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
2012-12-03 22:05:56 C 01 07 45.53 +31 16 15.0 c A24
2012-12-04 02:06:00 C 01 07 36.76 +31 13 11.8 r 703
2012-12-04 02:12:31 C 01 07 36.51 +31 13 06.7 r 703
2012-12-04 02:19:01 C 01 07 36.26 +31 13 02.2 r 703
2012-12-04 02:25:27 C 01 07 36.01 +31 12 56.5 r 703
2012-12-04 22:22:22 C 01 06 52.30 +30 57 46.1 c A24
2012-12-04 22:23:24 C 01 06 52.29 +30 57 45.5 c A24
2012-12-04 22:24:26 C 01 06 52.26 +30 57 44.9 c A24
2012-12-04 22:25:28 C 01 06 52.22 +30 57 44.3 c A24
2012-12-05 19:10:59 C 01 06 09.61 +30 42 11.0 c A24
2012-12-05 19:12:01 C 01 06 09.57 +30 42 10.3 c A24
2012-12-05 19:13:03 C 01 06 09.54 +30 42 09.6 c A24
2012-12-05 19:14:06 C 01 06 09.50 +30 42 08.6 c A24
2012-12-05 20:17:01 C 01 06 07.33 +30 41 21.8 c A24
2012-12-05 20:18:03 C 01 06 07.28 +30 41 21.3 c A24
2012-12-05 20:19:05 C 01 06 07.27 +30 41 20.4 c A24
2012-12-05 20:20:07 C 01 06 07.22 +30 41 19.7 c A24
2012-12-08 03:02:59 C 01 04 26.08 +30 01 27.7 18.2 c 704
2012-12-08 03:23:22 C 01 04 25.46 +30 01 12.7 18.8 c 704
2012-12-08 03:42:02 C 01 04 24.95 +30 00 59.7 18.8 c 704
2012-12-08 04:00:40 C 01 04 24.37 +30 00 46.5 18.9 c 704
2012-12-08 04:19:50 C 01 04 23.82 +30 00 32.1 18.6 c 704
2012-12-09 19:35:11 C 01 03 21.40 +29 32 56.6 c A24
2012-12-09 19:36:14 C 01 03 21.38 +29 32 56.0 c A24
2012-12-09 19:37:16 C 01 03 21.34 +29 32 55.3 c A24
2012-12-09 19:38:18 C 01 03 21.31 +29 32 54.3 c A24
2012-12-09 23:24:42 C 01 03 15.52 +29 30 17.2 c A24
2012-12-09 23:25:43 C 01 03 15.48 +29 30 16.5 c A24
2012-12-09 23:26:45 C 01 03 15.44 +29 30 15.9 c A24
2012-12-09 23:27:48 C 01 03 15.43 +29 30 14.8 c A24
2012-12-10 22:04:25 C 01 02 43.54 +29 14 48.7 c A24
2012-12-10 22:05:27 C 01 02 43.53 +29 14 48.2 c A24
2012-12-10 22:06:29 C 01 02 43.51 +29 14 47.4 c A24
2012-12-10 22:07:32 C 01 02 43.48 +29 14 46.8 c A24
2012-12-10 23:08:49 C 01 02 42.06 +29 14 05.0 c A24
2012-12-10 23:09:51 C 01 02 42.02 +29 14 04.5 c A24
2012-12-10 23:10:53 C 01 02 42.00 +29 14 03.4 c A24
2012-12-10 23:11:55 C 01 02 41.97 +29 14 02.9 c A24
2012-12-11 21:03:22 C 01 02 13.78 +28 59 25.2 c A24
2012-12-11 21:04:24 C 01 02 13.77 +28 59 24.8 c A24
2012-12-11 21:05:26 C 01 02 13.72 +28 59 24.1 c A24
2012-12-11 21:06:28 C 01 02 13.71 +28 59 23.4 c A24
2012-12-11 22:38:50 C 01 02 11.74 +28 58 21.8 c A24
2012-12-11 22:39:52 C 01 02 11.71 +28 58 21.1 c A24
2012-12-11 22:40:54 C 01 02 11.67 +28 58 20.5 c A24
2012-12-11 22:41:57 C 01 02 11.65 +28 58 19.5 c A24
2012-12-12 18:21:09 C 01 01 48.64 +28 45 25.5 u C10
2012-12-12 18:38:38 C 01 01 48.29 +28 45 14.3 u C10
2012-12-12 19:02:15 C 01 01 47.81 +28 44 58.9 u C10
2013-01-03 18:04:00 C 01 01 13.37 +24 23 41.9 i C91
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)