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
2005-01-03 18:44:49 C 01 26 11.54 +18 15 51.2 r 160
2005-01-03 18:45:07 C 01 26 11.48 +18 15 50.8 r 160
2005-01-03 18:46:11 C 01 26 11.35 +18 15 49.0 r 160
2005-01-03 18:46:37 C 01 26 11.31 +18 15 48.5 r 160
2005-01-03 18:47:05 C 01 26 11.28 +18 15 47.6 r 160
2005-01-03 18:47:33 C 01 26 11.23 +18 15 46.8 r 160
2005-01-03 18:47:59 C 01 26 11.15 +18 15 46.1 r 160
2005-01-03 18:48:41 C 01 26 11.07 +18 15 44.9 r 160
2005-01-03 18:49:35 C 01 26 10.96 +18 15 43.5 r 160
2005-01-03 18:50:30 C 01 26 10.85 +18 15 42.0 r 160
2005-01-03 18:51:24 C 01 26 10.76 +18 15 40.6 r 160
2005-01-03 18:52:19 C 01 26 10.64 +18 15 38.8 r 160
2005-01-03 18:53:14 C 01 26 10.50 +18 15 37.7 r 160
2005-01-03 18:54:08 C 01 26 10.41 +18 15 35.8 r 160
2005-01-03 18:55:02 C 01 26 10.31 +18 15 34.6 r 160
2005-01-03 18:55:57 C 01 26 10.19 +18 15 33.0 r 160
2005-01-03 18:56:52 C 01 26 10.09 +18 15 31.6 r 160
2005-01-07 01:58:32 C 01 17 24.06 +16 07 40.0 15.4 c 704
2005-01-07 02:18:40 C 01 17 21.89 +16 07 08.3 15.7 c 704
2005-01-07 02:38:41 C 01 17 19.75 +16 06 36.5 15.7 c 704
2005-01-07 02:58:00 C 01 17 17.66 +16 06 05.7 15.9 c 704
2005-01-07 03:17:15 C 01 17 15.63 +16 05 35.2 15.9 c 704
2005-01-09 10:01:43 C 01 11 48.29 +14 40 36.5 r 379
2005-01-09 10:05:00 C 01 11 47.97 +14 40 31.6 r 379
2005-01-09 10:08:18 C 01 11 47.64 +14 40 26.8 r 379
2005-01-09 10:11:36 C 01 11 47.32 +14 40 22.2 r 379
2005-01-09 10:14:55 C 01 11 47.01 +14 40 16.5 r 379
2005-01-10 17:30:14 C 01 08 52.31 +13 53 03.9 r 240
2005-01-10 17:31:50 C 01 08 52.15 +13 53 01.5 r 240
2005-01-10 17:33:25 C 01 08 52.01 +13 52 59.1 r 240
2005-01-10 17:35:00 C 01 08 51.86 +13 52 57.0 r 240
2005-01-10 17:36:35 C 01 08 51.73 +13 52 54.5 r 240
2005-01-10 17:38:10 C 01 08 51.57 +13 52 52.1 r 240
2005-01-10 17:39:45 C 01 08 51.41 +13 52 49.7 r 240
2005-01-10 17:41:20 C 01 08 51.27 +13 52 47.3 r 240
2005-01-10 17:42:55 C 01 08 51.13 +13 52 45.0 r 240
2005-01-10 17:44:28 C 01 08 50.98 +13 52 42.7 r 240
2005-01-10 17:46:03 C 01 08 50.82 +13 52 40.3 r 240
2005-01-12 18:53:42 C 01 04 31.63 +12 40 28.5 r 160
2005-01-12 18:59:17 C 01 04 31.13 +12 40 20.5 r 160
2005-01-12 19:05:32 C 01 04 30.59 +12 40 11.2 r 160
2005-01-12 19:52:59 C 01 04 26.64 +12 39 01.8 c J93
2005-01-12 19:59:06 C 01 04 26.10 +12 38 53.0 c J93
2005-01-12 20:05:11 C 01 04 25.58 +12 38 44.1 c J93
2005-01-15 19:54:24 C 00 58 37.95 +10 57 15.6 o 204
2005-01-15 19:57:58 C 00 58 37.67 +10 57 10.5 o 204
2005-01-15 20:01:54 C 00 58 37.35 +10 57 05.3 o 204
2005-01-15 20:05:28 C 00 58 37.08 +10 57 00.3 o 204
2005-01-18 02:42:40 C 00 54 32.96 +09 42 43.0 d 703
2005-01-18 02:54:04 C 00 54 32.12 +09 42 27.7 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)