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
2004-11-29 13:29:27 C 04 07 05.62 +38 18 21.8 r 379
2004-11-29 13:31:05 C 04 07 05.26 +38 18 20.7 r 379
2004-11-30 12:06:03 C 04 02 20.71 +38 05 10.6 r 379
2004-11-30 12:07:43 C 04 02 20.30 +38 05 09.3 r 379
2004-11-30 12:09:21 C 04 02 19.99 +38 05 08.7 r 379
2004-11-30 12:15:58 C 04 02 18.54 +38 05 04.8 r 379
2004-11-30 12:17:36 C 04 02 18.16 +38 05 03.9 r 379
2004-11-30 12:20:55 C 04 02 17.50 +38 05 01.5 r 379
2004-12-01 06:02:33 C 03 58 30.67 +37 53 47.2 15.5 c 704
2004-12-01 06:20:35 C 03 58 26.74 +37 53 35.6 15.6 c 704
2004-12-01 06:38:40 C 03 58 22.76 +37 53 23.5 15.7 c 704
2004-12-01 06:56:47 C 03 58 18.82 +37 53 11.3 15.6 c 704
2004-12-01 07:15:20 C 03 58 14.76 +37 52 59.1 15.6 c 704
2004-12-01 07:46:01 C 03 58 08.15 +37 52 38.7 d 703
2004-12-01 07:57:58 C 03 58 05.52 +37 52 30.7 d 703
2004-12-01 08:09:52 C 03 58 02.94 +37 52 22.7 d 703
2004-12-01 08:21:47 C 03 58 00.33 +37 52 14.3 d 703
2004-12-01 11:51:56 C 03 57 16.00 +37 49 52.5 r 379
2004-12-01 11:56:13 C 03 57 15.05 +37 49 49.6 r 379
2004-12-01 11:58:23 C 03 57 14.61 +37 49 48.1 r 379
2004-12-01 12:00:31 C 03 57 14.13 +37 49 46.5 r 379
2004-12-01 12:02:40 C 03 57 13.64 +37 49 45.2 r 379
2004-12-02 06:48:44 C 03 53 09.24 +37 36 36.1 d 703
2004-12-02 07:01:36 C 03 53 06.39 +37 36 26.6 d 703
2004-12-02 07:14:29 C 03 53 03.53 +37 36 17.1 d 703
2004-12-02 07:27:20 C 03 53 00.68 +37 36 07.7 d 703
2004-12-02 12:59:04 C 03 51 48.77 +37 32 02.5 r 379
2004-12-02 13:01:12 C 03 51 48.29 +37 32 00.7 r 379
2004-12-02 13:03:21 C 03 51 47.82 +37 31 59.4 r 379
2004-12-02 13:05:31 C 03 51 47.37 +37 31 57.9 r 379
2004-12-02 13:07:39 C 03 51 46.86 +37 31 56.3 r 379
2004-12-02 21:23:26 C 03 49 58.39 +37 25 36.6 r J94
2004-12-02 21:45:27 C 03 49 53.52 +37 25 20.0 r J94
2004-12-02 22:03:59 C 03 49 49.40 +37 25 05.7 r J94
2004-12-04 18:45:34 C 03 39 55.65 +36 47 49.7 r 557
2004-12-04 19:28:03 C 03 39 46.05 +36 47 12.1 r 557
2004-12-04 20:10:32 C 03 39 36.44 +36 46 34.3 r 557
2004-12-04 20:48:47 C 03 39 27.80 +36 46 00.1 r 557
2004-12-04 21:35:31 C 03 39 17.20 +36 45 18.0 r 557
2004-12-04 22:18:00 C 03 39 07.57 +36 44 39.4 r 557
2004-12-04 22:56:14 C 03 38 58.91 +36 44 04.5 r 557
2004-12-05 21:41:23 C 03 33 53.01 +36 22 38.6 c A32
2004-12-05 21:46:12 C 03 33 51.90 +36 22 34.0 c A32
2004-12-05 21:47:50 C 03 33 51.53 +36 22 32.4 c A32
2004-12-05 21:49:26 C 03 33 51.15 +36 22 30.9 c A32
2004-12-06 11:56:23 C 03 30 40.79 +36 08 32.5 r 379
2004-12-06 11:58:01 C 03 30 40.40 +36 08 30.6 r 379
2004-12-06 11:59:40 C 03 30 40.04 +36 08 29.1 r 379
2004-12-06 12:01:20 C 03 30 39.66 +36 08 27.4 r 379
2004-12-06 12:04:38 C 03 30 38.88 +36 08 24.3 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)