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
1995-12-17 11:39:59 A 01 37 35.53 +29 22 40.5 z 381
1995-12-17 12:08:08 A 01 37 34.46 +29 22 21.4 z 381
1995-12-17 12:36:19 A 01 37 33.41 +29 22 03.5 z 381
1995-12-17 13:04:45 C 01 37 32.32 +29 21 44.7 z 381
1995-12-17 13:32:58 A 01 37 31.22 +29 21 25.7 z 381
1995-12-17 14:01:07 A 01 37 30.18 +29 21 06.7 z 381
1995-12-23 03:48:59 C 01 33 24.23 +27 57 23.2 z 658
1995-12-23 03:53:28 C 01 33 24.10 +27 57 20.3 z 658
1995-12-23 03:58:07 C 01 33 23.98 +27 57 17.5 z 658
1995-12-24 03:59:55 C 01 32 49.39 +27 43 08.5 z 658
1995-12-24 04:17:34 C 01 32 48.97 +27 42 58.2 z 658
1996-01-12 04:41:50 C 01 29 41.91 +24 10 32.2 z 658
1996-01-12 04:48:06 C 01 29 41.95 +24 10 30.5 z 658
1996-01-12 04:53:30 C 01 29 41.98 +24 10 28.4 z 658
1996-09-16 03:54:49 C 05 12 20.25 +62 24 20.9 z 910
1996-09-16 03:58:33 C 05 12 19.06 +62 24 24.7 z 910
1996-09-16 04:01:58 C 05 12 17.96 +62 24 28.3 z 910
1996-09-16 04:22:11 C 05 12 11.60 +62 24 49.1 z 910
1996-09-18 23:36:42 C 04 50 05.19 +63 26 39.9 z 557
1996-09-18 23:47:25 C 04 50 01.44 +63 26 48.9 z 557
1996-09-19 00:07:06 C 04 49 54.55 +63 27 05.7 z 557
1996-09-19 00:19:12 C 04 49 50.31 +63 27 15.9 z 557
1996-09-24 01:47:21 C 04 03 52.62 +64 37 22.5 z 121
1996-09-24 01:50:57 C 04 03 51.12 +64 37 23.4 z 121
1996-09-24 02:15:29 C 04 03 41.12 +64 37 31.7 z 121
1996-10-03 20:45:53 C 02 26 12.86 +63 23 56.4 z 118
1996-10-03 20:56:50 C 02 26 08.49 +63 23 46.3 z 118
1996-10-04 03:38:51 C 02 23 28.41 +63 17 17.6 z 046
1996-10-04 03:40:52 C 02 23 27.59 +63 17 15.6 z 046
1996-10-04 03:42:31 C 02 23 26.98 +63 17 14.0 z 046
1996-10-04 21:59:05 C 02 16 23.54 +62 58 24.4 z 118
1996-10-04 22:11:51 C 02 16 18.61 +62 58 10.9 z 118
1996-10-04 23:29:36 C 02 15 48.84 +62 56 48.4 z 619
1996-10-04 23:44:45 C 02 15 42.85 +62 56 32.2 z 619
1996-10-04 23:51:19 C 02 15 40.47 +62 56 25.4 z 619
1996-10-10 21:11:26 C 01 27 18.33 +59 39 25.3 z 118
1996-10-10 21:29:17 C 01 27 12.89 +59 38 55.8 z 118
1996-10-11 23:27:54 C 01 19 39.85 +58 54 49.8 z 619
1996-10-11 23:40:05 C 01 19 36.13 +58 54 28.5 z 619
1996-10-11 23:56:55 C 01 19 31.27 +58 53 59.5 z 619
1996-10-15 00:59:36 C 01 00 32.79 +56 40 34.8 z 046
1996-10-15 01:01:47 C 01 00 32.27 +56 40 30.7 z 046
1996-10-15 01:04:03 C 01 00 31.74 +56 40 26.2 z 046
1996-10-18 22:21:30 C 00 40 48.20 +53 37 09.2 z 476
1996-10-23 22:50:13 C 00 21 38.61 +49 32 42.6 z 118
1996-10-23 23:02:07 C 00 21 36.98 +49 32 18.3 z 118
1996-10-25 23:55:27 C 00 15 31.95 +47 53 59.6 z 118
1996-10-26 00:03:16 C 00 15 31.02 +47 53 43.8 z 118
1996-11-04 22:32:17 C 23 56 06.26 +40 27 49.8 z 118
1996-11-04 22:42:09 C 23 56 05.72 +40 27 32.7 z 118
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)