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
2015-01-06 03:26:09 C 01 37 50.33 +20 06 01.8 q V60
2015-01-06 03:29:15 C 01 37 50.08 +20 05 58.0 q V60
2015-01-06 03:32:20 C 01 37 49.84 +20 05 54.2 q V60
2015-01-06 14:24:29 C 01 37 00.32 +19 52 50.2 o C94
2015-01-06 14:27:09 C 01 37 00.04 +19 52 48.0 o C94
2015-01-06 14:30:02 C 01 36 59.84 +19 52 44.6 o C94
2015-01-06 15:36:07 C 01 36 54.82 +19 51 25.4 o C94
2015-01-06 18:41:05 C 01 36 41.22 +19 47 47.8 c A24
2015-01-06 18:42:08 C 01 36 41.16 +19 47 46.6 c A24
2015-01-06 19:46:47 C 01 36 36.19 +19 46 29.4 c A24
2015-01-06 19:47:49 C 01 36 36.09 +19 46 28.4 c A24
2015-01-07 14:35:37 C 01 35 13.49 +19 24 17.0 o C94
2015-01-07 14:37:59 C 01 35 13.32 +19 24 14.4 o C94
2015-01-07 15:39:02 C 01 35 08.89 +19 23 03.1 o C94
2015-01-07 15:41:24 C 01 35 08.76 +19 22 59.2 o C94
2015-01-07 15:44:08 C 01 35 08.52 +19 22 55.5 o C94
2015-01-07 20:21:51 C 01 34 48.78 +19 17 34.6 w I89
2015-01-07 20:23:59 C 01 34 48.62 +19 17 31.7 w I89
2015-01-07 20:26:09 C 01 34 48.43 +19 17 29.2 w I89
2015-01-07 20:28:12 C 01 34 48.33 +19 17 27.1 w I89
2015-01-08 00:54:50 C 01 34 29.52 +19 12 16.4 q I15
2015-01-08 01:03:23 C 01 34 28.92 +19 12 06.5 q I15
2015-01-08 01:07:46 C 01 34 28.60 +19 12 01.4 q I15
2015-01-13 01:59:34 S 01 26 55.79 +16 57 44.3 L C51
2015-01-13 05:08:48 S 01 26 45.40 +16 54 23.6 L C51
2015-01-13 06:43:25 S 01 26 40.25 +16 52 43.5 L C51
2015-01-13 08:18:03 S 01 26 35.12 +16 51 03.5 L C51
2015-01-13 09:52:39 S 01 26 29.99 +16 49 23.8 L C51
2015-01-13 13:01:53 S 01 26 19.798 +16 46 04.40 L C51
2015-01-13 16:11:07 S 01 26 09.648 +16 42 45.54 L C51
2015-01-13 17:40:54 C 01 26 04.89 +16 41 06.7 t 240
2015-01-13 17:44:37 C 01 26 04.68 +16 41 02.6 t 240
2015-01-13 17:53:38 C 01 26 04.18 +16 40 53.1 t 240
2015-01-16 02:13:37 C 01 23 14.87 +15 43 10.6 R G45
2015-01-16 02:25:30 C 01 23 14.26 +15 42 59.1 R G45
2015-01-16 02:32:49 C 01 23 13.92 +15 42 51.1 R G45
2015-01-16 02:38:48 C 01 23 13.61 +15 42 45.8 R G45
2015-01-16 02:44:51 C 01 23 13.30 +15 42 39.4 R G45
2015-01-16 02:52:57 C 01 23 12.90 +15 42 31.5 R G45
2015-01-16 03:03:41 C 01 23 12.34 +15 42 21.1 R G45
2015-01-17 02:09:11 C 01 22 09.07 +15 19 27.2 R G45
2015-01-17 02:15:10 C 01 22 08.74 +15 19 18.9 R G45
2015-01-17 02:21:08 C 01 22 08.46 +15 19 12.7 R G45
2015-01-17 02:28:36 C 01 22 08.11 +15 19 06.2 R G45
2015-01-17 02:34:34 C 01 22 07.83 +15 18 59.6 R G45
2015-01-17 02:40:52 C 01 22 07.50 +15 18 53.1 R G45
2015-01-17 02:49:16 C 01 22 07.16 +15 18 45.2 R G45
2015-01-17 02:55:20 C 01 22 06.89 +15 18 39.3 R G45
2015-01-19 00:59:12 C 01 20 09.97 +14 34 09.8 q V60
2015-01-19 01:11:23 C 01 20 09.45 +14 33 58.3 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)