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
1994-12-01 02:11:45 C 04 30 51.76 +39 04 48.1 046
1994-12-01 02:13:37 C 04 30 51.36 +39 04 47.3 046
1994-12-01 07:07:30 04 29 38.98 +39 02 48.0 675
1994-12-01 07:51:14 04 29 27.84 +39 02 29.2 675
1994-12-01 21:55:56 04 25 55.08 +38 55 58.1 113
1994-12-01 23:19:48 04 25 32.83 +38 55 18.1 113
1994-12-02 00:31:43 04 25 14.36 +38 54 44.0 113
1994-12-02 08:46:49 04 23 07.08 +38 50 32.8 675
1994-12-02 09:32:14 04 22 55.09 +38 50 08.1 675
1994-12-03 01:53:00 C 04 18 39.27 +38 41 00.4 z 816
1994-12-03 01:56:15 C 04 18 38.40 +38 40 58.4 z 816
1994-12-03 01:57:45 C 04 18 37.99 +38 40 57.5 z 816
1994-12-03 02:13:24 C 04 18 33.81 +38 40 48.4 z 816
1994-12-05 15:20:22 C 04 01 44.27 +37 57 09.9 14.6 z 864
1994-12-05 15:26:27 C 04 01 42.48 +37 57 04.5 z 864
1994-12-05 20:55:18 04 00 09.42 +37 52 17.3 m 604
1994-12-05 21:09:25 04 00 05.18 +37 52 04.1 m 604
1994-12-05 21:25:44 04 00 00.55 +37 51 50.5 m 604
1994-12-05 21:31:06 03 59 59.10 +37 51 46.1 m 604
1994-12-05 21:36:57 03 59 57.27 +37 51 40.5 m 604
1994-12-05 21:42:14 03 59 55.82 +37 51 35.5 m 604
1994-12-06 23:04:30 03 52 34.49 +37 27 56.5 091
1994-12-06 23:23:59 03 52 28.83 +37 27 36.7 091
1994-12-06 23:37:29 03 52 24.73 +37 27 23.9 091
1994-12-07 11:47:38 C 03 48 50.49 +37 14 56.2 14.4 z 897
1994-12-07 11:52:03 C 03 48 49.17 +37 14 51.8 z 897
1994-12-07 12:00:30 C 03 48 46.62 +37 14 42.8 z 897
1994-12-07 12:10:22 C 03 48 43.65 +37 14 32.5 z 897
1994-12-14 13:07:58 C 02 56 41.63 +33 03 52.7 14.2 z 897
1994-12-14 13:16:26 C 02 56 38.95 +33 03 36.6 z 897
1994-12-14 13:26:19 C 02 56 35.82 +33 03 17.5 z 897
1994-12-18 21:48:46 C 02 24 38.34 +29 19 12.5 046
1994-12-18 21:51:21 C 02 24 37.55 +29 19 06.3 046
1994-12-18 21:54:55 C 02 24 36.48 +29 18 57.8 046
1994-12-19 11:16:55 C 02 20 39.50 +28 47 13.9 z 864
1994-12-19 11:22:49 C 02 20 37.73 +28 46 59.7 z 864
1994-12-19 11:28:53 C 02 20 35.90 +28 46 45.0 z 864
1994-12-21 11:50:25 C 02 06 36.51 +26 46 49.4 z 864
1994-12-21 12:01:01 C 02 06 33.45 +26 46 22.6 z 864
1994-12-21 12:13:51 C 02 06 29.75 +26 45 49.7 z 864
1994-12-23 03:00:13 C 01 55 43.45 +25 05 13.1 z 816
1994-12-23 03:03:24 C 01 55 42.58 +25 05 04.7 z 816
1994-12-23 03:12:30 C 01 55 40.05 +25 04 40.7 z 816
1994-12-23 03:14:31 C 01 55 39.51 +25 04 35.3 z 816
1994-12-23 13:05:07 C 01 52 59.58 +24 38 38.0 14.5 z 897
1994-12-23 13:08:49 C 01 52 58.58 +24 38 27.9 z 897
1994-12-28 10:38:55 C 01 23 31.28 +19 20 37.0 z 864
1994-12-28 10:47:33 C 01 23 29.23 +19 20 13.7 z 864
1995-01-02 10:24:40 C 00 57 55.17 +13 59 31.9 z 864
1995-01-02 10:44:25 C 00 57 51.18 +13 58 40.1 z 864
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)