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
2005-11-01 01:10:46 C 03 00 31.03 +41 09 08.4 o A32
2005-11-01 01:45:40 C 03 00 27.09 +41 08 57.3 o A32
2005-11-01 22:54:29 C 02 58 06.67 +41 01 06.8 r 084
2005-11-01 23:00:09 C 02 58 06.06 +41 01 04.8 r 084
2005-11-02 19:15:07 C 02 55 51.56 +40 53 11.7 r 084
2005-11-02 19:20:47 C 02 55 50.93 +40 53 09.4 r 084
2005-11-05 08:03:49 C 02 49 06.27 +40 27 11.4 r 703
2005-11-05 08:12:14 C 02 49 05.30 +40 27 07.7 r 703
2005-11-05 08:20:36 C 02 49 04.36 +40 27 03.8 r 703
2005-11-05 08:29:38 C 02 49 03.36 +40 26 59.8 r 703
2005-11-10 05:32:04 C 02 36 14.61 +39 27 27.1 r 703
2005-11-10 05:41:27 C 02 36 13.57 +39 27 21.9 r 703
2005-11-10 05:50:49 C 02 36 12.52 +39 27 16.2 r 703
2005-11-10 06:00:12 C 02 36 11.52 +39 27 11.5 r 703
2005-11-10 22:10:33 C 02 34 27.35 +39 18 01.6 c 560
2005-11-10 22:13:43 C 02 34 27.02 +39 18 00.0 c 560
2005-11-10 22:16:53 C 02 34 26.67 +39 17 58.3 c 560
2005-11-11 06:28:36 C 02 33 34.13 +39 13 16.9 17.3 c 704
2005-11-11 06:46:54 C 02 33 32.16 +39 13 06.1 17.4 c 704
2005-11-11 07:04:49 C 02 33 30.20 +39 12 56.3 17.4 c 704
2005-11-11 07:23:06 C 02 33 28.25 +39 12 45.3 17.3 c 704
2005-11-12 05:49:20 C 02 31 05.62 +38 59 35.8 r 703
2005-11-12 06:01:22 C 02 31 04.33 +38 59 29.0 r 703
2005-11-12 06:12:03 C 02 31 03.18 +38 59 22.5 r 703
2005-11-12 06:22:29 C 02 31 02.10 +38 59 16.0 r 703
2005-11-27 04:48:50 C 01 57 44.16 +34 51 20.0 17.7 c 704
2005-11-27 05:25:58 C 01 57 41.26 +34 50 52.1 17.6 c 704
2005-11-27 05:44:39 C 01 57 39.75 +34 50 37.8 17.8 c 704
2005-11-27 06:03:17 C 01 57 38.27 +34 50 23.8 18.0 c 704
2005-12-01 03:42:21 C 01 50 48.60 +33 39 55.5 o 644
2005-12-01 04:15:10 C 01 50 46.30 +33 39 30.8 o 644
2005-12-01 04:37:03 C 01 50 44.72 +33 39 14.6 o 699
2005-12-01 04:46:06 C 01 50 44.14 +33 39 07.6 o 644
2005-12-01 05:08:41 C 01 50 42.52 +33 38 50.9 o 699
2005-12-01 05:40:20 C 01 50 40.33 +33 38 26.6 o 699
2005-12-01 06:11:58 C 01 50 38.13 +33 38 02.7 o 699
2005-12-01 19:32:07 C 01 49 44.54 +33 28 01.7 r 113
2005-12-01 19:33:42 C 01 49 44.44 +33 28 00.6 r 113
2005-12-01 19:35:17 C 01 49 44.33 +33 27 59.2 r 113
2005-12-01 19:36:58 C 01 49 44.20 +33 27 58.1 r 113
2005-12-01 19:38:34 C 01 49 44.10 +33 27 57.1 r 113
2005-12-03 20:32:28 C 01 46 34.90 +32 51 16.9 r 084
2005-12-04 07:13:31 C 01 45 55.33 +32 43 21.3 r 703
2005-12-04 07:24:31 C 01 45 54.61 +32 43 12.6 r 703
2005-12-04 07:35:35 C 01 45 54.00 +32 43 04.5 r 703
2005-12-04 07:46:37 C 01 45 53.24 +32 42 52.4 r 703
2005-12-10 18:34:19 C 01 37 39.08 +30 50 34.8 r J87
2005-12-10 18:45:00 C 01 37 38.58 +30 50 27.3 r J87
2005-12-10 18:55:41 C 01 37 38.08 +30 50 19.6 r J87
2005-12-20 21:48:29 C 01 29 09.40 +28 11 30.5 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)