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
2009-10-18 11:34:12 C 02 02 00.06 +48 28 43.2 o 379
2009-10-18 11:36:55 C 02 01 59.62 +48 28 41.5 o 379
2009-10-18 11:39:38 C 02 01 59.14 +48 28 39.7 o 379
2009-10-18 11:57:35 C 02 01 56.13 +48 28 25.7 o 379
2009-10-18 12:02:59 C 02 01 55.20 +48 28 21.3 o 379
2009-10-18 23:06:12 C 02 00 04.36 +48 19 40.0 o B75
2009-10-19 11:20:41 C 01 58 03.44 +48 09 47.3 r 379
2009-10-19 11:38:04 C 01 58 00.52 +48 09 33.4 r 379
2009-10-19 11:40:47 C 01 58 00.10 +48 09 31.1 r 379
2009-10-19 11:43:30 C 01 57 59.62 +48 09 28.9 r 379
2009-10-19 11:49:10 C 01 57 58.72 +48 09 24.5 r 379
2009-10-19 11:51:50 C 01 57 58.28 +48 09 22.1 r 379
2009-10-25 20:27:30 C 01 34 21.62 +45 47 48.6 w 160
2009-10-25 20:31:15 C 01 34 21.13 +45 47 45.2 w 160
2009-10-25 20:35:10 C 01 34 20.49 +45 47 40.8 w 160
2009-10-26 22:56:59 C 01 30 36.13 +45 20 17.4 16.9 o C20
2009-10-27 20:50:27 C 01 27 35.79 +44 57 02.8 16.8 o C20
2009-10-27 20:54:41 C 01 27 35.21 +44 56 58.3 16.8 o C20
2009-10-27 20:56:48 C 01 27 34.91 +44 56 56.0 16.8 o C20
2009-10-28 19:25:07 C 01 24 34.77 +44 32 36.7 17.2 o C20
2009-10-28 19:31:28 C 01 24 33.91 +44 32 29.7 17.2 o C20
2009-10-29 14:03:08 C 01 22 08.99 +44 12 09.6 r 379
2009-10-29 14:05:47 C 01 22 08.63 +44 12 06.6 r 379
2009-10-29 14:08:27 C 01 22 08.28 +44 12 03.6 r 379
2009-10-29 14:17:49 C 01 22 07.07 +44 11 53.4 r 379
2009-10-29 14:20:29 C 01 22 06.71 +44 11 50.4 r 379
2009-10-29 14:29:49 C 01 22 05.47 +44 11 40.1 r 379
2009-10-29 23:29:22 C 01 20 56.44 +44 01 37.4 16.8 r 084
2009-10-31 01:05:18 C 01 17 44.57 +43 32 55.2 17.0 r 084
2009-10-31 01:09:37 C 01 17 44.07 +43 32 49.8 17.1 r 084
2009-11-05 20:27:04 C 01 02 21.18 +40 51 40.7 17.2 o C20
2009-11-05 20:31:23 C 01 02 20.75 +40 51 35.7 17.3 o C20
2009-11-05 20:33:30 C 01 02 20.56 +40 51 33.5 17.2 o C20
2009-11-09 05:14:49 C 00 54 57.19 +39 16 52.3 16.9 c 704
2009-11-09 05:35:19 C 00 54 55.39 +39 16 28.0 17.2 c 704
2009-11-09 05:55:47 C 00 54 53.65 +39 16 04.0 17.3 c 704
2009-11-09 06:16:17 C 00 54 51.84 +39 15 39.8 17.2 c 704
2009-11-09 06:36:44 C 00 54 50.10 +39 15 15.6 17.0 c 704
2009-11-10 04:40:40 C 00 53 00.53 +38 49 28.7 17.0 c 704
2009-11-10 04:58:12 C 00 52 59.02 +38 49 08.8 17.0 c 704
2009-11-10 05:15:42 C 00 52 57.59 +38 48 47.8 17.1 c 704
2009-11-10 05:33:11 C 00 52 56.15 +38 48 27.7 17.3 c 704
2009-11-10 05:50:39 C 00 52 54.70 +38 48 07.3 17.0 c 704
2009-11-10 22:00:56 C 00 51 37.55 +38 29 15.6 o J16
2009-11-10 22:27:59 C 00 51 35.35 +38 28 44.1 o J16
2009-11-11 18:33:35 C 00 50 03.15 +38 05 27.8 r 240
2009-11-11 18:35:43 C 00 50 02.98 +38 05 25.3 r 240
2009-11-11 18:36:47 C 00 50 02.91 +38 05 24.2 r 240
2009-11-11 18:39:58 C 00 50 02.68 +38 05 20.4 r 240
2009-11-11 18:43:09 C 00 50 02.42 +38 05 16.6 r 240
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)