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
2015-01-19 01:22:30 C 01 20 08.97 +14 33 47.6 q V60
2015-01-19 02:08:19 C 01 20 07.10 +14 33 04.1 R G45
2015-01-19 02:14:11 C 01 20 06.85 +14 32 58.6 R G45
2015-01-19 02:20:09 C 01 20 06.59 +14 32 52.8 R G45
2015-01-19 02:27:46 C 01 20 06.28 +14 32 45.2 R G45
2015-01-19 02:34:04 C 01 20 06.02 +14 32 39.4 R G45
2015-01-19 02:48:11 C 01 20 05.45 +14 32 25.8 R G45
2015-01-19 02:54:04 C 01 20 05.15 +14 32 21.3 R G45
2015-01-20 02:00:24 C 01 19 11.19 +14 10 37.9 R G45
2015-01-20 02:06:17 C 01 19 10.95 +14 10 33.1 R G45
2015-01-20 02:12:14 C 01 19 10.70 +14 10 27.1 R G45
2015-01-20 02:19:54 C 01 19 10.42 +14 10 20.0 R G45
2015-01-20 02:25:59 C 01 19 10.15 +14 10 14.4 R G45
2015-01-20 02:32:02 C 01 19 09.90 +14 10 08.8 R G45
2015-01-20 02:39:57 C 01 19 09.59 +14 10 01.3 R G45
2015-01-20 02:45:58 C 01 19 09.35 +14 09 55.6 R G45
2015-01-20 02:51:50 C 01 19 09.10 +14 09 50.2 R G45
2015-01-21 01:55:31 C 01 18 18.07 +13 48 32.8 R G45
2015-01-21 02:01:23 C 01 18 17.85 +13 48 27.8 R G45
2015-01-21 02:07:21 C 01 18 17.61 +13 48 21.8 R G45
2015-01-21 02:21:02 C 01 18 17.10 +13 48 09.3 R G45
2015-01-21 02:26:59 C 01 18 16.83 +13 48 03.4 R G45
2015-01-21 02:33:04 C 01 18 16.60 +13 47 58.0 R G45
2015-01-21 02:34:54 C 01 18 16.54 +13 47 56.9 R G45
2015-01-21 02:40:52 C 01 18 16.32 +13 47 51.0 R G45
2015-01-21 02:46:45 C 01 18 16.10 +13 47 45.6 R G45
2015-01-22 16:34:06 C 01 16 58.02 +13 13 37.1 r 168
2015-01-22 16:37:46 C 01 16 57.88 +13 13 33.7 r 168
2015-01-22 17:58:37 C 01 16 55.16 +13 12 21.5 r 168
2015-01-22 18:02:16 C 01 16 55.02 +13 12 18.0 r 168
2015-01-24 01:47:31 C 01 15 54.53 +12 44 26.6 R G45
2015-01-24 01:53:23 C 01 15 54.34 +12 44 21.3 R G45
2015-01-24 01:59:26 C 01 15 54.13 +12 44 15.8 R G45
2015-01-24 02:05:25 C 01 15 53.90 +12 44 10.7 R G45
2015-01-24 02:07:16 C 01 15 53.89 +12 44 09.1 R G45
2015-01-24 02:13:13 C 01 15 53.70 +12 44 04.0 R G45
2015-01-24 02:19:23 C 01 15 53.50 +12 43 58.9 R G45
2015-01-24 02:27:05 C 01 15 53.23 +12 43 52.1 R G45
2015-01-24 02:33:04 C 01 15 53.06 +12 43 46.7 R G45
2015-01-24 02:38:55 C 01 15 52.87 +12 43 41.9 R G45
2015-01-24 14:49:31 C 01 15 30.97 +12 33 05.7 r 168
2015-01-24 15:47:46 C 01 15 29.13 +12 32 15.5 r 168
2015-01-24 15:49:01 C 01 15 29.10 +12 32 14.2 r 168
2015-01-24 23:58:12 C 01 15 14.73 +12 25 15.9 u H21
2015-01-25 00:00:56 C 01 15 14.66 +12 25 13.7 u H21
2015-01-25 00:03:40 C 01 15 14.57 +12 25 11.3 u H21
2015-01-25 00:06:25 C 01 15 14.48 +12 25 09.0 u H21
2015-01-25 00:09:08 C 01 15 14.40 +12 25 06.8 u H21
2015-01-25 00:11:52 C 01 15 14.31 +12 25 04.4 u H21
2015-01-25 00:15:35 C 01 15 14.20 +12 25 01.2 u H21
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)