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
2004-12-11 20:12:47 C 03 01 50.42 +33 35 43.2 a 233
2004-12-11 20:16:43 C 03 01 49.57 +33 35 37.5 a 233
2004-12-11 20:20:44 C 03 01 48.69 +33 35 32.1 a 233
2004-12-11 20:43:46 C 03 01 43.54 +33 34 59.5 c J71
2004-12-12 04:32:31 C 02 59 59.79 +33 24 21.9 d 703
2004-12-12 04:33:46 C 02 59 59.51 +33 24 20.2 d 703
2004-12-12 04:35:00 C 02 59 59.23 +33 24 18.4 d 703
2004-12-12 04:36:16 C 02 59 58.94 +33 24 16.7 d 703
2004-12-12 04:45:10 C 02 59 56.94 +33 24 04.4 d 703
2004-12-12 04:46:25 C 02 59 56.66 +33 24 02.6 d 703
2004-12-12 04:47:41 C 02 59 56.37 +33 24 00.9 d 703
2004-12-12 04:48:57 C 02 59 56.09 +33 23 59.2 d 703
2004-12-12 04:58:41 C 02 59 53.89 +33 23 45.8 d 703
2004-12-12 04:59:57 C 02 59 53.62 +33 23 44.2 d 703
2004-12-12 05:01:12 C 02 59 53.33 +33 23 42.5 d 703
2004-12-12 05:02:28 C 02 59 53.05 +33 23 40.6 d 703
2004-12-12 19:52:05 C 02 56 37.35 +33 02 54.9 r 160
2004-12-12 19:52:31 C 02 56 37.27 +33 02 54.0 r 160
2004-12-12 19:52:57 C 02 56 37.16 +33 02 53.4 r 160
2004-12-12 19:53:22 C 02 56 37.09 +33 02 53.5 r 160
2004-12-12 19:54:11 C 02 56 36.92 +33 02 51.7 r 160
2004-12-13 18:35:52 C 02 51 39.73 +32 30 07.7 o 084
2004-12-13 21:56:02 C 02 50 55.95 +32 25 16.8 c A53
2004-12-13 22:05:32 C 02 50 53.88 +32 25 02.6 c A53
2004-12-14 04:13:24 C 02 49 34.81 +32 16 01.7 d 703
2004-12-14 04:14:40 C 02 49 34.51 +32 15 59.9 d 703
2004-12-14 04:15:56 C 02 49 34.24 +32 15 58.1 d 703
2004-12-14 04:17:12 C 02 49 33.97 +32 15 56.3 d 703
2004-12-15 11:16:09 C 02 42 57.10 +31 28 56.9 r 379
2004-12-15 11:20:28 C 02 42 56.12 +31 28 50.3 r 379
2004-12-15 11:22:37 C 02 42 55.68 +31 28 47.2 r 379
2004-12-15 11:26:55 C 02 42 54.76 +31 28 40.0 r 379
2004-12-15 19:26:09 C 02 41 13.85 +31 16 12.3 c A62
2004-12-15 19:26:58 C 02 41 13.67 +31 16 11.1 c A62
2004-12-15 19:27:46 C 02 41 13.50 +31 16 09.7 c A62
2004-12-15 19:29:26 C 02 41 13.15 +31 16 07.2 c A62
2004-12-15 19:32:16 C 02 41 12.54 +31 16 02.9 c A62
2004-12-15 19:34:44 C 02 41 12.02 +31 15 59.0 c A62
2004-12-15 19:35:34 C 02 41 11.85 +31 15 57.7 c A62
2004-12-15 19:38:24 C 02 41 11.24 +31 15 53.3 c A62
2004-12-15 19:39:13 C 02 41 11.07 +31 15 52.1 c A62
2004-12-15 19:41:42 C 02 41 10.54 +31 15 48.3 c A62
2004-12-16 18:37:57 C 02 36 24.26 +30 39 30.0 r J95
2004-12-16 19:45:02 C 02 36 10.25 +30 37 43.3 r J95
2004-12-16 23:09:21 C 02 35 27.59 +30 32 14.6 r J95
2004-12-17 11:37:06 C 02 32 55.04 +30 12 10.1 r 379
2004-12-17 11:40:24 C 02 32 54.37 +30 12 04.1 r 379
2004-12-17 11:42:02 C 02 32 54.04 +30 12 02.0 r 379
2004-12-17 11:45:21 C 02 32 53.32 +30 11 56.2 r 379
2004-12-17 17:38:47 C 02 31 42.15 +30 02 14.2 r J94
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)