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
2004-12-06 20:14:34 C 03 28 48.40 +35 59 57.7 r 240
2004-12-06 20:15:54 C 03 28 48.09 +35 59 56.3 r 240
2004-12-06 20:17:13 C 03 28 47.79 +35 59 54.9 r 240
2004-12-06 20:18:33 C 03 28 47.49 +35 59 53.6 r 240
2004-12-06 20:19:53 C 03 28 47.19 +35 59 52.2 r 240
2004-12-06 20:23:52 C 03 28 46.27 +35 59 48.1 r 240
2004-12-06 20:25:12 C 03 28 45.97 +35 59 46.7 r 240
2004-12-06 20:26:31 C 03 28 45.66 +35 59 45.4 r 240
2004-12-06 20:27:51 C 03 28 45.36 +35 59 44.0 r 240
2004-12-06 20:29:11 C 03 28 45.06 +35 59 42.7 r 240
2004-12-07 11:40:58 C 03 25 19.34 +35 43 38.7 r 379
2004-12-07 11:42:38 C 03 25 18.99 +35 43 37.2 r 379
2004-12-07 19:08:25 C 03 23 38.39 +35 35 27.0 r 130
2004-12-07 20:13:52 C 03 23 23.41 +35 34 15.6 r 130
2004-12-07 20:57:44 C 03 23 13.37 +35 33 27.4 r 130
2004-12-07 22:26:48 C 03 22 52.92 +35 31 48.2 r 130
2004-12-07 23:28:26 C 03 22 38.81 +35 30 39.3 r 130
2004-12-08 13:12:38 C 03 19 32.98 +35 15 08.1 r 379
2004-12-08 13:14:17 C 03 19 32.62 +35 15 06.2 r 379
2004-12-08 13:15:55 C 03 19 32.27 +35 15 04.4 r 379
2004-12-08 13:19:13 C 03 19 31.50 +35 15 00.2 r 379
2004-12-08 13:20:53 C 03 19 31.10 +35 14 58.4 r 379
2004-12-08 13:22:31 C 03 19 30.74 +35 14 56.5 r 379
2004-12-08 13:24:10 C 03 19 30.37 +35 14 54.6 r 379
2004-12-08 21:52:36 C 03 17 35.65 +35 04 58.6 c 127
2004-12-08 21:55:40 C 03 17 34.95 +35 04 55.2 c 127
2004-12-08 21:58:47 C 03 17 34.24 +35 04 51.5 c 127
2004-12-08 22:02:54 C 03 17 33.30 +35 04 46.8 c 127
2004-12-08 22:05:59 C 03 17 32.59 +35 04 43.2 c 127
2004-12-09 18:34:25 C 03 12 56.44 +34 40 01.9 c 127
2004-12-09 18:38:30 C 03 12 55.51 +34 39 56.8 c 127
2004-12-09 18:42:28 C 03 12 54.62 +34 39 51.8 c 127
2004-12-09 18:46:35 C 03 12 53.68 +34 39 47.0 c 127
2004-12-09 18:50:42 C 03 12 52.74 +34 39 41.8 c 127
2004-12-10 12:21:41 C 03 08 56.49 +34 17 46.1 r 379
2004-12-10 12:24:58 C 03 08 55.69 +34 17 42.1 r 379
2004-12-10 12:28:16 C 03 08 54.93 +34 17 37.5 r 379
2004-12-10 17:07:34 C 03 07 52.94 +34 11 33.3 r 557
2004-12-10 18:06:15 C 03 07 39.70 +34 10 18.4 r 557
2004-12-10 19:05:26 C 03 07 26.31 +34 09 02.5 r 557
2004-12-10 20:06:04 C 03 07 12.57 +34 07 44.2 r 557
2004-12-10 21:06:22 C 03 06 58.91 +34 06 25.9 r 557
2004-12-10 22:12:56 C 03 06 43.82 +34 04 58.9 r 557
2004-12-10 23:13:42 C 03 06 30.09 +34 03 39.0 r 557
2004-12-11 00:12:23 C 03 06 16.85 +34 02 21.5 r 557
2004-12-11 01:09:06 C 03 06 04.09 +34 01 05.9 r 557
2004-12-11 07:25:00 C 03 04 40.40 +33 52 55.8 d 703
2004-12-11 07:39:38 C 03 04 37.08 +33 52 36.0 d 703
2004-12-11 07:54:21 C 03 04 33.77 +33 52 16.1 d 703
2004-12-11 08:09:02 C 03 04 30.45 +33 51 56.3 d 703
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)