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
2012-01-27 02:21:10 C 01 45 25.74 +19 59 30.1 r G96
2012-01-27 02:23:41 C 01 45 25.74 +19 59 29.2 r G96
2012-01-27 02:30:06 C 01 45 25.81 +19 59 26.9 r G96
2012-01-27 02:32:36 C 01 45 25.84 +19 59 25.9 r G96
2012-02-16 02:24:46 C 01 56 36.02 +17 55 47.1 17.8 c 704
2012-02-16 02:42:08 C 01 56 36.58 +17 55 44.0 18.3 c 704
2012-02-16 02:59:28 C 01 56 37.18 +17 55 40.8 18.2 c 704
2012-02-16 03:16:47 C 01 56 37.75 +17 55 38.2 17.8 c 704
2012-02-16 19:18:23 C 01 57 11.21 +17 52 57.0 d B66
2012-02-16 20:12:27 C 01 57 13.04 +17 52 47.7 d B66
2012-02-25 02:30:07 C 02 04 55.84 +17 25 37.5 r 703
2012-02-25 02:37:26 C 02 04 56.17 +17 25 37.0 r 703
2012-02-25 02:44:57 C 02 04 56.46 +17 25 36.1 r 703
2012-02-25 02:52:16 C 02 04 56.78 +17 25 35.0 r 703
2012-08-07 02:40:18 C 04 04 24.66 +38 35 39.2 c A24
2012-08-07 02:41:20 C 04 04 24.73 +38 35 39.0 c A24
2012-08-07 02:42:21 C 04 04 24.74 +38 35 39.3 c A24
2012-08-07 02:43:24 C 04 04 24.77 +38 35 39.7 c A24
2012-08-15 01:57:15 C 04 08 58.36 +39 41 06.0 c A24
2012-08-15 01:58:17 C 04 08 58.41 +39 41 06.0 c A24
2012-08-15 01:59:19 C 04 08 58.42 +39 41 06.6 c A24
2012-08-15 02:00:22 C 04 08 58.39 +39 41 06.7 c A24
2012-08-15 03:01:00 C 04 08 59.49 +39 41 27.8 c A24
2012-08-15 03:02:02 C 04 08 59.49 +39 41 29.1 c A24
2012-08-15 03:03:04 C 04 08 59.59 +39 41 29.4 c A24
2012-08-15 03:04:06 C 04 08 59.52 +39 41 29.4 c A24
2012-09-10 02:32:27 C 04 06 28.27 +43 10 41.3 c A24
2012-09-10 02:33:30 C 04 06 28.25 +43 10 42.7 c A24
2012-09-10 03:39:55 C 04 06 26.11 +43 11 04.0 c A24
2012-09-10 03:40:58 C 04 06 26.04 +43 11 04.1 c A24
2012-09-15 03:05:30 C 04 01 57.70 +43 47 21.1 u I56
2012-09-15 03:25:37 C 04 01 56.62 +43 47 26.3 u I56
2012-09-15 03:45:45 C 04 01 55.65 +43 47 31.3 u I56
2012-09-17 01:11:54 C 03 59 48.63 +44 00 27.3 c A24
2012-09-17 01:23:40 C 03 59 48.05 +44 00 30.6 c A24
2012-09-17 01:46:11 C 03 59 46.92 +44 00 36.9 c A24
2012-09-17 01:47:13 C 03 59 46.87 +44 00 37.3 c A24
2012-09-29 22:55:47 C 03 38 55.07 +45 07 21.1 u C10
2012-09-29 23:19:45 C 03 38 53.02 +45 07 24.7 u C10
2012-09-29 23:52:25 C 03 38 50.13 +45 07 28.9 u C10
2012-09-30 12:54:44 c 03 37 42.115 +45 09 13.63 L F51
2012-09-30 13:11:16 c 03 37 40.629 +45 09 15.68 L F51
2012-09-30 13:28:02 c 03 37 39.117 +45 09 17.73 L F51
2012-10-10 08:39:36 C 03 14 03.18 +45 16 00.1 17.5 c 704
2012-10-10 09:17:44 C 03 13 58.79 +45 15 57.9 17.7 c 704
2012-10-10 09:36:46 C 03 13 56.57 +45 15 56.2 17.8 c 704
2012-10-10 09:55:59 C 03 13 54.40 +45 15 54.4 17.8 c 704
2012-10-12 01:16:57 C 03 09 26.36 +45 11 53.6 u G40
2012-10-12 01:44:11 C 03 09 23.10 +45 11 50.5 u G40
2012-10-13 21:16:12 C 03 04 17.94 +45 05 24.1 o 071
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)