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
2014-12-27 03:54:25 C 02 00 49.72 +25 13 36.1 q V60
2014-12-27 16:25:56 C 01 59 23.42 +24 56 41.7 o C41
2014-12-27 16:27:21 C 01 59 23.22 +24 56 39.9 o C41
2014-12-27 16:28:49 C 01 59 23.06 +24 56 38.0 o C41
2014-12-29 05:39:13 C 01 55 15.26 +24 06 56.2 q V60
2014-12-29 05:50:18 C 01 55 14.07 +24 06 40.9 q V60
2014-12-29 06:01:24 C 01 55 12.86 +24 06 26.3 q V60
2014-12-29 18:50:36 C 01 53 51.82 +23 49 27.2 16.1 w I61
2014-12-29 19:58:28 C 01 53 44.53 +23 47 57.3 16.1 w I61
2014-12-31 00:04:46 C 01 50 51.49 +23 11 01.5 u H21
2014-12-31 00:07:30 C 01 50 51.23 +23 10 58.0 u H21
2014-12-31 00:13:49 C 01 50 50.62 +23 10 50.8 u H21
2014-12-31 00:16:36 C 01 50 50.35 +23 10 46.4 u H21
2014-12-31 02:10:45 C 01 50 38.56 +23 08 17.0 q H21
2014-12-31 02:14:35 C 01 50 38.17 +23 08 11.8 q H21
2014-12-31 02:18:29 C 01 50 37.77 +23 08 06.7 q H21
2014-12-31 02:22:32 C 01 50 37.35 +23 08 01.4 q H21
2014-12-31 02:26:21 C 01 50 36.96 +23 07 56.5 q H21
2014-12-31 02:30:10 C 01 50 36.57 +23 07 51.3 q H21
2014-12-31 02:33:58 C 01 50 36.18 +23 07 46.4 q H21
2014-12-31 19:17:57 C 01 48 57.42 +22 46 01.3 q 160
2014-12-31 19:19:54 C 01 48 57.26 +22 45 58.9 q 160
2014-12-31 19:21:57 C 01 48 57.09 +22 45 56.7 q 160
2015-01-01 01:12:33 C 01 48 23.33 +22 38 24.0 u H21
2015-01-01 01:15:46 C 01 48 23.02 +22 38 20.0 u H21
2015-01-01 01:18:08 C 01 48 22.77 +22 38 16.7 u H21
2015-01-01 01:21:20 C 01 48 22.46 +22 38 12.6 u H21
2015-01-01 01:24:08 C 01 48 22.20 +22 38 09.1 u H21
2015-01-01 01:26:33 C 01 48 21.96 +22 38 06.0 u H21
2015-01-01 01:29:54 C 01 48 21.62 +22 38 01.7 u H21
2015-01-01 01:34:00 C 01 48 21.21 +22 37 56.3 u H21
2015-01-01 02:08:42 C 01 48 17.79 +22 37 11.5 u H21
2015-01-01 02:14:57 C 01 48 17.17 +22 37 03.3 u H21
2015-01-01 02:20:46 C 01 48 16.60 +22 36 55.8 u H21
2015-01-01 18:55:04 C 01 46 42.80 +22 15 38.2 q 160
2015-01-01 18:56:47 C 01 46 42.63 +22 15 36.3 q 160
2015-01-01 18:58:23 C 01 46 42.45 +22 15 34.1 q 160
2015-01-04 05:05:32 C 01 41 33.59 +21 02 28.8 q V60
2015-01-04 05:12:43 C 01 41 32.98 +21 02 19.6 q V60
2015-01-04 05:18:48 C 01 41 32.45 +21 02 12.4 q V60
2015-01-05 18:26:54 C 01 38 32.50 +20 16 49.7 q 160
2015-01-05 18:28:59 C 01 38 32.23 +20 16 46.6 q 160
2015-01-05 18:31:17 C 01 38 32.06 +20 16 44.3 q 160
2015-01-05 18:35:35 C 01 38 31.75 +20 16 38.3 c A24
2015-01-05 18:37:32 C 01 38 31.59 +20 16 36.1 c A24
2015-01-05 19:06:07 C 01 38 29.32 +20 15 58.5 q B50
2015-01-05 19:39:03 C 01 38 26.64 +20 15 21.3 c A24
2015-01-05 19:40:06 C 01 38 26.58 +20 15 19.9 c A24
2015-01-05 19:46:05 C 01 38 26.11 +20 15 12.3 q B50
2015-01-05 20:04:09 C 01 38 24.62 +20 14 51.6 q B50
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)