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
2013-01-03 18:20:59 C 01 01 13.56 +24 23 36.3 i C91
2013-01-03 18:35:00 C 01 01 13.75 +24 23 31.5 i C91
2013-01-03 18:51:59 C 01 01 13.97 +24 23 24.9 i C91
2013-01-09 01:55:18 C 01 03 20.46 +23 43 09.1 18.8 c 704
2013-01-09 02:13:31 C 01 03 20.77 +23 43 03.0 19.0 c 704
2013-01-09 02:32:00 C 01 03 21.12 +23 42 58.3 19.1 c 704
2013-01-09 02:50:21 C 01 03 21.45 +23 42 53.1 18.9 c 704
2013-01-09 03:08:49 C 01 03 21.83 +23 42 47.3 19.0 c 704
2013-01-25 05:13:48 C 01 13 32.313 +22 24 26.05 L F51
2013-01-25 05:30:06 C 01 13 32.837 +22 24 23.60 L F51
2013-01-25 05:45:35 C 01 13 33.318 +22 24 21.73 L F51
2013-11-01 01:37:12 C 17 23 57.53 +01 59 11.7 v H06
2013-11-01 01:38:33 C 17 23 58.11 +01 59 13.4 v H06
2013-11-01 01:39:53 C 17 23 58.69 +01 59 15.0 v H06
2013-11-01 01:41:11 C 17 23 59.26 +01 59 17.4 v H06
2013-11-11 23:50:23 C 19 11 29.83 +07 17 58.9 q H45
2013-11-11 23:51:40 C 19 11 30.25 +07 18 00.4 q H45
2013-11-11 23:52:40 C 19 11 30.61 +07 18 01.1 q H45
2013-11-11 23:53:38 C 19 11 30.96 +07 18 01.8 q H45
2013-11-11 23:55:01 C 19 11 31.47 +07 18 03.4 q H45
2013-11-11 23:56:04 C 19 11 31.84 +07 18 03.9 q H45
2013-11-14 00:43:43 C 19 28 45.32 +07 59 59.3 u H21
2013-11-14 00:45:47 C 19 28 46.03 +08 00 01.0 u H21
2013-11-14 00:47:19 C 19 28 46.55 +08 00 02.3 u H21
2013-11-14 00:49:07 C 19 28 47.15 +08 00 03.8 u H21
2013-11-14 00:51:11 C 19 28 47.86 +08 00 05.7 u H21
2013-11-14 00:58:06 C 19 28 50.22 +08 00 11.9 u H21
2013-11-19 01:03:43 C 20 06 51.23 +09 22 29.9 q H45
2013-11-19 01:04:42 C 20 06 51.53 +09 22 29.7 u H21
2013-11-19 01:05:31 C 20 06 51.79 +09 22 30.9 q H45
2013-11-19 01:06:29 C 20 06 52.06 +09 22 31.6 q H45
2013-11-19 01:07:32 C 20 06 52.32 +09 22 31.5 u H21
2013-11-19 01:07:56 C 20 06 52.46 +09 22 32.4 q H45
2013-11-19 01:09:02 C 20 06 52.79 +09 22 33.0 q H45
2013-11-19 01:11:04 C 20 06 53.38 +09 22 34.1 q H45
2013-11-19 01:12:10 C 20 06 53.70 +09 22 34.8 q H45
2013-11-19 01:12:41 C 20 06 53.83 +09 22 34.0 u H21
2013-11-19 01:13:50 C 20 06 54.18 +09 22 35.7 q H45
2013-11-19 01:15:00 C 20 06 54.50 +09 22 35.5 u H21
2013-11-19 01:18:50 C 20 06 55.59 +09 22 37.3 u H21
2013-11-29 00:26:01 C 21 06 13.46 +11 04 22.5 q I15
2013-11-29 00:30:49 C 21 06 14.46 +11 04 24.0 q I15
2013-11-29 00:35:38 C 21 06 15.46 +11 04 25.4 q I15
2013-11-29 01:43:14 C 21 06 29.69 +11 04 47.9 i G41
2013-11-29 01:51:30 C 21 06 31.49 +11 04 48.2 i G41
2013-11-29 02:03:19 C 21 06 33.80 +11 04 54.0 i G41
2013-11-29 02:11:35 C 21 06 35.47 +11 04 56.3 i G41
2013-12-05 09:32:33 C 21 35 29.18 +11 45 46.5 o 300
2013-12-05 09:34:05 C 21 35 29.44 +11 45 46.9 o 300
2013-12-05 09:37:09 C 21 35 29.99 +11 45 47.8 o 300
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)