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
2008-12-29 18:24:00 C 01 42 22.20 +26 29 39.2 r B60
2008-12-29 18:36:40 C 01 42 21.91 +26 29 31.9 r B60
2008-12-29 18:45:49 C 01 42 21.69 +26 29 26.6 r B60
2008-12-29 18:53:30 C 01 42 21.50 +26 29 21.9 r B60
2009-01-10 17:53:19 C 01 39 05.43 +24 06 29.5 c A94
2009-01-10 18:01:29 C 01 39 05.35 +24 06 26.4 c A94
2009-01-10 18:04:50 C 01 39 05.41 +24 06 25.7 c A94
2009-01-10 18:09:52 C 01 39 05.38 +24 06 22.7 c A94
2009-01-16 18:29:11 C 01 39 32.93 +23 10 43.6 18.2 o C20
2009-01-16 18:32:17 C 01 39 32.95 +23 10 42.5 18.2 o C20
2009-01-16 18:46:50 C 01 39 33.21 +23 10 36.6 c A94
2009-01-16 18:51:29 C 01 39 33.25 +23 10 35.2 c A94
2009-01-16 18:55:49 C 01 39 33.26 +23 10 33.5 c A94
2009-01-16 19:01:43 C 01 39 33.30 +23 10 31.3 c A94
2009-01-17 04:02:09 C 01 39 37.40 +23 07 25.1 r 703
2009-01-17 04:12:33 C 01 39 37.47 +23 07 20.9 r 703
2009-01-17 04:22:54 C 01 39 37.54 +23 07 17.6 r 703
2009-01-17 04:33:29 C 01 39 37.58 +23 07 13.9 r 703
2009-01-17 19:01:11 C 01 39 45.04 +23 02 16.7 18.2 o C20
2009-01-17 19:04:17 C 01 39 45.05 +23 02 15.9 18.3 o C20
2009-01-18 19:22:48 C 01 39 59.08 +22 54 11.1 o B84
2009-01-18 20:32:28 C 01 39 59.73 +22 53 48.9 o B84
2009-01-22 17:55:35 C 01 41 11.40 +22 25 24.8 18.5 r C20
2009-01-22 17:58:42 C 01 41 11.45 +22 25 23.9 18.6 r C20
2009-01-24 19:49:35 C 01 42 00.66 +22 11 51.0 18.3 r C20
2009-01-24 19:52:41 C 01 42 00.69 +22 11 50.0 18.4 r C20
2009-01-26 04:41:11 C 01 42 37.106 +22 03 31.82 645
2009-01-26 04:42:23 C 01 42 37.147 +22 03 31.57 645
2009-01-26 04:44:46 C 01 42 37.169 +22 03 30.89 645
2009-01-26 04:45:58 C 01 42 37.205 +22 03 30.56 645
2009-01-28 18:20:31 C 01 43 53.82 +21 49 06.4 18.4 r C20
2009-01-28 18:23:37 C 01 43 53.90 +21 49 05.5 18.4 r C20
2009-01-31 01:57:51 C 01 45 11.81 +21 37 26.9 18.6 c 704
2009-01-31 02:01:15 C 01 45 11.94 +21 37 26.8 18.4 c 704
2009-01-31 02:14:31 C 01 45 12.29 +21 37 23.8 18.8 c 704
2009-01-31 02:18:57 C 01 45 12.39 +21 37 22.9 18.5 c 704
2009-01-31 02:36:28 C 01 45 12.75 +21 37 19.5 18.8 c 704
2009-01-31 02:54:01 C 01 45 13.22 +21 37 15.2 18.9 c 704
2009-01-31 03:05:11 C 01 45 13.45 +21 37 13.6 18.6 c 704
2009-01-31 03:11:52 C 01 45 13.66 +21 37 12.2 18.8 c 704
2009-07-17 00:43:43 C 04 38 14.57 +37 45 40.8 r A71
2009-07-17 00:50:31 C 04 38 14.45 +37 45 45.6 r A71
2009-07-17 00:53:55 C 04 38 14.38 +37 45 47.6 r A71
2009-07-24 01:53:51 C 04 37 46.47 +39 21 41.0 v 204
2009-07-24 02:10:49 C 04 37 46.50 +39 21 50.7 v 204
2009-08-22 23:30:44 C 04 35 19.12 +45 23 59.0 r C00
2009-08-23 00:17:38 C 04 35 18.03 +45 24 22.6 r C00
2009-08-23 03:34:18 C 04 35 13.45 +45 26 04.5 c J05
2009-08-23 03:38:05 C 04 35 13.38 +45 26 06.4 c J05
2009-08-23 03:39:21 C 04 35 13.35 +45 26 07.3 c J05
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)