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
2004-12-17 18:00:26 C 02 31 37.75 +30 01 39.0 r J94
2004-12-17 18:21:10 C 02 31 33.51 +30 01 05.1 r J94
2004-12-17 20:31:26 C 02 31 06.84 +29 57 33.0 r J95
2004-12-17 21:06:02 C 02 30 59.76 +29 56 36.2 r J95
2004-12-17 22:10:21 C 02 30 46.60 +29 54 50.4 r J95
2004-12-17 23:24:33 C 02 30 31.68 +29 52 53.9 o 493
2004-12-18 00:24:38 C 02 30 19.43 +29 51 13.7 o 493
2004-12-18 01:29:06 C 02 30 06.44 +29 49 26.7 o 493
2004-12-18 18:35:48 C 02 26 42.35 +29 21 01.4 r 557
2004-12-18 18:49:31 C 02 26 39.59 +29 20 38.5 r 557
2004-12-18 19:07:06 C 02 26 36.08 +29 20 09.3 r 557
2004-12-18 20:37:01 C 02 26 18.19 +29 17 41.0 r 170
2004-12-18 20:39:13 C 02 26 17.75 +29 17 37.3 r 170
2004-12-18 20:40:39 C 02 26 17.46 +29 17 34.9 r 170
2004-12-18 20:47:55 C 02 26 16.00 +29 17 22.7 r 170
2004-12-18 21:02:08 C 02 26 13.05 +29 16 57.9 r 203
2004-12-18 22:03:01 C 02 26 00.86 +29 15 15.7 r 203
2004-12-19 00:19:55 C 02 25 33.54 +29 11 24.0 c 147
2004-12-19 00:22:28 C 02 25 33.05 +29 11 19.7 c 147
2004-12-19 00:25:01 C 02 25 32.55 +29 11 15.5 c 147
2004-12-19 00:27:34 C 02 25 32.02 +29 11 11.0 c 147
2004-12-19 00:30:29 C 02 25 31.45 +29 11 06.3 c 147
2004-12-19 17:50:10 C 02 22 09.90 +28 41 53.7 o 631
2004-12-19 17:51:49 C 02 22 09.57 +28 41 51.1 o 631
2004-12-19 19:40:45 C 02 21 48.25 +28 38 46.3 o 631
2004-12-19 19:47:16 C 02 21 46.93 +28 38 35.6 o 631
2004-12-20 02:34:33 C 02 20 28.96 +28 27 07.2 d 703
2004-12-20 02:43:58 C 02 20 27.11 +28 26 51.3 d 703
2004-12-20 02:53:26 C 02 20 25.28 +28 26 35.3 d 703
2004-12-20 03:02:57 C 02 20 23.38 +28 26 18.5 d 703
2004-12-20 18:00:13 C 02 17 33.16 +28 00 38.9 c A62
2004-12-20 18:01:07 C 02 17 32.99 +28 00 37.1 c A62
2004-12-20 18:01:56 C 02 17 32.84 +28 00 35.9 c A62
2004-12-20 18:02:45 C 02 17 32.68 +28 00 34.5 c A62
2004-12-20 18:03:36 C 02 17 32.52 +28 00 33.1 c A62
2004-12-20 18:06:25 C 02 17 31.97 +28 00 28.4 c A62
2004-12-20 18:07:13 C 02 17 31.83 +28 00 26.8 c A62
2004-12-20 18:08:02 C 02 17 31.66 +28 00 25.3 c A62
2004-12-20 18:08:52 C 02 17 31.52 +28 00 24.2 c A62
2004-12-20 18:09:41 C 02 17 31.36 +28 00 22.6 c A62
2004-12-20 18:12:30 C 02 17 30.82 +28 00 17.7 c A62
2004-12-20 18:13:20 C 02 17 30.68 +28 00 16.6 c A62
2004-12-20 18:14:09 C 02 17 30.49 +28 00 15.1 c A62
2004-12-20 18:14:59 C 02 17 30.35 +28 00 13.8 c A62
2004-12-20 18:15:47 C 02 17 30.19 +28 00 12.3 c A62
2004-12-20 21:02:09 C 02 16 58.36 +27 55 26.3 r A30
2004-12-20 21:07:20 C 02 16 57.37 +27 55 17.4 r A30
2004-12-20 21:09:33 C 02 16 56.95 +27 55 13.5 r A30
2004-12-20 21:12:05 C 02 16 56.67 +27 55 10.4 c 458
2004-12-20 21:12:30 C 02 16 56.39 +27 55 08.3 r A30
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)