.50 +15 45 44.7 o 084
2004-01-03 16:31:57 C 23 19 22.97 +15 47 44.0 o 084
2004-01-04 16:38:16 C 23 21 25.29 +15 49 49.1 o 084
2004-08-19 09:36:40 C 05 11 34.06 +33 38 46.7 19.4 c 704
2004-08-19 09:51:19 C 05 11 34.82 +33 38 48.0 19.8 c 704
2004-08-19 10:05:58 C 05 11 35.53 +33 38 50.1 19.8 c 704
2004-08-26 09:33:27 C 05 19 40.29 +33 59 55.2 19.1 c 704
2004-08-26 09:48:16 C 05 19 40.89 +33 59 57.4 19.7 c 704
2004-08-26 10:17:44 C 05 19 42.30 +34 00 01.6 19.4 c 704
2004-08-26 10:32:31 C 05 19 43.00 +34 00 02.7 19.5 c 704
2004-09-06 09:47:14 C 05 31 14.42 +34 33 43.5 18.9 c 704
2004-09-06 10:02:56 C 05 31 15.11 +34 33 45.5 19.4 c 704
2004-09-06 10:18:40 C 05 31 15.72 +34 33 48.0 19.2 c 704
2004-09-06 10:34:57 C 05 31 16.36 +34 33 49.7 19.1 c 704
2004-09-10 09:38:21 C 05 35 00.20 +34 46 25.4 18.8 c 704
2004-09-10 09:54:39 C 05 35 00.80 +34 46 27.4 19.4 c 704
2004-09-10 10:10:57 C 05 35 01.43 +34 46 29.7 19.3 c 704
2004-09-10 10:27:21 C 05 35 02.02 +34 46 32.0 19.4 c 704
2004-09-10 10:43:39 C 05 35 02.62 +34 46 35.2 19.1 c 704
2004-09-13 09:53:28 C 05 37 39.42 +34 56 15.0 19.2 c 704
2004-09-13 10:10:46 C 05 37 39.97 +34 56 17.4 19.6 c 704
2004-09-13 10:27:53 C 05 37 40.55 +34 56 19.8 19.4 c 704
2004-09-13 10:45:53 C 05 37 41.22 +34 56 22.1 19.0 c 704
2004-09-13 11:02:24 C 05 37 41.77 +34 56 24.4 19.1 c 704
2004-09-18 10:07:24 C 05 41 40.32 +35 13 10.8 18.5 c 704
2004-09-18 10:24:18 C 05 41 40.83 +35 13 13.3 19.0 c 704
2004-09-18 10:41:12 C 05 41 41.36 +35 13 15.6 19.1 c 704
2004-09-18 10:58:06 C 05 41 41.88 +35 13 18.1 19.0 c 704
2004-09-18 11:15:00 C 05 41 42.33 +35 13 20.9 18.9 c 704
2004-10-08 08:56:21 C 05 51 05.18 +36 31 39.7 18.8 c 704
2004-10-08 09:11:58 C 05 51 05.18 +36 31 42.9 19.4 c 704
2004-10-08 09:27:37 C 05 51 05.34 +36 31 45.8 19.9 c 704
2004-10-08 09:43:14 C 05 51 05.37 +36 31 49.2 19.4 c 704
2004-10-08 09:59:04 C 05 51 05.45 +36 31 52.6 19.2 c 704
2004-10-10 08:43:59 C 05 51 15.00 +36 40 45.2 18.7 c 704
2004-10-10 08:59:47 C 05 51 15.12 +36 40 48.1 19.5 c 704
2004-10-12 01:26:27 C 05 51 14.90 +36 48 41.6 c A32
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)