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
2013-12-05 09:38:42 C 21 35 30.23 +11 45 48.1 o 300
2013-12-05 09:40:14 C 21 35 30.50 +11 45 48.3 o 300
2013-12-05 09:41:46 C 21 35 30.78 +11 45 48.6 o 300
2013-12-10 17:20:07 C 21 56 13.60 +12 13 47.5 q C10
2013-12-10 17:34:44 C 21 56 15.79 +12 13 50.6 q C10
2013-12-10 17:50:35 C 21 56 18.17 +12 13 53.5 q C10
2013-12-10 18:03:15 C 21 56 20.07 +12 13 56.2 q C10
2013-12-13 18:14:24 C 22 06 52.75 +12 28 23.0 q A06
2013-12-13 18:32:43 C 22 06 55.31 +12 28 26.6 q A06
2013-12-13 18:55:15 C 22 06 58.46 +12 28 30.9 q A06
2013-12-14 02:47:24 C 22 08 04.66 +12 30 03.9 q V31
2013-12-14 03:08:09 C 22 08 07.53 +12 30 07.8 q V31
2013-12-14 03:26:49 C 22 08 10.14 +12 30 11.3 q V31
2013-12-15 01:29:00 C 22 11 13.25 +12 34 27.5 q V31
2013-12-15 01:54:30 C 22 11 16.69 +12 34 32.3 q V31
2013-12-15 02:15:16 C 22 11 19.53 +12 34 36.2 q V31
2013-12-16 02:31:32 C 22 14 36.64 +12 39 14.9 q V31
2013-12-16 02:48:10 C 22 14 38.87 +12 39 18.1 q V31
2013-12-16 03:10:59 C 22 14 41.90 +12 39 22.1 q V31
2013-12-17 01:06:00 C 22 17 36.34 +12 43 31.5 q H45
2013-12-17 01:07:23 C 22 17 36.50 +12 43 31.8 q H45
2013-12-17 01:09:05 C 22 17 36.74 +12 43 32.0 q H45
2013-12-17 01:10:24 C 22 17 36.90 +12 43 32.5 q H45
2013-12-17 01:11:43 C 22 17 37.07 +12 43 32.7 q H45
2013-12-17 01:13:02 C 22 17 37.24 +12 43 32.9 q H45
2013-12-19 01:10:02 C 22 23 47.33 +12 52 33.1 u H21
2013-12-19 01:14:21 C 22 23 47.87 +12 52 33.7 u H21
2013-12-19 01:18:37 C 22 23 48.40 +12 52 34.7 u H21
2013-12-21 10:22:22 C 22 30 50.61 +13 03 14.0 o C94
2013-12-21 10:24:00 C 22 30 50.77 +13 03 12.5 o C94
2013-12-24 10:25:14 C 22 39 17.70 +13 16 35.6 o C94
2013-12-24 11:17:07 C 22 39 23.51 +13 16 45.5 o C94
2013-12-26 02:07:58 C 22 43 45.97 +13 24 02.5 q 703
2013-12-26 02:16:41 C 22 43 47.03 +13 24 03.2 q 703
2013-12-26 02:25:22 C 22 43 47.80 +13 24 04.3 q 703
2013-12-26 02:34:04 C 22 43 48.87 +13 24 07.3 q 703
2014-01-07 02:05:53 C 23 13 10.69 +14 19 53.3 q 703
2014-01-07 02:11:42 C 23 13 11.26 +14 19 53.8 q 703
2014-01-07 02:17:31 C 23 13 11.81 +14 19 55.2 q 703
2014-01-07 02:23:20 C 23 13 12.35 +14 19 56.3 q 703
2014-01-10 03:07:12 C 23 19 57.71 +14 34 49.2 q 703
2014-01-10 03:13:55 C 23 19 58.43 +14 34 48.9 q 703
2014-01-10 03:20:37 C 23 19 58.94 +14 34 51.1 q 703
2014-01-10 03:27:19 C 23 19 59.46 +14 34 52.2 q 703
2014-09-02 23:40:35 C 05 20 04.88 +34 45 20.8 q C10
2014-09-03 00:16:59 C 05 20 06.28 +34 45 25.1 q C10
2014-09-03 00:52:46 C 05 20 07.65 +34 45 30.3 q C10
2014-10-17 21:46:23 C 05 35 04.20 +37 52 50.7 q K14
2014-10-17 22:35:04 C 05 35 02.97 +37 53 02.2 q K14
2014-10-18 21:38:09 C 05 34 26.42 +37 57 51.1 q K14
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)