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
2006-10-11 02:10:05 C 00 25 44.26 +66 31 19.2 o 204
2006-10-11 02:14:20 C 00 25 42.80 +66 31 06.1 o 204
2006-10-12 06:51:01 C 00 16 46.28 +65 03 22.2 17.1 c 704
2006-10-12 07:07:01 C 00 16 41.46 +65 02 35.7 16.6 c 704
2006-10-12 07:23:13 C 00 16 36.58 +65 01 45.8 16.5 c 704
2006-10-12 07:39:25 C 00 16 32.22 +65 00 53.8 17.4 c 704
2006-10-12 07:55:25 C 00 16 26.88 +65 00 05.7 16.7 c 704
2006-10-12 20:52:29 C 00 12 51.25 +64 20 02.3 o 240
2006-10-12 20:53:24 C 00 12 50.98 +64 19 59.5 o 240
2006-10-12 20:54:18 C 00 12 50.71 +64 19 56.4 o 240
2006-10-12 20:55:13 C 00 12 50.44 +64 19 53.7 o 240
2006-10-12 20:57:02 C 00 12 49.92 +64 19 48.3 o 240
2006-10-12 20:57:56 C 00 12 49.71 +64 19 45.4 o 240
2006-10-12 20:58:50 C 00 12 49.45 +64 19 42.3 o 240
2006-10-17 18:50:19 C 23 48 31.22 +58 17 14.0 o 151
2006-10-17 18:51:13 C 23 48 31.08 +58 17 11.4 o 151
2006-10-17 18:52:05 C 23 48 30.95 +58 17 08.8 o 151
2006-10-17 18:52:59 C 23 48 30.80 +58 17 06.0 o 151
2006-10-17 18:53:52 C 23 48 30.67 +58 17 03.4 o 151
2006-10-17 18:55:40 C 23 48 30.38 +58 16 58.0 o 151
2006-10-25 19:48:54 C 23 29 00.03 +49 11 53.4 r 240
2006-10-25 19:50:19 C 23 28 59.92 +49 11 49.7 r 240
2006-10-25 19:51:43 C 23 28 59.85 +49 11 46.1 r 240
2006-10-25 19:53:08 C 23 28 59.75 +49 11 42.4 r 240
2006-10-25 19:54:33 C 23 28 59.67 +49 11 38.8 r 240
2006-10-25 19:57:22 C 23 28 59.47 +49 11 31.4 r 240
2006-10-25 19:58:47 C 23 28 59.37 +49 11 27.8 r 240
2006-10-25 20:00:11 C 23 28 59.29 +49 11 24.0 r 240
2006-10-25 20:01:36 C 23 28 59.20 +49 11 20.5 r 240
2006-10-25 20:37:14 C 23 28 56.84 +49 09 49.1 c 560
2006-10-25 20:39:28 C 23 28 56.71 +49 09 43.1 c 560
2006-10-25 20:46:58 C 23 28 56.22 +49 09 23.7 c 560
2006-10-25 20:49:11 C 23 28 56.07 +49 09 17.9 c 560
2006-10-25 20:52:35 C 23 28 55.85 +49 09 09.1 c 560
2006-10-30 02:13:16 C 23 24 07.62 +44 59 38.9 15.2 r 084
2006-10-30 02:15:25 C 23 24 07.59 +44 59 34.7 15.3 r 084
2006-10-31 00:21:38 C 23 23 24.91 +44 08 59.0 r H98
2006-10-31 00:26:11 C 23 23 24.80 +44 08 48.9 r H98
2006-10-31 00:31:12 C 23 23 24.60 +44 08 37.6 r H98
2006-10-31 00:36:19 C 23 23 24.40 +44 08 26.1 r H98
2006-11-07 11:36:52 C 23 20 34.34 +38 04 40.3 m 355
2006-11-07 11:39:34 C 23 20 34.31 +38 04 35.4 m 355
2006-11-07 11:46:14 C 23 20 34.27 +38 04 23.2 m 355
2006-11-07 11:49:13 C 23 20 34.26 +38 04 18.3 m 355
2006-11-07 11:53:20 C 23 20 34.23 +38 04 10.5 m 355
2006-11-08 17:57:44 C 23 20 31.25 +37 10 49.9 r 113
2006-11-08 18:08:03 C 23 20 31.23 +37 10 32.0 r 113
2006-11-08 18:09:29 C 23 20 31.22 +37 10 29.6 r 113
2006-11-08 18:10:54 C 23 20 31.22 +37 10 27.1 r 113
2006-11-09 11:39:21 C 23 20 31.63 +36 40 30.9 m 355
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)