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
2006-11-09 11:44:57 C 23 20 31.64 +36 40 20.9 m 355
2006-11-09 11:48:44 C 23 20 31.64 +36 40 14.7 m 355
2006-11-09 11:52:08 C 23 20 31.62 +36 40 09.1 m 355
2006-11-09 11:54:48 C 23 20 31.61 +36 40 04.4 m 355
2006-11-10 18:11:37 C 23 20 37.61 +35 49 43.9 o 473
2006-11-10 18:14:55 C 23 20 37.62 +35 49 38.6 o 473
2006-11-10 18:17:18 C 23 20 37.62 +35 49 34.9 o 473
2006-11-13 18:27:30 C 23 21 11.21 +33 57 44.5 c A24
2006-11-13 20:18:36 C 23 21 12.14 +33 55 01.0 c A24
2006-11-13 22:18:53 C 23 21 13.23 +33 52 03.3 c A24
2006-11-14 03:15:16 C 23 21 16.90 +33 44 53.9 17.0 c 704
2006-11-14 03:33:36 C 23 21 17.06 +33 44 26.8 17.1 c 704
2006-11-14 03:51:28 C 23 21 17.22 +33 44 00.7 17.0 c 704
2006-11-14 04:09:46 C 23 21 17.40 +33 43 34.7 17.0 c 704
2006-11-14 04:27:42 C 23 21 17.56 +33 43 08.4 17.0 c 704
2006-11-14 18:14:59 C 23 21 27.70 +33 23 13.2 16.0 r 084
2006-11-14 18:17:08 C 23 21 27.73 +33 23 10.2 15.9 r 084
2006-11-14 21:09:24 C 23 21 29.80 +33 19 07.9 o 491
2006-11-14 21:16:50 C 23 21 29.89 +33 18 56.1 o 491
2006-11-14 21:25:14 C 23 21 29.94 +33 18 45.6 o 491
2006-11-17 19:09:14 C 23 22 34.13 +31 44 30.0 r 170
2006-11-17 19:13:34 C 23 22 34.19 +31 44 24.5 r 170
2006-11-21 02:35:12 C 23 24 09.43 +30 07 59.4 r 703
2006-11-21 02:46:31 C 23 24 09.64 +30 07 46.3 r 703
2006-11-21 02:57:35 C 23 24 09.86 +30 07 33.3 r 703
2006-11-21 03:08:40 C 23 24 10.08 +30 07 21.0 r 703
2006-11-22 18:35:59 C 23 25 05.52 +29 23 25.1 o 493
2006-11-22 18:58:37 C 23 25 06.06 +29 23 00.8 o 493
2006-11-22 19:17:37 C 23 25 06.49 +29 22 38.3 o 493
2006-11-22 19:27:52 C 23 25 06.68 +29 22 29.6 o 493
2006-11-23 18:30:47 C 23 25 41.37 +28 57 59.9 o 493
2006-11-23 19:05:06 C 23 25 42.13 +28 57 22.8 o 493
2006-11-23 19:40:22 C 23 25 43.05 +28 56 49.0 o 493
2006-11-26 16:47:19 C 23 27 35.78 +27 48 20.7 r 113
2006-11-26 16:49:30 C 23 27 35.84 +27 48 18.6 r 113
2006-11-26 16:51:46 C 23 27 35.90 +27 48 16.6 r 113
2006-11-26 16:54:27 C 23 27 35.98 +27 48 14.1 r 113
2006-11-26 16:56:41 C 23 27 36.04 +27 48 11.8 r 113
2006-11-26 16:58:53 C 23 27 36.09 +27 48 09.8 r 113
2006-11-27 00:34:09 C 23 27 49.16 +27 41 07.3 o H47
2006-11-27 00:50:36 C 23 27 49.63 +27 40 51.9 o H47
2006-11-28 03:14:47 C 23 28 36.27 +27 16 50.6 17.9 c 704
2006-11-28 03:34:16 C 23 28 36.77 +27 16 32.5 17.8 c 704
2006-11-28 03:53:09 C 23 28 37.28 +27 16 15.5 17.9 c 704
2006-11-28 04:11:43 C 23 28 37.82 +27 15 59.4 17.8 c 704
2006-11-28 04:30:29 C 23 28 38.38 +27 15 42.0 17.9 c 704
2006-12-01 18:19:28 C 23 31 21.81 +26 04 06.5 r 113
2006-12-01 18:21:41 C 23 31 21.88 +26 04 05.1 r 113
2006-12-01 18:23:52 C 23 31 21.95 +26 04 03.4 r 113
2006-12-01 18:26:03 C 23 31 22.01 +26 04 01.7 r 113
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)