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
1986-12-29 03:50:11 A 00 17 51.23 +22 29 59.8 B 691
1986-12-29 04:03:31 A 00 17 51.69 +22 29 54.3 B 691
1986-12-29 04:29:53 A 00 17 52.55 +22 29 47.3 B 691
1989-10-05 08:17:00 03 13 14.49 +47 24 35.0 261
1989-10-05 09:42:00 03 13 03.65 +47 24 32.9 261
1989-10-06 07:59:59 03 10 14.63 +47 23 19.7 261
1989-10-06 09:15:00 03 10 04.88 +47 23 15.5 261
1991-11-07 07:59:59 A 04 32 48.01 +39 53 00.9 18.2 675
1991-11-07 08:46:59 A 04 32 42.86 +39 52 59.4 675
1991-11-12 10:02:00 A 04 18 35.45 +39 43 13.7 675
1991-12-03 05:56:30 A 03 07 38.87 +35 51 16.0 17.6 675
1991-12-03 06:41:15 A 03 07 32.00 +35 50 36.5 675
1992-01-01 03:38:57 01 54 35.70 +24 45 30.7 711
1992-02-06 23:10:14 C 01 40 35.92 +15 36 21.6 z 801
1992-02-06 23:59:32 C 01 40 36.65 +15 36 02.9 z 801
1992-09-25 11:40:01 C 03 56 25.33 +43 07 16.9 z 658
1992-09-25 11:47:32 C 03 56 24.89 +43 07 18.4 z 658
1992-09-27 10:59:02 C 03 53 35.16 +43 16 25.2 z 658
1992-09-27 11:07:03 C 03 53 34.66 +43 16 25.6 z 658
1992-10-16 07:27:24 03 14 39.39 +43 36 50.5 711
1992-10-17 09:43:44 03 11 49.70 +43 32 58.3 711
1992-11-21 02:33:35 C 01 43 28.92 +35 57 47.3 z 801
1992-11-21 02:48:27 C 01 43 27.70 +35 57 34.9 z 801
1992-11-29 01:59:57 C 01 30 16.39 +33 25 08.1 z 801
1992-11-29 02:12:25 C 01 30 15.66 +33 24 58.0 z 801
1994-01-10 01:58:46 23 45 03.08 +17 21 29.7 711
1994-10-26 21:19:27 C 06 06 07.90 +37 11 49.9 z 557
1994-10-26 21:55:08 C 06 06 07.13 +37 11 58.7 z 557
1994-10-26 22:11:15 C 06 06 06.80 +37 12 02.6 z 557
1994-11-01 21:08:45 C 06 01 40.97 +37 46 59.8 z 557
1994-11-01 21:57:24 C 06 01 38.91 +37 47 12.7 z 557
1994-11-02 00:28:41 C 06 01 32.34 +37 47 52.7 z 557
1994-11-02 02:09:27 C 06 01 27.88 +37 48 18.7 z 557
1994-11-02 22:37:20 C 06 00 33.91 +37 53 30.7 z 557
1994-11-02 23:01:37 C 06 00 32.77 +37 53 36.8 z 557
1994-11-07 08:01:57 C 05 54 41.94 +38 20 50.1 z 801
1994-11-07 08:21:58 C 05 54 40.58 +38 20 54.7 z 801
1994-11-08 18:39:37 C 05 52 17.66 +38 29 49.3 z 864
1994-11-08 18:54:30 C 05 52 16.54 +38 29 53.0 z 864
1994-11-11 16:21:39 C 05 46 38.93 +38 47 28.0 z 864
1994-11-11 16:28:45 C 05 46 38.30 +38 47 29.8 z 864
1994-11-23 01:38:08 C 05 11 26.50 +39 34 52.9 046
1994-11-23 01:40:04 C 05 11 26.15 +39 34 52.8 046
1994-11-23 01:42:42 C 05 11 25.69 +39 34 53.0 046
1994-11-26 16:03:16 C 04 55 00.55 +39 32 10.7 z 864
1994-11-26 16:06:32 C 04 54 59.87 +39 32 10.3 z 864
1994-11-26 16:11:22 C 04 54 58.83 +39 32 09.8 z 864
1994-11-29 21:40:59 04 37 47.47 +39 15 20.3 14.5 m 026
1994-11-29 21:56:59 04 37 43.75 +39 15 16.7 14.5 m 026
1994-12-01 02:10:01 C 04 30 52.20 +39 04 48.6 046
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)