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
2004-11-20 15:46:09 C 04 47 02.56 +39 25 03.3 r 379
2004-11-20 15:50:26 C 04 47 01.86 +39 25 02.1 r 379
2004-11-20 15:52:36 C 04 47 01.50 +39 25 02.4 r 379
2004-11-20 21:31:21 C 04 46 06.52 +39 24 20.6 r 240
2004-11-20 21:32:57 C 04 46 06.26 +39 24 20.5 r 240
2004-11-20 21:36:07 C 04 46 05.74 +39 24 20.2 r 240
2004-11-20 21:37:42 C 04 46 05.48 +39 24 20.0 r 240
2004-11-20 21:40:53 C 04 46 04.95 +39 24 19.7 r 240
2004-11-21 17:21:21 C 04 42 47.56 +39 21 45.5 r 379
2004-11-21 17:27:48 C 04 42 46.47 +39 21 44.6 r 379
2004-11-21 17:32:05 C 04 42 45.71 +39 21 44.4 r 379
2004-11-21 23:17:26 C 04 41 47.65 +39 20 49.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:17:50 C 04 41 47.57 +39 20 49.7 r 160
2004-11-21 23:18:15 C 04 41 47.50 +39 20 49.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:18:39 C 04 41 47.44 +39 20 49.5 r 160
2004-11-21 23:19:03 C 04 41 47.35 +39 20 49.5 r 160
2004-11-21 23:19:28 C 04 41 47.26 +39 20 49.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:19:52 C 04 41 47.21 +39 20 49.1 r 160
2004-11-21 23:20:18 C 04 41 47.14 +39 20 49.2 r 160
2004-11-21 23:20:41 C 04 41 47.07 +39 20 49.3 r 160
2004-11-21 23:21:07 C 04 41 47.01 +39 20 49.1 r 160
2004-11-21 23:21:30 C 04 41 46.92 +39 20 49.2 r 160
2004-11-21 23:21:56 C 04 41 46.87 +39 20 48.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:22:20 C 04 41 46.78 +39 20 48.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:22:45 C 04 41 46.71 +39 20 49.0 r 160
2004-11-21 23:23:09 C 04 41 46.64 +39 20 48.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:23:33 C 04 41 46.57 +39 20 48.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:23:58 C 04 41 46.50 +39 20 48.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:24:24 C 04 41 46.44 +39 20 48.7 r 160
2004-11-21 23:24:48 C 04 41 46.36 +39 20 48.3 r 160
2004-11-21 23:25:13 C 04 41 46.29 +39 20 48.4 r 160
2004-11-21 23:25:37 C 04 41 46.21 +39 20 48.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:26:01 C 04 41 46.15 +39 20 48.3 r 160
2004-11-21 23:26:26 C 04 41 46.07 +39 20 48.4 r 160
2004-11-21 23:26:50 C 04 41 46.01 +39 20 48.3 r 160
2004-11-21 23:27:16 C 04 41 45.93 +39 20 48.1 r 160
2004-11-21 23:27:39 C 04 41 45.86 +39 20 48.1 r 160
2004-11-21 23:28:03 C 04 41 45.78 +39 20 48.0 r 160
2004-11-21 23:28:28 C 04 41 45.74 +39 20 48.0 r 160
2004-11-21 23:28:52 C 04 41 45.66 +39 20 47.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:29:18 C 04 41 45.56 +39 20 47.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:30:11 C 04 41 45.44 +39 20 47.7 r 160
2004-11-21 23:30:35 C 04 41 45.35 +39 20 47.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:30:59 C 04 41 45.30 +39 20 47.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:31:24 C 04 41 45.22 +39 20 47.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:32:12 C 04 41 45.09 +39 20 47.5 r 160
2004-11-21 23:32:37 C 04 41 45.01 +39 20 47.3 r 160
2004-11-21 23:33:01 C 04 41 44.95 +39 20 47.4 r 160
2004-11-21 23:33:50 C 04 41 44.80 +39 20 47.2 r 160
2004-11-21 23:34:16 C 04 41 44.72 +39 20 47.1 r 160
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)