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
2014-12-09 22:33:32 C 03 03 23.54 +34 07 36.8 c A24
2014-12-09 22:34:34 C 03 03 23.36 +34 07 35.7 c A24
2014-12-10 19:04:05 C 02 59 44.00 +33 44 49.2 r 006
2014-12-10 19:07:20 C 02 59 43.42 +33 44 45.2 r 006
2014-12-10 19:13:52 C 02 59 42.24 +33 44 38.4 r 006
2014-12-10 19:19:39 C 02 59 41.18 +33 44 32.0 r 006
2014-12-11 20:43:16 C 02 55 11.62 +33 15 25.5 q C77
2014-12-11 20:46:00 C 02 55 11.14 +33 15 22.4 q C77
2014-12-11 20:48:44 C 02 55 10.66 +33 15 19.3 q C77
2014-12-11 20:51:29 C 02 55 10.14 +33 15 15.9 q C77
2014-12-11 21:00:51 C 02 55 08.46 +33 15 04.8 c A24
2014-12-11 21:01:54 C 02 55 08.28 +33 15 03.6 c A24
2014-12-11 21:07:11 C 02 55 07.37 +33 14 57.7 q C77
2014-12-11 22:02:01 C 02 54 57.56 +33 13 53.3 c A24
2014-12-11 22:03:03 C 02 54 57.38 +33 13 52.1 c A24
2014-12-11 22:12:12 C 02 54 55.75 +33 13 41.5 q 160
2014-12-11 22:15:10 C 02 54 55.23 +33 13 37.6 q 160
2014-12-11 22:18:08 C 02 54 54.68 +33 13 34.6 q 160
2014-12-12 09:09:20 C 02 53 00.54 +33 00 48.6 w H06
2014-12-12 09:11:43 C 02 53 00.07 +33 00 46.1 w H06
2014-12-12 09:14:17 C 02 52 59.62 +33 00 43.0 w H06
2014-12-13 18:34:03 C 02 47 16.69 +32 20 34.2 q J69
2014-12-13 18:44:14 C 02 47 14.95 +32 20 21.8 q J69
2014-12-13 18:49:19 C 02 47 14.04 +32 20 15.6 q J69
2014-12-13 18:54:25 C 02 47 13.19 +32 20 09.5 q J69
2014-12-15 00:08:09 C 02 42 18.53 +31 43 53.8 q I15
2014-12-15 00:12:34 C 02 42 17.79 +31 43 48.3 q I15
2014-12-15 00:15:52 C 02 42 17.23 +31 43 44.1 q I15
2014-12-18 14:19:20 C 02 28 32.94 +29 52 07.6 o C94
2014-12-18 14:26:51 C 02 28 31.83 +29 51 58.1 o C94
2014-12-18 15:27:18 C 02 28 22.35 +29 50 36.9 o C94
2014-12-18 15:34:50 C 02 28 21.26 +29 50 26.6 o C94
2014-12-18 20:17:44 C 02 27 38.38 +29 44 12.0 c A24
2014-12-18 20:18:46 C 02 27 38.25 +29 44 10.8 c A24
2014-12-18 21:51:52 C 02 27 23.85 +29 42 06.2 c A24
2014-12-18 21:52:54 C 02 27 23.71 +29 42 04.8 c A24
2014-12-18 22:26:19 C 02 27 18.58 +29 41 19.7 q 203
2014-12-18 22:46:41 C 02 27 15.46 +29 40 52.4 q 203
2014-12-19 19:23:11 C 02 24 10.99 +29 13 16.5 q J69
2014-12-19 19:30:17 C 02 24 09.91 +29 13 06.6 q J69
2014-12-19 19:37:24 C 02 24 08.84 +29 12 57.3 q J69
2014-12-19 20:48:46 C 02 23 57.89 +29 11 22.0 t L04
2014-12-19 20:53:01 C 02 23 57.25 +29 11 16.3 t L04
2014-12-19 20:58:22 C 02 23 56.45 +29 11 09.0 t L04
2014-12-19 21:02:38 C 02 23 55.81 +29 11 03.3 t L04
2014-12-19 21:58:53 C 02 23 47.60 +29 09 49.6 15.9 q I89
2014-12-19 22:04:09 C 02 23 46.81 +29 09 42.3 15.9 q I89
2014-12-19 22:12:25 C 02 23 45.57 +29 09 31.2 15.9 q I89
2014-12-21 13:54:33 C 02 18 02.80 +28 15 47.0 o C94
2014-12-21 13:58:37 C 02 18 02.22 +28 15 41.7 o C94
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)