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
1995-01-03 17:26:27 C 00 51 57.87 +12 39 01.1 z 605
1995-01-03 17:34:09 C 00 51 56.40 +12 38 41.4 z 605
1995-01-03 17:54:46 C 00 51 52.44 +12 37 48.4 z 605
1995-01-03 18:08:49 C 00 51 49.77 +12 37 11.8 z 605
1995-01-03 18:20:37 C 00 51 47.49 +12 36 42.2 z 605
1995-01-04 18:18:32 C 00 47 21.93 +11 35 39.1 z 605
1995-01-04 18:44:11 C 00 47 17.27 +11 34 35.7 z 605
1995-01-04 19:01:31 C 00 47 14.02 +11 33 51.2 z 605
1995-01-04 23:30:02 C 00 46 25.52 +11 22 35.1 z 801
1995-01-04 23:46:26 C 00 46 22.58 +11 21 55.4 z 801
1995-01-05 23:33:40 C 00 42 09.07 +10 22 28.5 z 801
1995-01-05 23:49:31 C 00 42 06.22 +10 21 49.0 z 801
1995-01-12 10:46:47 C 00 17 18.09 +04 18 56.8 413
1995-01-12 10:50:38 C 00 17 17.51 +04 18 48.3 413
1995-09-18 01:52:21 C 04 22 19.98 +40 09 43.1 118
1995-09-29 23:37:56 C 04 13 21.43 +41 11 20.2 118
1995-10-05 01:33:10 C 04 07 09.96 +41 32 02.1 118
1995-10-06 00:44:15 C 04 05 49.32 +41 35 24.0 118
1995-10-16 01:04:49 C 03 48 42.30 +41 55 38.5 118
1995-10-16 02:06:39 C 03 48 37.07 +41 55 39.2 118
1995-10-19 14:13:56 C 03 41 18.02 +41 54 40.4 a 568
1995-10-19 14:16:58 C 03 41 17.73 +41 54 40.3 568
1995-10-22 16:09:59 C 03 34 22.47 +41 49 26.8 z 360
1995-10-22 16:13:45 C 03 34 22.09 +41 49 26.5 z 360
1995-10-22 16:17:44 C 03 34 21.69 +41 49 25.9 z 360
1995-10-24 00:20:50 C 03 31 13.47 +41 45 46.7 118
1995-10-26 00:12:49 C 03 26 24.40 +41 38 42.5 118
1995-10-26 16:39:30 C 03 24 43.16 +41 35 50.6 z 360
1995-10-26 16:43:59 C 03 24 42.70 +41 35 50.0 z 360
1995-10-26 23:42:21 C 03 23 59.73 +41 34 31.1 z 108
1995-10-27 00:04:47 C 03 23 57.10 +41 34 25.8 z 108
1995-10-27 00:16:30 C 03 23 55.76 +41 34 20.4 z 108
1995-10-27 23:20:43 C 03 21 31.75 +41 29 46.9 118
1995-10-30 09:28:29 C 03 15 21.24 +41 15 56.6 z 658
1995-10-30 09:32:30 C 03 15 20.81 +41 15 55.6 z 658
1995-10-30 09:42:00 C 03 15 19.78 +41 15 52.9 z 658
1995-11-06 10:04:42 C 02 56 53.36 +40 17 54.4 c 608
1995-11-06 10:56:07 C 02 56 47.63 +40 17 31.6 c 608
1995-11-11 10:31:37 C 02 43 39.87 +39 20 20.7 c 608
1995-11-11 11:28:54 C 02 43 33.60 +39 19 49.9 c 608
1995-11-21 22:06:36 C 02 17 55.59 +36 44 25.4 118
1995-11-21 22:31:05 C 02 17 53.26 +36 44 08.4 118
1995-11-22 20:55:25 C 02 15 48.11 +36 28 29.2 z 118
1995-12-07 08:26:06 C 01 49 15.53 +32 12 59.8 568
1995-12-17 09:37:11 A 01 37 40.25 +29 24 01.5 z 381
1995-12-17 09:51:57 A 01 37 39.67 +29 23 51.4 z 381
1995-12-17 10:06:00 A 01 37 39.11 +29 23 42.1 z 381
1995-12-17 10:20:46 A 01 37 38.58 +29 23 32.4 z 381
1995-12-17 10:34:52 A 01 37 38.03 +29 23 23.2 z 381
1995-12-17 11:04:01 A 01 37 36.92 +29 23 02.6 z 381
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)