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
2008-11-26 19:14:34 C 02 29 33.62 +35 46 28.7 o 151
2008-11-26 19:16:14 C 02 29 33.45 +35 46 27.8 o 151
2008-11-26 19:55:25 C 02 29 29.60 +35 46 00.3 v 434
2008-11-26 19:59:29 C 02 29 29.23 +35 45 58.0 v 434
2008-11-26 20:02:48 C 02 29 28.90 +35 45 55.4 v 434
2008-11-26 20:04:25 C 02 29 28.72 +35 45 53.8 v 434
2008-11-26 23:46:52 C 02 29 06.73 +35 43 17.0 c A24
2008-11-26 23:47:59 C 02 29 06.63 +35 43 16.2 c A24
2008-11-27 00:08:41 C 02 29 04.61 +35 43 01.4 c A24
2008-11-27 00:30:31 C 02 29 02.47 +35 42 45.8 c A24
2008-11-27 00:51:14 C 02 29 00.44 +35 42 30.9 c A24
2008-11-27 00:52:20 C 02 29 00.32 +35 42 30.3 c A24
2008-12-07 04:38:07 C 02 08 03.12 +32 42 03.9 17.7 c 704
2008-12-07 04:56:29 C 02 08 01.73 +32 41 49.6 17.8 c 704
2008-12-07 05:15:03 C 02 08 00.32 +32 41 35.6 17.8 c 704
2008-12-07 05:33:25 C 02 07 58.95 +32 41 21.5 17.8 c 704
2008-12-07 05:51:48 C 02 07 57.56 +32 41 07.4 18.1 c 704
2008-12-07 22:11:21 C 02 06 45.86 +32 28 46.7 c A24
2008-12-07 22:12:47 C 02 06 45.69 +32 28 45.8 c A24
2008-12-07 23:13:54 C 02 06 41.21 +32 27 59.7 c A24
2008-12-07 23:15:19 C 02 06 41.12 +32 27 58.7 c A24
2008-12-13 19:47:28 C 01 57 31.92 +30 43 02.7 17.7 r C20
2008-12-13 19:50:33 C 01 57 31.76 +30 42 59.9 17.6 r C20
2008-12-14 21:01:56 C 01 56 05.93 +30 24 36.7 17.7 r C20
2008-12-14 21:05:03 C 01 56 05.75 +30 24 34.2 17.8 r C20
2008-12-17 20:18:26 C 01 52 23.76 +29 33 35.5 17.8 o C20
2008-12-18 20:35:58 C 01 51 14.97 +29 16 35.4 17.7 r C20
2008-12-18 20:39:05 C 01 51 14.77 +29 16 33.7 17.7 o C20
2008-12-19 03:17:11 C 01 50 56.76 +29 11 58.2 18.5 c 704
2008-12-19 03:35:19 C 01 50 55.97 +29 11 47.1 18.5 c 704
2008-12-19 03:53:13 C 01 50 55.02 +29 11 35.7 18.1 c 704
2008-12-19 03:53:27 C 01 50 55.01 +29 11 32.4 18.7 c 704
2008-12-19 04:11:21 C 01 50 54.19 +29 11 22.7 18.1 c 704
2008-12-19 04:29:28 C 01 50 53.35 +29 11 10.3 18.0 c 704
2008-12-19 20:57:03 C 01 50 09.32 +28 59 47.2 17.7 r C20
2008-12-19 21:00:11 C 01 50 09.15 +28 59 45.0 17.6 o C20
2008-12-20 21:19:54 C 01 49 07.18 +28 43 11.3 c A24
2008-12-20 21:21:19 C 01 49 07.10 +28 43 10.2 c A24
2008-12-20 21:41:31 C 01 49 06.26 +28 42 56.6 c A24
2008-12-20 22:03:10 C 01 49 05.35 +28 42 41.8 c A24
2008-12-20 22:23:22 C 01 49 04.51 +28 42 28.1 c A24
2008-12-20 22:24:49 C 01 49 04.42 +28 42 27.0 c A24
2008-12-28 19:06:47 C 01 42 54.80 +26 43 09.1 r B60
2008-12-28 19:16:38 C 01 42 54.53 +26 43 03.4 r B60
2008-12-28 19:26:17 C 01 42 54.30 +26 42 57.8 r B60
2008-12-28 19:26:29 C 01 42 54.24 +26 42 57.7 r B60
2008-12-28 19:35:46 C 01 42 54.04 +26 42 52.4 r B60
2008-12-28 19:44:34 C 01 42 53.84 +26 42 47.3 r B60
2008-12-29 17:43:48 C 01 42 23.13 +26 30 02.1 r B60
2008-12-29 18:07:59 C 01 42 22.58 +26 29 48.4 r B60
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)