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
2014-11-27 04:28:51 C 03 59 33.49 +38 15 18.4 q G96
2014-11-27 04:43:24 C 03 59 30.87 +38 15 11.3 q G96
2014-11-27 04:57:57 C 03 59 28.25 +38 15 04.1 q G96
2014-12-01 01:32:37 C 03 42 40.95 +37 19 32.7 P V78
2014-12-01 02:04:38 C 03 42 35.06 +37 19 11.3 P V78
2014-12-01 02:42:10 C 03 42 28.08 +37 18 46.0 P V78
2014-12-02 07:47:51 C 03 37 05.177 +36 57 47.00 L F51
2014-12-02 08:05:15 C 03 37 01.897 +36 57 34.08 L F51
2014-12-02 08:22:43 C 03 36 58.594 +36 57 20.95 L F51
2014-12-02 08:40:09 C 03 36 55.293 +36 57 07.85 L F51
2014-12-02 10:40:16 C 03 36 32.58 +36 55 36.5 o F65
2014-12-02 10:40:56 C 03 36 32.46 +36 55 36.1 o F65
2014-12-02 10:41:34 C 03 36 32.35 +36 55 35.3 o F65
2014-12-04 02:25:56 C 03 29 10.05 +36 23 45.7 u H21
2014-12-04 02:31:30 C 03 29 09.00 +36 23 41.0 u H21
2014-12-04 02:34:16 C 03 29 08.48 +36 23 38.4 u H21
2014-12-04 02:37:00 C 03 29 07.94 +36 23 36.3 u H21
2014-12-04 02:39:43 C 03 29 07.44 +36 23 33.9 u H21
2014-12-04 02:42:27 C 03 29 06.91 +36 23 31.7 u H21
2014-12-04 02:45:11 C 03 29 06.41 +36 23 29.3 u H21
2014-12-04 02:48:03 C 03 29 05.87 +36 23 27.0 u H21
2014-12-06 20:22:18 C 03 16 56.29 +35 24 11.0 r 006
2014-12-06 20:30:42 C 03 16 54.68 +35 24 02.7 r 006
2014-12-06 20:39:07 C 03 16 53.09 +35 23 55.3 r 006
2014-12-06 20:47:18 C 03 16 51.54 +35 23 46.1 r 006
2014-12-07 02:27:54 C 03 15 48.82 +35 18 15.9 u H21
2014-12-07 02:33:29 C 03 15 47.76 +35 18 10.8 u H21
2014-12-07 02:35:56 C 03 15 47.30 +35 18 08.4 u H21
2014-12-07 02:38:40 C 03 15 46.78 +35 18 05.8 u H21
2014-12-07 02:41:23 C 03 15 46.27 +35 18 03.3 u H21
2014-12-07 04:41:22 C 03 15 23.81 +35 16 05.8 u H21
2014-12-07 04:44:28 C 03 15 23.24 +35 16 02.7 u H21
2014-12-07 04:47:03 C 03 15 22.75 +35 16 00.2 u H21
2014-12-07 04:49:37 C 03 15 22.26 +35 15 57.5 u H21
2014-12-07 04:52:12 C 03 15 21.79 +35 15 55.2 u H21
2014-12-07 04:54:47 C 03 15 21.28 +35 15 52.7 u H21
2014-12-07 04:57:21 C 03 15 20.82 +35 15 49.9 u H21
2014-12-07 04:59:55 C 03 15 20.33 +35 15 47.3 u H21
2014-12-07 05:02:27 C 03 15 19.87 +35 15 44.9 u H21
2014-12-07 05:06:47 C 03 15 19.06 +35 15 40.6 u H21
2014-12-07 21:31:52 C 03 12 18.42 +34 59 17.7 w 458
2014-12-07 21:54:03 C 03 12 14.20 +34 58 56.4 w 458
2014-12-07 22:15:15 C 03 12 10.34 +34 58 34.9 Q I99
2014-12-07 22:18:08 C 03 12 09.79 +34 58 31.7 Q I99
2014-12-07 22:22:28 C 03 12 08.98 +34 58 27.7 Q I99
2014-12-08 06:22:38 C 03 10 41.532 +34 50 20.16 L F51
2014-12-08 06:38:56 C 03 10 38.503 +34 50 03.63 L F51
2014-12-08 07:12:00 C 03 10 32.342 +34 49 29.93 L F51
2014-12-09 21:29:54 C 03 03 35.16 +34 08 46.8 c A24
2014-12-09 21:30:56 C 03 03 34.99 +34 08 45.7 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)