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
2004-11-21 23:34:39 C 04 41 44.65 +39 20 47.1 r 160
2004-11-21 23:35:05 C 04 41 44.58 +39 20 47.0 r 160
2004-11-21 23:35:29 C 04 41 44.50 +39 20 46.7 r 160
2004-11-21 23:35:37 C 04 41 44.31 +39 20 44.6 o 084
2004-11-21 23:35:52 C 04 41 44.44 +39 20 46.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:36:18 C 04 41 44.39 +39 20 46.8 r 160
2004-11-21 23:36:41 C 04 41 44.31 +39 20 46.8 r 160
2004-11-21 23:37:07 C 04 41 44.22 +39 20 46.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:37:31 C 04 41 44.16 +39 20 46.6 r 160
2004-11-21 23:37:56 C 04 41 44.08 +39 20 46.5 r 160
2004-11-21 23:38:20 C 04 41 44.02 +39 20 46.5 r 160
2004-11-21 23:38:44 C 04 41 43.93 +39 20 46.4 r 160
2004-11-21 23:39:09 C 04 41 43.87 +39 20 46.3 r 160
2004-11-21 23:39:33 C 04 41 43.81 +39 20 46.3 r 160
2004-11-21 23:39:58 C 04 41 43.74 +39 20 46.2 r 160
2004-11-21 23:40:22 C 04 41 43.68 +39 20 46.0 r 160
2004-11-21 23:40:46 C 04 41 43.59 +39 20 45.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:41:11 C 04 41 43.52 +39 20 45.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:41:35 C 04 41 43.45 +39 20 45.9 r 160
2004-11-21 23:42:01 C 04 41 43.37 +39 20 45.7 r 160
2004-11-22 15:13:58 C 04 39 02.90 +39 18 05.6 300
2004-11-22 15:23:07 C 04 39 01.24 +39 18 05.3 300
2004-11-22 15:32:18 C 04 38 59.60 +39 18 02.4 300
2004-11-22 15:42:08 C 04 38 57.89 +39 18 00.6 300
2004-11-22 15:50:38 C 04 38 56.34 +39 17 58.9 300
2004-11-22 23:02:44 C 04 37 40.65 +39 16 30.1 o 084
2004-11-23 21:12:09 C 04 33 43.84 +39 11 35.7 c 127
2004-11-23 21:17:11 C 04 33 42.91 +39 11 34.6 c 127
2004-11-23 21:23:03 C 04 33 41.84 +39 11 33.3 c 127
2004-11-23 21:27:36 C 04 33 41.00 +39 11 33.4 c A48
2004-11-23 21:30:08 C 04 33 40.54 +39 11 31.5 c 127
2004-11-23 21:30:43 C 04 33 40.46 +39 11 32.3 c A48
2004-11-23 21:33:52 C 04 33 39.87 +39 11 31.7 c A48
2004-11-23 21:35:57 C 04 33 39.48 +39 11 30.1 c 127
2004-11-25 06:26:09 C 04 27 34.99 +39 02 27.9 r H41
2004-11-25 06:28:28 C 04 27 34.56 +39 02 27.3 r H41
2004-11-25 06:29:48 C 04 27 34.29 +39 02 26.9 r H41
2004-11-25 06:31:04 C 04 27 34.06 +39 02 26.5 r H41
2004-11-26 00:40:20 C 04 24 06.34 +38 56 20.9 o 084
2004-11-28 06:20:16 C 04 13 29.83 +38 34 21.9 r H41
2004-11-28 06:22:07 C 04 13 29.46 +38 34 21.2 r H41
2004-11-28 06:22:54 C 04 13 29.28 +38 34 20.5 r H41
2004-11-28 06:24:08 C 04 13 29.03 +38 34 20.1 r H41
2004-11-28 13:21:36 C 04 12 04.39 +38 30 57.8 r 379
2004-11-28 13:29:51 C 04 12 02.64 +38 30 53.7 r 379
2004-11-28 13:31:29 C 04 12 02.34 +38 30 52.8 r 379
2004-11-28 13:33:09 C 04 12 01.96 +38 30 51.9 r 379
2004-11-29 01:48:22 C 04 09 30.30 +38 24 32.8 o 084
2004-11-29 13:21:12 C 04 07 07.37 +38 18 25.9 r 379
2004-11-29 13:24:29 C 04 07 06.61 +38 18 24.4 r 379
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)