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
2012-10-13 21:18:13 C 03 04 17.71 +45 05 23.8 o 071
2012-10-13 21:20:14 C 03 04 17.43 +45 05 23.2 o 071
2012-10-13 21:22:15 C 03 04 17.28 +45 05 23.5 o 071
2012-10-13 21:24:16 C 03 04 16.93 +45 05 22.8 o 071
2012-10-21 00:16:27 C 02 43 19.47 +44 19 01.1 c A24
2012-10-21 00:17:29 C 02 43 19.36 +44 19 00.6 c A24
2012-10-21 01:26:46 C 02 43 10.55 +44 18 34.4 c A24
2012-10-21 01:27:48 C 02 43 10.43 +44 18 34.1 c A24
2012-10-23 00:47:03 C 02 37 13.90 +43 59 31.2 c A24
2012-10-23 00:48:05 C 02 37 13.75 +43 59 30.6 c A24
2012-10-23 01:56:52 C 02 37 04.97 +43 59 00.3 c A24
2012-10-23 01:57:54 C 02 37 04.86 +43 59 00.0 c A24
2012-10-26 04:55:43 C 02 27 41.83 +43 23 19.7 r 703
2012-10-26 05:07:23 C 02 27 40.32 +43 23 14.0 r 703
2012-10-26 05:19:03 C 02 27 38.80 +43 23 07.9 r 703
2012-10-27 08:22:00 C 02 24 16.62 +43 08 40.0 q H45
2012-10-27 08:24:18 C 02 24 16.32 +43 08 38.9 q H45
2012-10-27 08:26:19 C 02 24 16.06 +43 08 37.3 q H45
2012-10-27 08:27:33 C 02 24 15.92 +43 08 37.0 q H45
2012-10-27 08:29:10 C 02 24 15.69 +43 08 36.1 q H45
2012-10-27 09:12:50 c 02 24 10.721 +43 08 14.02 L F51
2012-10-27 09:31:04 c 02 24 08.419 +43 08 04.06 L F51
2012-11-03 08:12:36 c 02 04 10.785 +41 22 02.79 L F51
2012-11-03 08:30:34 c 02 04 08.691 +41 21 50.09 L F51
2012-11-04 08:50:41 c 02 01 22.892 +41 04 12.93 L F51
2012-11-04 09:09:07 c 02 01 20.754 +41 03 59.65 L F51
2012-11-09 06:18:38 C 01 48 46.00 +39 33 12.5 17.6 c 704
2012-11-09 06:40:11 C 01 48 43.74 +39 32 54.7 17.5 c 704
2012-11-09 07:01:43 C 01 48 41.58 +39 32 38.1 17.5 c 704
2012-11-14 20:38:17 C 01 36 02.65 +37 40 31.3 q C18
2012-11-14 21:10:13 C 01 35 59.80 +37 40 03.9 q C18
2012-11-15 05:06:42 C 01 35 18.34 +37 33 15.6 r 703
2012-11-15 05:17:26 C 01 35 17.41 +37 33 06.2 r 703
2012-11-15 05:26:34 C 01 35 16.54 +37 32 58.5 r 703
2012-11-15 05:35:34 C 01 35 15.75 +37 32 50.7 r 703
2012-11-17 04:17:28 C 01 31 21.18 +36 52 26.6 r 703
2012-11-17 04:41:24 C 01 31 19.30 +36 52 06.8 r 703
2012-11-17 04:53:31 C 01 31 18.30 +36 51 56.0 r 703
2012-11-25 21:05:07 C 01 16 54.32 +33 52 19.7 u C10
2012-11-25 21:25:05 C 01 16 53.14 +33 52 03.7 u C10
2012-11-25 21:44:53 C 01 16 51.98 +33 51 46.7 u C10
2012-12-01 02:23:07 C 01 10 32.21 +32 09 16.6 u H21
2012-12-01 02:32:07 C 01 10 31.77 +32 09 09.8 u H21
2012-12-01 02:40:52 C 01 10 31.37 +32 09 02.5 u H21
2012-12-01 02:52:13 C 01 10 30.85 +32 08 53.1 u H21
2012-12-03 20:09:28 C 01 07 50.03 +31 17 44.5 c A24
2012-12-03 20:11:32 C 01 07 49.97 +31 17 43.0 c A24
2012-12-03 20:48:07 C 01 07 48.58 +31 17 14.8 c A24
2012-12-03 21:27:58 C 01 07 47.00 +31 16 44.2 c A24
2012-12-03 22:03:51 C 01 07 45.59 +31 16 16.7 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)