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
2010-01-07 01:44:45 C 00 39 02.52 +22 36 16.2 18.8 c 704
2010-01-07 02:02:45 C 00 39 03.05 +22 36 11.8 19.0 c 704
2010-01-07 02:20:57 C 00 39 03.58 +22 36 07.7 19.2 c 704
2010-01-07 02:39:07 C 00 39 04.11 +22 36 03.0 18.7 c 704
2010-01-07 02:57:14 C 00 39 04.67 +22 35 58.2 18.8 c 704
2010-01-07 06:09:17 S 00 39 10.62 +22 35 12.9 L C51
2010-01-07 06:09:27 S 00 39 10.663 +22 35 12.23 L C51
2010-01-07 09:19:59 S 00 39 16.48 +22 34 27.0 L C51
2010-01-13 01:51:57 C 00 43 43.53 +22 06 06.4 r 703
2010-01-13 02:01:50 C 00 43 43.86 +22 06 04.3 r 703
2010-01-13 02:11:43 C 00 43 44.25 +22 06 03.2 r 703
2010-01-13 02:21:32 C 00 43 44.50 +22 06 01.9 r 703
2010-09-16 11:19:37 C 07 31 36.40 +26 47 29.2 r 703
2010-09-16 11:29:43 C 07 31 37.66 +26 47 25.4 r 703
2010-09-16 11:39:47 C 07 31 38.92 +26 47 21.1 r 703
2010-09-16 11:49:55 C 07 31 40.22 +26 47 17.3 r 703
2010-09-22 01:47:47 C 07 49 20.42 +25 45 19.6 u 510
2010-09-22 01:54:34 C 07 49 21.35 +25 45 15.9 u 510
2010-09-22 02:01:22 C 07 49 22.30 +25 45 12.5 u 510
2010-09-22 02:08:11 C 07 49 23.22 +25 45 09.2 u 510
2010-09-23 03:57:30 C 07 52 58.89 +25 31 21.8 u 160
2010-09-23 03:59:48 C 07 52 59.22 +25 31 20.6 u 160
2010-09-23 04:02:15 C 07 52 59.56 +25 31 19.0 u 160
2010-09-25 01:22:41 C 07 59 28.35 +25 05 23.6 o 152
2010-09-25 01:37:52 C 07 59 30.54 +25 05 14.2 o 152
2010-09-29 03:58:09 C 08 14 22.22 +24 00 49.4 v 204
2010-09-29 04:03:35 C 08 14 23.05 +24 00 45.7 v 204
2010-09-29 04:07:31 C 08 14 23.68 +24 00 42.9 v 204
2010-09-29 04:09:56 C 08 14 24.05 +24 00 41.0 v 204
2010-09-29 04:12:21 C 08 14 24.43 +24 00 39.4 v 204
2010-10-06 10:34:07 C 08 44 02.66 +21 31 25.6 o H47
2010-10-06 10:39:42 C 08 44 03.69 +21 31 19.6 o H47
2010-10-06 10:51:02 C 08 44 05.75 +21 31 07.6 o H47
2010-10-07 10:35:07 C 08 48 30.98 +21 06 31.8 o H47
2010-10-07 10:43:21 C 08 48 32.55 +21 06 23.9 o H47
2010-10-07 10:52:14 C 08 48 34.21 +21 06 13.7 o H47
2010-10-09 00:21:01 C 08 55 45.92 +20 24 51.1 r 168
2010-10-09 00:22:20 C 08 55 46.15 +20 24 49.6 r 168
2010-10-09 00:24:05 C 08 55 46.51 +20 24 47.5 r 168
2010-10-09 00:25:20 C 08 55 46.75 +20 24 46.1 r 168
2010-10-09 00:26:40 C 08 55 47.01 +20 24 44.5 r 168
2010-10-09 10:13:30 C 08 57 42.65 +20 13 28.0 g H10
2010-10-09 10:32:36 C 08 57 46.37 +20 13 05.6 g H10
2010-10-09 10:52:32 C 08 57 50.38 +20 12 42.3 g H10
2010-10-18 11:58:50 C 09 46 08.79 +14 53 49.7 r 703
2010-10-18 12:02:43 C 09 46 09.80 +14 53 42.7 r 703
2010-10-18 12:06:39 C 09 46 10.77 +14 53 35.7 r 703
2010-10-18 12:10:35 C 09 46 11.74 +14 53 28.7 r 703
2010-10-20 03:01:54 C 09 56 08.22 +13 40 15.6 u 160
2010-10-20 03:04:16 C 09 56 08.84 +13 40 10.9 u 160
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)