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
2012-01-09 20:46:05 C 01 46 55.91 +23 16 46.0 c A24
2012-01-09 21:00:06 C 01 46 55.63 +23 16 37.4 c A24
2012-01-09 21:28:07 C 01 46 55.04 +23 16 20.6 c A24
2012-01-09 21:29:08 C 01 46 55.03 +23 16 20.0 c A24
2012-01-10 18:36:35 C 01 46 31.38 +23 03 50.4 c A24
2012-01-10 18:37:37 C 01 46 31.36 +23 03 49.9 c A24
2012-01-10 19:00:31 C 01 46 30.92 +23 03 36.4 c A24
2012-01-10 19:46:18 C 01 46 30.05 +23 03 09.4 c A24
2012-01-10 19:47:20 C 01 46 30.03 +23 03 09.1 c A24
2012-01-11 18:41:40 C 01 46 07.01 +22 49 54.9 c A24
2012-01-11 18:42:42 C 01 46 06.97 +22 49 54.4 c A24
2012-01-11 19:05:07 C 01 46 06.59 +22 49 41.6 c A24
2012-01-11 19:51:00 C 01 46 05.80 +22 49 15.3 c A24
2012-01-11 19:52:02 C 01 46 05.78 +22 49 14.5 c A24
2012-01-12 19:56:59 C 01 45 44.46 +22 35 41.0 c A24
2012-01-12 19:58:01 C 01 45 44.45 +22 35 40.6 c A24
2012-01-13 18:53:59 C 01 45 26.91 +22 23 06.8 c A24
2012-01-13 18:55:02 C 01 45 26.93 +22 23 05.2 c A24
2012-01-13 19:17:59 C 01 45 26.64 +22 22 53.4 c A24
2012-01-13 20:04:56 C 01 45 26.08 +22 22 26.9 c A24
2012-01-13 20:05:59 C 01 45 25.99 +22 22 26.2 c A24
2012-01-14 18:35:12 C 01 45 11.44 +22 10 25.9 c A24
2012-01-14 18:36:14 C 01 45 11.42 +22 10 25.4 c A24
2012-01-19 03:38:26 C 01 44 33.97 +21 18 17.1 r 703
2012-01-19 03:44:40 C 01 44 33.93 +21 18 14.0 r 703
2012-01-19 03:50:57 C 01 44 33.93 +21 18 11.2 r 703
2012-01-19 03:57:16 C 01 44 33.90 +21 18 07.7 r 703
2012-01-22 19:20:47 C 01 44 39.77 +20 39 35.1 w 458
2012-01-22 19:26:49 C 01 44 39.82 +20 39 32.7 w 458
2012-01-24 19:20:49 C 01 44 56.19 +20 20 12.8 c A24
2012-01-24 19:22:54 C 01 44 56.15 +20 20 11.4 c A24
2012-01-24 19:44:02 C 01 44 56.28 +20 20 03.1 c A24
2012-01-24 20:05:41 C 01 44 56.41 +20 19 54.5 c A24
2012-01-24 20:26:50 C 01 44 56.54 +20 19 46.6 c A24
2012-01-24 20:28:55 C 01 44 56.55 +20 19 45.7 c A24
2012-01-25 18:21:03 C 01 45 07.17 +20 11 21.3 c A24
2012-01-25 18:23:07 C 01 45 07.19 +20 11 20.4 c A24
2012-01-25 18:44:15 C 01 45 07.35 +20 11 12.3 c A24
2012-01-25 19:05:53 C 01 45 07.53 +20 11 03.9 c A24
2012-01-25 19:27:01 C 01 45 07.69 +20 10 55.9 c A24
2012-01-25 19:29:06 C 01 45 07.71 +20 10 55.0 c A24
2012-01-26 18:40:15 C 01 45 20.97 +20 02 17.6 c A24
2012-01-26 18:42:21 C 01 45 20.95 +20 02 16.5 c A24
2012-01-26 18:59:57 C 01 45 21.12 +20 02 10.0 c A24
2012-01-26 19:18:05 C 01 45 21.28 +20 02 03.1 c A24
2012-01-26 19:37:47 C 01 45 21.56 +20 01 56.6 c A24
2012-01-27 02:03:33 C 01 45 25.59 +19 59 36.4 r G96
2012-01-27 02:05:59 C 01 45 25.59 +19 59 35.6 r G96
2012-01-27 02:12:21 C 01 45 25.66 +19 59 33.3 r G96
2012-01-27 02:14:52 C 01 45 25.66 +19 59 32.4 r G96
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)