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
2014-10-18 22:22:31 C 05 34 25.17 +37 58 00.6 q K14
2014-10-23 02:03:45 C 05 31 03.18 +38 18 55.7 q Z81
2014-10-23 02:15:12 C 05 31 02.61 +38 18 57.3 q 160
2014-10-23 02:18:13 C 05 31 02.45 +38 18 58.0 q 160
2014-10-23 02:21:09 C 05 31 02.31 +38 18 58.5 q 160
2014-10-23 02:44:21 C 05 31 01.47 +38 19 04.1 q Z81
2014-10-23 03:23:59 C 05 30 59.81 +38 19 12.6 q Z81
2014-10-25 01:56:15 C 05 28 59.50 +38 28 48.3 q Z81
2014-10-25 02:34:51 C 05 28 57.62 +38 28 56.5 q Z81
2014-10-25 03:14:40 C 05 28 55.71 +38 29 04.6 q Z81
2014-11-18 00:51:06 C 04 35 21.37 +39 23 15.8 P V78
2014-11-18 01:34:14 C 04 35 14.97 +39 23 09.3 P V78
2014-11-18 01:53:51 C 04 35 12.28 +39 23 07.5 P V78
2014-11-20 01:36:18 C 04 28 03.29 +39 14 56.5 P V78
2014-11-20 01:48:12 C 04 28 01.45 +39 14 54.5 P V78
2014-11-20 02:37:52 C 04 27 53.72 +39 14 45.9 P V78
2014-11-20 06:17:36 C 04 27 19.56 +39 14 03.6 q 703
2014-11-20 06:33:52 C 04 27 17.10 +39 13 59.6 q 703
2014-11-20 06:42:21 C 04 27 15.70 +39 13 58.7 q 703
2014-11-21 01:54:34 C 04 24 15.72 +39 09 30.2 P V78
2014-11-21 02:21:38 C 04 24 11.48 +39 09 24.6 P V78
2014-11-21 02:46:34 C 04 24 07.43 +39 09 18.5 P V78
2014-11-22 21:50:29 C 04 17 09.79 +38 57 15.2 t 510
2014-11-22 22:00:41 C 04 17 08.10 +38 57 12.1 t 510
2014-11-22 22:10:51 C 04 17 06.40 +38 57 08.9 t 510
2014-11-22 22:31:13 C 04 17 02.98 +38 57 02.4 t 510
2014-11-22 22:41:24 C 04 17 01.30 +38 56 59.4 t 510
2014-11-22 22:52:43 C 04 16 59.41 +38 56 55.9 t 510
2014-11-22 23:04:01 C 04 16 57.50 +38 56 52.3 t 510
2014-11-23 18:12:56 C 04 13 46.63 +38 50 25.9 r 168
2014-11-23 18:17:47 C 04 13 45.81 +38 50 24.2 r 168
2014-11-23 20:31:31 C 04 13 23.09 +38 49 37.3 r 168
2014-11-23 20:36:31 C 04 13 22.25 +38 49 35.5 r 168
2014-11-23 23:37:46 C 04 12 51.45 +38 48 29.1 r 168
2014-11-25 00:24:21 C 04 08 39.52 +38 38 56.4 P V78
2014-11-25 00:42:08 C 04 08 36.45 +38 38 51.4 P V78
2014-11-25 01:13:16 C 04 08 31.10 +38 38 38.2 P V78
2014-11-25 05:40:35 C 04 07 44.96 +38 36 51.8 q G58
2014-11-25 05:47:21 C 04 07 43.77 +38 36 49.1 q G58
2014-11-25 05:54:23 C 04 07 42.55 +38 36 46.3 q G58
2014-11-25 06:05:43 C 04 07 40.57 +38 36 41.7 q G58
2014-11-25 06:14:00 C 04 07 39.12 +38 36 38.3 q G58
2014-11-25 08:35:30 C 04 07 14.16 +38 35 40.1 q G96
2014-11-25 08:44:36 C 04 07 12.55 +38 35 36.1 q G96
2014-11-25 08:53:40 C 04 07 10.96 +38 35 32.2 q G96
2014-11-25 09:02:46 C 04 07 09.37 +38 35 28.3 q G96
2014-11-27 03:35:49 C 03 59 42.83 +38 15 41.2 P V78
2014-11-27 04:14:19 C 03 59 36.10 +38 15 25.6 q G96
2014-11-27 04:17:15 C 03 59 35.27 +38 15 21.6 P V78
2014-11-27 04:27:02 C 03 59 33.55 +38 15 17.6 P V78
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)