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
2004-12-20 21:15:27 C 02 16 55.84 +27 55 03.3 r A30
2004-12-20 21:16:56 C 02 16 55.55 +27 55 00.7 r A30
2004-12-20 21:17:13 C 02 16 55.67 +27 55 01.7 c 458
2004-12-20 21:27:24 C 02 16 53.69 +27 54 44.7 c 458
2004-12-20 23:26:27 C 02 16 30.97 +27 51 16.0 r 203
2004-12-20 23:45:42 C 02 16 27.33 +27 50 42.5 r 203
2004-12-21 17:09:41 C 02 13 14.83 +27 20 35.9 o 631
2004-12-21 17:16:14 C 02 13 13.63 +27 20 24.7 o 631
2004-12-21 18:22:53 C 02 13 01.22 +27 18 29.5 o 631
2004-12-21 18:29:26 C 02 13 00.01 +27 18 18.0 o 631
2004-12-26 00:16:38 C 01 55 27.59 +24 19 15.9 15.3 r 726
2004-12-26 00:18:58 C 01 55 27.21 +24 19 12.0 15.4 r 726
2004-12-26 00:20:07 C 01 55 27.12 +24 19 09.8 15.3 r 726
2004-12-26 00:21:16 C 01 55 26.89 +24 19 08.3 15.3 r 726
2004-12-26 00:22:25 C 01 55 26.65 +24 19 05.7 15.3 r 726
2004-12-26 00:23:34 C 01 55 26.47 +24 19 03.9 15.2 r 726
2004-12-26 00:26:53 C 01 55 25.99 +24 18 57.8 15.2 r 726
2004-12-26 00:28:32 C 01 55 25.68 +24 18 55.6 15.6 r 726
2004-12-26 00:30:11 C 01 55 25.42 +24 18 52.1 15.4 r 726
2004-12-28 19:40:58 C 01 45 04.70 +22 20 25.6 r J94
2004-12-28 20:02:49 C 01 45 01.42 +22 19 47.4 r J94
2004-12-28 20:24:32 C 01 44 58.19 +22 19 10.1 r J94
2004-12-31 20:00:34 C 01 35 00.74 +20 14 58.1 o 084
2005-01-01 11:16:15 C 01 33 01.64 +19 49 01.4 r 379
2005-01-01 11:17:53 C 01 33 01.40 +19 48 58.6 r 379
2005-01-01 11:22:50 C 01 33 00.79 +19 48 50.1 r 379
2005-01-01 11:24:30 C 01 33 00.54 +19 48 47.1 r 379
2005-01-01 11:26:08 C 01 33 00.33 +19 48 44.6 r 379
2005-01-01 11:27:48 C 01 33 00.12 +19 48 41.8 r 379
2005-01-01 11:31:05 C 01 32 59.69 +19 48 36.3 r 379
2005-01-03 00:01:32 C 01 28 26.36 +18 46 59.3 15.4 r 726
2005-01-03 00:06:21 C 01 28 25.74 +18 46 51.3 15.4 r 726
2005-01-03 00:09:59 C 01 28 25.36 +18 46 45.6 15.5 r 726
2005-01-03 00:13:39 C 01 28 24.88 +18 46 39.2 15.4 r 726
2005-01-03 00:17:17 C 01 28 24.45 +18 46 33.1 15.4 r 726
2005-01-03 00:29:51 C 01 28 22.85 +18 46 12.1 15.4 r 726
2005-01-03 00:33:31 C 01 28 22.39 +18 46 05.9 15.5 r 726
2005-01-03 00:37:10 C 01 28 21.90 +18 46 00.1 15.4 r 726
2005-01-03 00:40:50 C 01 28 21.46 +18 45 53.9 15.5 r 726
2005-01-03 00:44:29 C 01 28 21.06 +18 45 48.0 15.5 r 726
2005-01-03 00:48:09 C 01 28 20.56 +18 45 41.9 15.3 r 726
2005-01-03 18:39:22 C 01 26 12.23 +18 16 00.4 r 160
2005-01-03 18:39:48 C 01 26 12.17 +18 15 59.7 r 160
2005-01-03 18:40:16 C 01 26 12.10 +18 15 59.2 r 160
2005-01-03 18:40:42 C 01 26 12.05 +18 15 58.4 r 160
2005-01-03 18:41:37 C 01 26 11.92 +18 15 56.8 r 160
2005-01-03 18:42:05 C 01 26 11.87 +18 15 56.2 r 160
2005-01-03 18:42:59 C 01 26 11.76 +18 15 54.4 r 160
2005-01-03 18:43:27 C 01 26 11.72 +18 15 53.5 r 160
2005-01-03 18:43:55 C 01 26 11.65 +18 15 53.0 r 160
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)