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
2009-10-10 13:16:20 C 02 34 58.71 +50 23 56.8 m 379
2009-10-10 13:19:00 C 02 34 58.21 +50 23 55.8 m 379
2009-10-10 13:21:42 C 02 34 57.71 +50 23 54.6 m 379
2009-10-10 13:33:10 C 02 34 55.69 +50 23 49.7 m 379
2009-10-11 00:36:56 C 02 32 57.98 +50 18 58.4 16.8 o C20
2009-10-11 00:40:02 C 02 32 57.43 +50 18 57.0 16.8 o C20
2009-10-11 12:21:47 C 02 30 54.74 +50 13 34.3 m 379
2009-10-11 12:24:27 C 02 30 54.26 +50 13 33.0 m 379
2009-10-11 12:27:10 C 02 30 53.75 +50 13 31.7 m 379
2009-10-11 12:33:27 C 02 30 52.69 +50 13 29.1 m 379
2009-10-11 12:36:08 C 02 30 52.19 +50 13 27.7 m 379
2009-10-11 12:38:51 C 02 30 51.68 +50 13 26.6 m 379
2009-10-12 06:59:03 C 02 27 37.77 +50 04 31.5 16.7 c 704
2009-10-12 07:17:57 C 02 27 34.38 +50 04 21.7 17.0 c 704
2009-10-12 07:36:52 C 02 27 30.97 +50 04 12.0 16.9 c 704
2009-10-12 07:55:46 C 02 27 27.58 +50 04 02.4 17.0 c 704
2009-10-12 08:14:39 C 02 27 24.10 +50 03 52.3 16.8 c 704
2009-10-12 18:37:49 C 02 25 35.13 +49 58 26.1 16.9 o C20
2009-10-12 18:40:56 C 02 25 34.59 +49 58 24.5 16.5 o C20
2009-10-13 11:43:03 C 02 22 35.33 +49 49 07.7 r 379
2009-10-13 12:05:18 C 02 22 31.41 +49 48 55.4 r 379
2009-10-13 12:07:58 C 02 22 31.01 +49 48 54.6 r 379
2009-10-14 01:47:43 C 02 20 06.54 +49 41 02.2 16.9 o C20
2009-10-14 01:50:50 C 02 20 06.00 +49 41 00.3 17.0 o C20
2009-10-14 20:46:43 C 02 16 48.96 +49 29 31.6 o B84
2009-10-14 20:50:55 C 02 16 48.24 +49 29 29.1 o B84
2009-10-14 20:57:16 C 02 16 47.21 +49 29 25.0 o B84
2009-10-14 21:37:23 C 02 16 40.10 +49 29 00.8 o B84
2009-10-14 21:41:37 C 02 16 39.35 +49 28 58.2 o B84
2009-10-14 21:45:50 C 02 16 38.62 +49 28 55.6 o B84
2009-10-14 23:17:00 C 02 16 22.75 +49 28 00.6 v B75
2009-10-14 23:18:36 C 02 16 22.34 +49 27 59.7 v B75
2009-10-14 23:20:00 C 02 16 22.15 +49 27 58.9 v B75
2009-10-14 23:22:42 C 02 16 21.69 +49 27 57.6 v B75
2009-10-14 23:23:58 C 02 16 21.43 +49 27 56.0 v B75
2009-10-15 12:25:45 C 02 14 06.42 +49 19 36.6 o 379
2009-10-15 12:28:28 C 02 14 05.97 +49 19 35.0 o 379
2009-10-15 12:31:08 C 02 14 05.48 +49 19 32.7 o 379
2009-10-15 12:37:05 C 02 14 04.45 +49 19 29.5 o 379
2009-10-15 12:39:48 C 02 14 03.94 +49 19 27.4 o 379
2009-10-15 12:42:31 C 02 14 03.51 +49 19 26.0 o 379
2009-10-15 12:50:57 C 02 14 02.00 +49 19 20.2 o 379
2009-10-15 12:53:39 C 02 14 01.52 +49 19 18.4 o 379
2009-10-16 01:23:00 C 02 11 51.45 +49 10 59.1 16.6 o C20
2009-10-17 05:57:41 C 02 06 59.18 +48 51 00.8 r 703
2009-10-17 06:06:45 C 02 06 57.63 +48 50 54.3 r 703
2009-10-17 06:16:00 C 02 06 56.05 +48 50 47.9 r 703
2009-10-17 06:25:07 C 02 06 54.43 +48 50 41.1 r 703
2009-10-17 06:34:12 C 02 06 52.92 +48 50 34.9 r 703
2009-10-18 11:22:57 C 02 02 01.98 +48 28 52.1 o 379
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)