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
2005-12-20 22:01:58 C 01 29 09.04 +28 11 22.3 o A32
2005-12-20 22:13:58 C 01 29 08.71 +28 11 15.2 o A32
2005-12-31 03:39:21 C 01 25 24.92 +25 59 37.8 r 703
2005-12-31 03:48:35 C 01 25 24.85 +25 59 33.5 r 703
2005-12-31 03:57:49 C 01 25 24.78 +25 59 28.8 r 703
2005-12-31 04:07:07 C 01 25 24.70 +25 59 24.9 r 703
2006-01-05 03:27:50 C 01 25 05.84 +25 06 42.6 18.5 c 704
2006-01-05 03:46:22 C 01 25 05.81 +25 06 35.1 18.9 c 704
2006-01-05 04:04:46 C 01 25 05.84 +25 06 27.5 18.9 c 704
2006-01-05 04:23:25 C 01 25 05.87 +25 06 19.3 19.2 c 704
2006-01-05 04:42:31 C 01 25 05.83 +25 06 11.7 19.1 c 704
2006-01-26 01:56:16 C 01 32 03.69 +22 39 21.8 r 703
2006-01-26 02:05:32 C 01 32 03.91 +22 39 20.6 r 703
2006-01-26 02:14:46 C 01 32 04.09 +22 39 17.8 r 703
2006-01-26 02:23:59 C 01 32 04.38 +22 39 16.7 r 703
2006-01-31 02:15:25 C 01 35 19.25 +22 19 33.7 c 699
2006-01-31 02:33:50 C 01 35 19.84 +22 19 31.9 c 699
2006-01-31 02:52:15 C 01 35 20.37 +22 19 28.9 c 699
2006-01-31 03:10:40 C 01 35 20.83 +22 19 25.6 c 699
2006-02-07 03:19:37 C 01 40 44.00 +22 00 02.2 r 703
2006-02-07 03:30:29 C 01 40 44.25 +22 00 02.1 r 703
2006-02-07 03:41:21 C 01 40 44.54 +22 00 01.5 r 703
2006-02-07 03:52:11 C 01 40 44.94 +22 00 00.1 r 703
2006-09-20 22:14:38 C 06 52 08.09 +71 48 25.7 c 127
2006-09-20 22:18:21 C 06 52 05.88 +71 48 35.2 c 127
2006-09-20 22:22:37 C 06 52 03.35 +71 48 46.3 c 127
2006-09-20 22:27:46 C 06 52 00.32 +71 48 59.8 c 127
2006-09-20 22:30:55 C 06 51 58.45 +71 49 07.6 c 127
2006-09-21 21:57:57 C 06 37 09.70 +72 46 46.6 c 127
2006-09-21 22:01:13 C 06 37 07.53 +72 46 54.4 c 127
2006-09-21 22:04:21 C 06 37 05.49 +72 47 01.9 c 127
2006-09-21 22:09:02 C 06 37 02.36 +72 47 13.4 c 127
2006-10-01 01:53:49 C 03 02 55.05 +76 01 26.6 o 493
2006-10-01 02:00:23 C 03 02 48.75 +76 01 20.6 o 493
2006-10-01 02:31:45 C 03 02 15.06 +76 00 47.7 o 493
2006-10-02 01:21:06 C 02 39 15.77 +75 32 27.2 o 493
2006-10-02 01:28:33 C 02 39 07.86 +75 32 16.1 o 493
2006-10-02 01:36:46 C 02 39 00.31 +75 32 05.4 o 493
2006-10-06 21:21:23 C 01 10 22.93 +71 23 44.4 c A48
2006-10-06 21:24:35 C 01 10 20.90 +71 23 35.0 c A48
2006-10-06 21:27:48 C 01 10 19.13 +71 23 26.8 c A48
2006-10-06 21:31:01 C 01 10 17.22 +71 23 18.4 c A48
2006-10-08 22:55:45 C 00 45 30.10 +69 04 37.2 o 510
2006-10-08 22:56:21 C 00 45 29.81 +69 04 35.3 o 510
2006-10-08 22:58:09 C 00 45 29.01 +69 04 30.1 o 510
2006-10-09 14:21:43 C 00 38 59.81 +68 19 16.2 300
2006-10-09 14:27:16 C 00 38 57.26 +68 18 59.6 300
2006-10-09 14:32:45 C 00 38 55.15 +68 18 44.8 300
2006-10-09 14:54:48 C 00 38 46.02 +68 17 38.3 300
2006-10-11 02:06:05 C 00 25 45.62 +66 31 31.5 o 204
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)