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
2011-11-30 10:37:29 C 02 56 18.820 +35 55 59.44 L F51
2011-11-30 10:38:28 C 02 56 18.704 +35 55 58.69 L F51
2011-11-30 10:57:00 C 02 56 16.397 +35 55 45.17 L F51
2011-12-03 16:48:40 C 02 47 00.60 +34 57 07.2 u C73
2011-12-03 16:50:21 C 02 47 00.35 +34 57 06.1 u C73
2011-12-03 16:50:41 C 02 47 00.31 +34 57 05.9 u C73
2011-12-03 16:52:01 C 02 47 00.14 +34 57 04.7 u C73
2011-12-03 16:52:41 C 02 47 00.07 +34 57 03.9 u C73
2011-12-03 16:54:02 C 02 46 59.91 +34 57 02.9 u C73
2011-12-03 16:54:22 C 02 46 59.87 +34 57 02.8 u C73
2011-12-03 16:55:24 C 02 46 59.76 +34 57 02.1 u C73
2011-12-03 16:57:24 C 02 46 59.49 +34 57 00.5 u C73
2011-12-03 16:58:24 C 02 46 59.38 +34 56 59.9 u C73
2011-12-03 16:58:45 C 02 46 59.27 +34 56 59.4 u C73
2011-12-03 17:00:05 C 02 46 59.20 +34 56 58.5 u C73
2011-12-05 20:45:35 C 02 41 05.56 +34 15 50.3 d B66
2011-12-05 21:53:53 C 02 40 57.85 +34 14 54.9 d B66
2011-12-14 12:07:37 C 02 20 14.16 +31 20 29.6 u 379
2011-12-14 12:10:16 C 02 20 13.88 +31 20 27.1 u 379
2011-12-14 12:16:56 C 02 20 13.30 +31 20 21.2 u 379
2011-12-14 12:19:36 C 02 20 13.04 +31 20 19.0 u 379
2011-12-14 12:27:50 C 02 20 12.28 +31 20 12.2 u 379
2011-12-14 12:33:09 C 02 20 11.81 +31 20 07.4 u 379
2011-12-17 19:31:56 C 02 13 32.61 +30 11 55.3 d B66
2011-12-17 20:12:19 C 02 13 29.33 +30 11 20.7 d B66
2011-12-17 21:42:50 C 02 13 22.00 +30 10 02.5 d B66
2011-12-24 10:31:47 C 02 02 24.237 +27 58 13.21 o 344
2011-12-24 10:38:40 C 02 02 23.815 +27 58 07.63 o 344
2011-12-24 10:55:31 C 02 02 22.767 +27 57 54.54 o 344
2011-12-24 11:12:21 C 02 02 21.686 +27 57 39.85 o 344
2011-12-24 11:16:56 C 02 02 21.338 +27 57 35.91 o 344
2011-12-24 12:12:44 C 02 02 17.895 +27 56 50.36 o 344
2011-12-24 12:25:18 C 02 02 17.118 +27 56 40.26 o 344
2011-12-24 12:39:06 C 02 02 16.287 +27 56 29.34 o 344
2011-12-24 12:41:24 C 02 02 16.146 +27 56 27.29 o 344
2011-12-25 21:08:22 C 02 00 22.18 +27 30 13.6 d B66
2011-12-25 22:58:53 C 02 00 15.81 +27 28 43.8 d B66
2011-12-27 19:57:55 C 01 57 50.83 +26 53 14.0 r A06
2011-12-27 20:18:11 C 01 57 49.76 +26 52 58.2 r A06
2011-12-27 20:33:47 C 01 57 48.91 +26 52 45.8 r A06
2011-12-27 22:09:40 C 01 57 43.86 +26 51 30.3 d B66
2011-12-27 22:56:17 C 01 57 41.44 +26 50 53.9 d B66
2011-12-28 02:14:50 C 01 57 31.63 +26 48 21.7 t H47
2011-12-28 02:31:17 C 01 57 30.77 +26 48 09.3 t H47
2011-12-28 02:43:22 C 01 57 30.14 +26 48 00.0 t H47
2012-01-09 04:15:53 C 01 47 16.26 +23 26 45.1 r 703
2012-01-09 04:26:47 C 01 47 16.00 +23 26 38.8 r 703
2012-01-09 04:37:50 C 01 47 15.68 +23 26 32.1 r 703
2012-01-09 04:48:50 C 01 47 15.50 +23 26 25.2 r 703
2012-01-09 20:45:02 C 01 46 55.94 +23 16 46.5 c A24
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)