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
2009-08-25 22:54:57 C 04 33 24.81 +45 59 55.5 r C00
2009-08-25 23:53:09 C 04 33 23.01 +46 00 25.1 r C00
2009-08-26 00:25:16 C 04 33 22.00 +46 00 41.2 r C00
2009-08-31 09:12:16 C 04 28 32.90 +47 05 14.8 16.2 c 704
2009-08-31 09:30:44 C 04 28 32.09 +47 05 23.9 17.7 c 704
2009-08-31 09:49:17 C 04 28 31.20 +47 05 33.7 17.6 c 704
2009-08-31 10:07:44 C 04 28 30.32 +47 05 43.2 17.7 c 704
2009-08-31 10:26:14 C 04 28 29.47 +47 05 52.4 17.7 c 704
2009-09-02 10:44:44 C 04 26 09.88 +47 29 48.0 v H47
2009-09-02 10:48:46 C 04 26 09.63 +47 29 50.0 v H47
2009-09-02 10:52:41 C 04 26 09.44 +47 29 51.8 v H47
2009-09-02 10:56:38 C 04 26 09.21 +47 29 54.0 v H47
2009-09-17 16:53:50 C 03 57 25.89 +50 11 24.7 r 168
2009-09-17 16:55:20 C 03 57 25.70 +50 11 25.1 r 168
2009-09-17 18:02:50 C 03 57 18.31 +50 11 50.6 r 168
2009-09-17 18:05:50 C 03 57 18.14 +50 11 51.3 r 168
2009-09-17 18:11:50 C 03 57 17.29 +50 11 53.6 r 168
2009-09-25 00:41:29 C 03 35 35.20 +51 00 13.5 o A32
2009-09-25 00:59:47 C 03 35 32.71 +51 00 17.1 o A32
2009-09-25 01:48:20 C 03 35 25.92 +51 00 26.8 o C10
2009-09-25 01:52:28 C 03 35 25.34 +51 00 27.6 o C10
2009-09-25 01:56:39 C 03 35 24.75 +51 00 28.3 o C10
2009-09-25 02:00:55 C 03 35 24.07 +51 00 29.3 o C10
2009-09-25 02:05:13 C 03 35 23.56 +51 00 29.7 o C10
2009-09-27 03:00:26 C 03 28 22.51 +51 08 01.9 r J51
2009-09-27 03:07:03 C 03 28 21.50 +51 08 02.8 r J51
2009-09-27 03:13:39 C 03 28 20.48 +51 08 03.9 r J51
2009-09-29 03:51:13 C 03 20 59.55 +51 12 16.7 v 160
2009-09-29 03:55:08 C 03 20 58.93 +51 12 16.7 v 160
2009-09-29 03:59:04 C 03 20 58.32 +51 12 16.9 v 160
2009-10-02 07:05:45 C 03 09 00.76 +51 11 52.9 17.3 c 704
2009-10-02 07:24:09 C 03 08 57.69 +51 11 52.1 17.3 c 704
2009-10-02 07:42:34 C 03 08 54.63 +51 11 51.1 17.4 c 704
2009-10-02 08:00:57 C 03 08 51.56 +51 11 50.2 17.5 c 704
2009-10-02 08:19:31 C 03 08 48.46 +51 11 48.9 17.5 c 704
2009-10-03 00:08:39 C 03 06 12.00 +51 10 29.7 o C10
2009-10-03 00:12:50 C 03 06 11.29 +51 10 29.4 o C10
2009-10-03 00:21:15 C 03 06 09.89 +51 10 28.7 o C10
2009-10-03 00:25:28 C 03 06 09.17 +51 10 28.4 o C10
2009-10-03 00:29:40 C 03 06 08.46 +51 10 27.9 o C10
2009-10-03 00:33:51 C 03 06 07.75 +51 10 27.6 o C10
2009-10-03 00:38:01 C 03 06 07.05 +51 10 27.2 o C10
2009-10-03 00:42:14 C 03 06 06.35 +51 10 26.9 o C10
2009-10-03 00:46:24 C 03 06 05.65 +51 10 26.5 o C10
2009-10-03 22:11:57 C 03 02 31.58 +51 07 59.0 r J28
2009-10-03 22:39:52 C 03 02 26.83 +51 07 55.9 r J28
2009-10-03 23:11:13 C 03 02 21.48 +51 07 52.0 r J28
2009-10-06 05:19:11 C 02 53 08.53 +50 58 02.0 c H06
2009-10-06 05:24:32 C 02 53 07.61 +50 58 00.4 c H06
2009-10-09 00:37:14 C 02 41 24.79 +50 38 15.1 17.4 r 084
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)