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
2006-12-01 18:28:15 C 23 31 22.08 +26 03 59.7 r 113
2006-12-07 17:38:22 C 23 36 25.94 +24 23 59.9 17.3 r 084
2006-12-07 17:40:31 C 23 36 26.02 +24 23 58.6 17.3 r 084
2006-12-17 18:42:56 C 23 46 07.84 +22 20 39.7 o A32
2006-12-17 19:11:24 C 23 46 09.05 +22 20 28.2 o A32
2006-12-17 19:38:50 C 23 46 10.20 +22 20 16.7 o A32
2006-12-17 20:04:56 C 23 46 11.28 +22 20 05.6 o A32
2007-01-10 02:08:26 C 00 12 25.45 +20 05 55.8 o 704
2007-01-10 02:27:04 C 00 12 26.40 +20 05 52.1 o 704
2007-01-10 02:45:55 C 00 12 27.40 +20 05 50.5 o 704
2007-01-10 03:04:34 C 00 12 28.25 +20 05 48.4 o 704
2007-01-19 01:52:58 C 00 23 29.86 +19 51 59.8 r 703
2007-01-19 02:01:35 C 00 23 30.26 +19 51 59.1 r 703
2007-01-19 02:10:13 C 00 23 30.91 +19 52 00.4 r 703
2007-01-19 02:18:50 C 00 23 31.38 +19 51 59.9 r 703
2007-01-21 02:00:10 C 00 26 01.34 +19 50 59.9 19.1 c 704
2007-01-21 02:35:04 C 00 26 03.18 +19 51 00.6 19.0 c 704
2007-01-21 02:52:32 C 00 26 04.06 +19 51 00.2 19.4 c 704
2007-01-21 03:09:59 C 00 26 04.92 +19 50 59.9 19.3 c 704
2007-09-14 03:56:08 C 06 19 39.42 +32 17 39.9 c J51
2007-09-14 05:15:44 C 06 19 44.59 +32 17 41.3 c J51
2007-09-14 10:05:21 C 06 20 03.68 +32 17 42.7 18.2 c 704
2007-09-14 10:22:23 C 06 20 04.86 +32 17 43.3 18.6 c 704
2007-09-14 10:39:23 C 06 20 05.90 +32 17 43.2 18.7 c 704
2007-09-14 10:56:24 C 06 20 07.05 +32 17 43.6 18.7 c 704
2007-09-14 11:13:25 C 06 20 08.11 +32 17 44.2 18.7 c 704
2007-09-22 10:39:43 C 06 32 43.46 +32 18 22.1 18.6 c 704
2007-09-22 10:57:28 C 06 32 44.57 +32 18 23.4 18.9 c 704
2007-09-22 11:15:01 C 06 32 45.74 +32 18 22.7 18.7 c 704
2007-10-19 10:10:18 C 07 16 05.30 +32 02 42.4 r 703
2007-10-19 10:22:58 C 07 16 06.24 +32 02 44.1 r 703
2007-10-19 10:35:35 C 07 16 07.06 +32 02 43.4 r 703
2007-10-19 10:48:25 C 07 16 07.96 +32 02 43.0 r 703
2007-10-23 09:01:37 C 07 22 48.72 +31 57 37.6 16.8 c 704
2007-10-23 09:19:02 C 07 22 49.96 +31 57 36.9 16.9 c 704
2007-10-23 09:37:07 C 07 22 51.22 +31 57 35.9 16.8 c 704
2007-10-23 09:53:53 C 07 22 52.40 +31 57 35.2 16.8 c 704
2007-10-23 10:10:31 C 07 22 53.56 +31 57 34.3 16.8 c 704
2007-11-02 11:28:39 C 07 41 20.82 +31 38 43.8 17.2 o H47
2007-11-02 11:36:45 C 07 41 21.45 +31 38 42.9 17.1 o H47
2007-11-04 03:26:42 C 07 44 42.44 +31 34 24.4 r B19
2007-11-04 03:30:05 C 07 44 42.73 +31 34 24.1 r B19
2007-11-04 03:33:27 C 07 44 43.03 +31 34 23.7 r B19
2007-11-05 22:45:38 C 07 48 29.32 +31 29 08.9 r 084
2007-11-05 22:49:51 C 07 48 29.70 +31 29 08.6 r 084
2007-11-08 09:11:11 C 07 53 52.15 +31 21 11.6 16.1 c 704
2007-11-08 09:28:56 C 07 53 53.80 +31 21 09.3 16.1 c 704
2007-11-08 09:47:02 C 07 53 55.43 +31 21 05.0 17.7 c 704
2007-11-08 10:04:47 C 07 53 57.11 +31 21 04.4 16.1 c 704
2007-11-08 10:22:28 C 07 53 58.74 +31 21 01.9 16.1 c 704
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)