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
2008-10-09 08:23:21 C 04 21 26.25 +40 38 40.8 18.9 c 704
2008-10-09 08:42:03 C 04 21 25.22 +40 38 43.8 18.8 c 704
2008-10-09 09:00:33 C 04 21 24.17 +40 38 46.9 18.8 c 704
2008-10-09 09:19:29 C 04 21 23.05 +40 38 48.2 19.1 c 704
2008-10-09 09:38:00 C 04 21 22.06 +40 38 51.4 18.9 c 704
2008-10-11 17:02:12 C 04 18 09.76 +40 46 12.5 m 355
2008-10-11 17:11:30 C 04 18 09.22 +40 46 13.9 m 355
2008-10-11 17:13:03 C 04 18 09.12 +40 46 14.6 m 355
2008-10-20 20:26:35 C 04 02 23.14 +41 02 03.1 o 151
2008-10-20 20:28:41 C 04 02 22.97 +41 02 03.1 o 151
2008-10-20 20:30:46 C 04 02 22.82 +41 02 03.1 o 151
2008-10-20 20:32:53 C 04 02 22.62 +41 02 03.2 o 151
2008-10-20 20:34:59 C 04 02 22.42 +41 02 03.1 o 151
2008-10-20 20:37:05 C 04 02 22.27 +41 02 03.4 o 151
2008-10-20 20:39:11 C 04 02 22.10 +41 02 03.5 o 151
2008-10-23 21:44:09 C 03 56 02.37 +41 01 14.3 18.0 r 084
2008-10-23 21:49:23 C 03 56 01.90 +41 01 13.8 18.2 r 084
2008-11-04 09:06:46 C 03 28 16.06 +40 20 40.3 o H06
2008-11-04 09:44:03 C 03 28 11.92 +40 20 29.9 o H06
2008-11-06 06:03:35 C 03 23 18.95 +40 07 34.7 17.5 c 704
2008-11-06 06:20:31 C 03 23 17.03 +40 07 30.0 17.7 c 704
2008-11-06 06:37:29 C 03 23 15.10 +40 07 24.2 17.7 c 704
2008-11-06 06:54:41 C 03 23 13.13 +40 07 19.1 18.0 c 704
2008-11-06 07:11:45 C 03 23 11.22 +40 07 13.3 17.8 c 704
2008-11-06 23:05:27 C 03 21 24.92 +40 02 05.0 17.2 r 084
2008-11-06 23:10:40 C 03 21 24.29 +40 02 03.0 17.4 r 084
2008-11-07 21:23:33 C 03 18 55.28 +39 54 30.7 17.5 r 084
2008-11-07 21:28:47 C 03 18 54.67 +39 54 28.8 17.2 r 084
2008-11-08 03:43:41 C 03 18 12.17 +39 52 16.3 v 204
2008-11-08 04:52:05 C 03 18 04.44 +39 51 51.2 v 204
2008-11-17 03:44:38 C 02 53 53.19 +38 13 36.0 r 703
2008-11-17 03:53:28 C 02 53 52.22 +38 13 31.8 r 703
2008-11-17 04:02:15 C 02 53 51.25 +38 13 27.3 r 703
2008-11-17 04:11:03 C 02 53 50.20 +38 13 22.2 r 703
2008-11-20 23:02:28 C 02 43 55.33 +37 19 51.4 c A24
2008-11-20 23:03:33 C 02 43 55.18 +37 19 50.8 c A24
2008-11-21 20:15:37 C 02 41 40.13 +37 06 28.4 17.4 r 084
2008-11-23 00:06:01 C 02 38 44.59 +36 48 30.0 r B09
2008-11-23 08:21:52 C 02 37 53.00 +36 43 03.4 18.6 c 704
2008-11-23 08:38:52 C 02 37 51.40 +36 42 52.8 17.5 c 704
2008-11-23 08:55:52 C 02 37 49.51 +36 42 42.2 17.4 c 704
2008-11-23 09:12:54 C 02 37 47.73 +36 42 30.7 17.3 c 704
2008-11-23 09:29:56 C 02 37 45.97 +36 42 19.2 17.3 c 704
2008-11-25 23:19:00 C 02 31 30.69 +36 00 24.7 c A24
2008-11-25 23:20:07 C 02 31 30.58 +36 00 23.8 c A24
2008-11-26 19:06:10 C 02 29 34.46 +35 46 34.5 o 151
2008-11-26 19:07:51 C 02 29 34.28 +35 46 33.5 o 151
2008-11-26 19:09:32 C 02 29 34.11 +35 46 32.4 o 151
2008-11-26 19:11:12 C 02 29 33.95 +35 46 31.1 o 151
2008-11-26 19:12:53 C 02 29 33.79 +35 46 29.8 o 151
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)