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
2014-12-21 14:02:49 C 02 18 01.62 +28 15 36.0 o C94
2014-12-21 15:11:02 C 02 17 51.91 +28 14 03.2 o C94
2014-12-21 15:15:27 C 02 17 51.27 +28 13 56.9 o C94
2014-12-21 15:20:09 C 02 17 50.58 +28 13 50.6 o C94
2014-12-22 02:35:44 C 02 16 16.69 +27 58 34.9 u H21
2014-12-22 02:38:19 C 02 16 16.33 +27 58 31.3 u H21
2014-12-22 02:40:53 C 02 16 15.97 +27 58 27.9 u H21
2014-12-22 02:43:43 C 02 16 15.56 +27 58 24.0 u H21
2014-12-22 02:46:02 C 02 16 15.24 +27 58 20.9 u H21
2014-12-22 02:48:52 C 02 16 14.84 +27 58 17.0 u H21
2014-12-22 02:51:12 C 02 16 14.51 +27 58 13.8 u H21
2014-12-22 02:53:45 C 02 16 14.15 +27 58 10.3 u H21
2014-12-22 02:55:32 C 02 16 13.89 +27 58 08.0 u H21
2014-12-22 02:58:20 C 02 16 13.50 +27 58 04.1 u H21
2014-12-22 19:09:54 C 02 14 01.02 +27 36 00.0 16.1 w I61
2014-12-22 21:30:25 C 02 13 41.72 +27 32 49.4 16.1 w I61
2014-12-24 06:43:31 C 02 09 18.45 +26 47 31.2 q 703
2014-12-24 06:49:19 C 02 09 17.70 +26 47 23.1 q 703
2014-12-24 06:55:06 C 02 09 16.95 +26 47 15.2 q 703
2014-12-24 07:00:54 C 02 09 16.18 +26 47 07.3 q 703
2014-12-24 15:26:27 C 02 08 11.73 +26 35 35.4 o C94
2014-12-24 15:29:12 C 02 08 11.35 +26 35 31.4 o C94
2014-12-24 15:31:51 C 02 08 11.03 +26 35 28.2 o C94
2014-12-24 15:47:32 C 02 08 09.01 +26 35 06.8 o C94
2014-12-24 15:52:05 C 02 08 08.40 +26 35 00.5 o C94
2014-12-24 15:56:38 C 02 08 07.82 +26 34 54.1 o C94
2014-12-24 17:02:43 C 02 07 59.30 +26 33 23.5 o C94
2014-12-24 17:06:57 C 02 07 58.78 +26 33 17.8 o C94
2014-12-24 17:11:18 C 02 07 58.21 +26 33 11.4 o C94
2014-12-24 17:15:33 C 02 07 57.66 +26 33 05.9 o C94
2014-12-24 17:19:44 C 02 07 57.16 +26 33 00.3 o C94
2014-12-25 10:48:59 C 02 05 46.10 +26 09 16.8 o 300
2014-12-25 10:53:36 C 02 05 45.48 +26 09 09.9 o 300
2014-12-25 10:55:53 C 02 05 45.19 +26 09 07.3 o 300
2014-12-25 10:58:11 C 02 05 44.92 +26 09 04.3 o 300
2014-12-25 11:02:48 C 02 05 44.34 +26 08 57.8 o 300
2014-12-25 20:14:57 C 02 04 36.34 +25 56 25.7 c A24
2014-12-25 20:15:59 C 02 04 36.21 +25 56 24.3 c A24
2014-12-25 20:52:48 C 02 04 31.63 +25 55 34.2 c A24
2014-12-25 20:53:50 C 02 04 31.51 +25 55 32.8 c A24
2014-12-25 21:54:48 C 02 04 23.92 +25 54 09.9 c A24
2014-12-25 21:55:50 C 02 04 23.80 +25 54 08.1 c A24
2014-12-26 18:50:09 C 02 01 53.85 +25 25 49.3 c A24
2014-12-26 18:51:10 C 02 01 53.73 +25 25 47.9 c A24
2014-12-26 19:36:14 C 02 01 48.22 +25 24 46.8 q 160
2014-12-26 19:38:18 C 02 01 48.00 +25 24 44.1 q 160
2014-12-26 19:40:22 C 02 01 47.76 +25 24 40.9 q 160
2014-12-26 19:51:59 C 02 01 46.39 +25 24 25.5 c A24
2014-12-26 19:53:01 C 02 01 46.27 +25 24 24.1 c A24
2014-12-27 03:49:52 C 02 00 50.27 +25 13 42.3 q V60
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)