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
2005-01-18 03:05:24 C 00 54 31.25 +09 42 12.4 d 703
2005-01-18 03:16:47 C 00 54 30.45 +09 41 57.5 d 703
2005-01-18 09:34:13 C 00 54 03.47 +09 33 31.6 r 379
2005-01-18 09:37:31 C 00 54 03.18 +09 33 27.4 r 379
2005-01-18 09:39:10 C 00 54 03.07 +09 33 25.7 r 379
2005-01-19 15:43:29 C 00 51 55.66 +08 53 28.8 o 084
2005-01-20 02:59:08 C 00 51 08.44 +08 38 46.4 o 696
2005-01-20 03:05:30 C 00 51 07.98 +08 38 38.0 o 696
2005-02-03 16:09:57 C 00 27 39.61 +01 15 46.9 o 084
2005-02-03 16:13:35 C 00 27 39.32 +01 15 42.4 o 084
2005-02-05 16:37:58 C 00 23 52.27 +00 12 08.4 o 084
2005-02-05 16:41:36 C 00 23 51.98 +00 12 03.8 o 084
2005-02-06 17:41:30 C 00 21 46.64 -00 21 28.8 c 113
2005-02-06 17:43:05 C 00 21 46.53 -00 21 31.0 c 113
2005-02-06 17:44:39 C 00 21 46.38 -00 21 32.5 c 113
2005-02-06 17:46:14 C 00 21 46.24 -00 21 35.6 c 113
2005-02-06 17:47:49 C 00 21 46.11 -00 21 37.6 c 113
2005-02-09 16:26:57 C 00 15 13.77 -01 59 57.2 o 084
2005-02-09 16:30:36 C 00 15 13.39 -02 00 02.8 o 084
2005-08-09 09:16:07 C 04 09 23.21 +36 36 05.1 19.3 c 704
2005-08-09 09:33:18 C 04 09 23.75 +36 36 10.1 19.2 c 704
2005-08-09 10:24:30 C 04 09 25.39 +36 36 24.6 19.8 c 704
2005-09-01 09:50:57 C 04 20 40.77 +39 00 25.2 18.9 c 704
2005-09-01 10:07:18 C 04 20 40.85 +39 00 29.5 19.3 c 704
2005-09-01 10:39:56 C 04 20 41.02 +39 00 38.7 19.6 c 704
2005-09-01 10:56:15 C 04 20 41.05 +39 00 43.0 19.1 c 704
2005-10-13 23:46:09 C 03 44 01.67 +42 18 46.6 r 084
2005-10-13 23:51:50 C 03 44 01.20 +42 18 46.5 r 084
2005-10-15 20:07:26 C 03 40 11.81 +42 18 46.2 o 198
2005-10-15 20:07:57 C 03 40 11.76 +42 18 46.2 o 198
2005-10-15 20:08:28 C 03 40 11.72 +42 18 46.2 o 198
2005-10-15 20:10:01 C 03 40 11.57 +42 18 46.2 o 198
2005-10-15 20:25:00 C 03 40 10.24 +42 18 46.1 o 198
2005-10-28 21:05:15 C 03 08 52.76 +41 33 42.0 r A74
2005-10-28 21:09:25 C 03 08 52.30 +41 33 40.9 r A74
2005-10-28 21:11:31 C 03 08 52.07 +41 33 40.1 r A74
2005-10-28 21:14:39 C 03 08 51.73 +41 33 39.2 r A74
2005-10-28 21:19:53 C 03 08 51.13 +41 33 37.8 r A74
2005-10-28 21:55:28 C 03 08 47.22 +41 33 28.1 r A74
2005-10-28 21:56:31 C 03 08 47.15 +41 33 27.6 r A74
2005-10-28 22:04:53 C 03 08 46.22 +41 33 25.1 r A74
2005-10-28 22:06:45 C 03 08 46.02 +41 33 24.7 r A74
2005-10-28 22:10:05 C 03 08 45.64 +41 33 24.0 r A74
2005-10-29 21:22:03 C 03 06 13.70 +41 26 29.1 o 151
2005-10-29 21:23:47 C 03 06 13.51 +41 26 28.5 o 151
2005-10-29 21:25:30 C 03 06 13.33 +41 26 27.9 o 151
2005-10-29 21:28:47 C 03 06 12.99 +41 26 27.1 o 151
2005-10-29 21:30:31 C 03 06 12.79 +41 26 26.8 o 151
2005-10-29 21:32:14 C 03 06 12.59 +41 26 26.4 o 151
2005-11-01 00:59:08 C 03 00 32.28 +41 09 14.4 o A32
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)