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
2015-01-25 01:47:34 C 01 15 11.41 +12 23 43.1 R G45
2015-01-25 01:54:47 C 01 15 11.20 +12 23 36.8 R G45
2015-01-25 02:06:08 C 01 15 10.84 +12 23 27.1 R G45
2015-01-25 02:10:57 C 01 15 10.70 +12 23 22.9 R G45
2015-01-25 02:15:44 C 01 15 10.61 +12 23 18.9 R G45
2015-01-25 02:27:23 C 01 15 10.19 +12 23 08.8 R G45
2015-01-25 02:32:52 C 01 15 10.05 +12 23 03.9 R G45
2015-01-25 02:38:38 C 01 15 09.81 +12 22 58.9 R G45
2015-01-28 01:38:21 C 01 13 14.59 +11 23 26.6 R G45
2015-01-28 01:44:19 C 01 13 14.40 +11 23 21.1 R G45
2015-01-28 01:50:12 C 01 13 14.24 +11 23 16.8 R G45
2015-01-28 01:58:11 C 01 13 14.02 +11 23 09.8 R G45
2015-01-28 02:04:10 C 01 13 13.86 +11 23 05.2 R G45
2015-01-28 02:09:56 C 01 13 13.72 +11 22 59.8 R G45
2015-01-28 02:11:35 C 01 13 13.66 +11 22 58.1 R G45
2015-01-28 02:22:30 C 01 13 13.39 +11 22 50.1 R G45
2015-01-28 02:27:35 C 01 13 13.21 +11 22 46.0 R G45
2015-01-28 18:53:53 C 01 12 48.79 +11 09 16.2 q 160
2015-01-28 18:56:42 C 01 12 48.70 +11 09 13.8 q 160
2015-01-28 18:59:31 C 01 12 48.65 +11 09 11.6 q 160
2015-01-29 03:17:47 C 01 12 36.33 +11 02 26.7 q 703
2015-01-29 03:23:34 C 01 12 36.29 +11 02 22.9 q 703
2015-01-29 03:29:20 C 01 12 36.17 +11 02 17.9 q 703
2015-01-29 03:35:07 C 01 12 35.99 +11 02 14.0 q 703
2015-01-31 00:13:59 C 01 11 34.08 +10 26 17.8 q H21
2015-01-31 00:17:35 C 01 11 33.99 +10 26 14.9 q H21
2015-01-31 00:21:03 C 01 11 33.91 +10 26 12.0 q H21
2015-01-31 00:24:30 C 01 11 33.82 +10 26 09.4 q H21
2015-01-31 00:28:03 C 01 11 33.74 +10 26 06.4 q H21
2015-02-07 02:07:28 C 01 08 02.61 +08 13 32.1 q G96
2015-02-07 02:13:32 C 01 08 02.47 +08 13 27.4 q G96
2015-02-07 02:19:36 C 01 08 02.34 +08 13 22.7 q G96
2015-02-07 02:25:38 C 01 08 02.20 +08 13 18.0 q G96
2015-02-08 12:26:22 C 01 07 20.55 +07 46 48.8 o C94
2015-02-08 12:31:53 C 01 07 20.42 +07 46 44.0 o C94
2015-02-08 12:37:24 C 01 07 20.30 +07 46 39.5 o C94
2015-02-10 01:41:40 C 01 06 33.18 +07 17 40.8 w H06
2015-02-10 01:42:51 C 01 06 33.19 +07 17 39.7 w H06
2015-02-10 01:44:03 C 01 06 33.17 +07 17 39.2 w H06
2015-02-10 01:45:14 C 01 06 33.08 +07 17 38.7 w H06
2015-02-10 18:27:43 C 01 06 11.13 +07 04 24.9 q 160
2015-02-10 18:29:57 C 01 06 11.07 +07 04 23.1 q 160
2015-02-10 18:32:14 C 01 06 11.01 +07 04 21.3 q 160
2015-02-15 12:40:33 C 01 03 17.81 +05 31 15.8 o C94
2015-02-15 12:46:03 C 01 03 17.67 +05 31 10.9 o C94
2015-02-15 13:04:22 C 01 03 17.18 +05 30 55.2 o C94
2015-02-15 13:06:10 C 01 03 17.20 +05 30 54.4 o C94
2015-02-15 13:08:17 C 01 03 17.05 +05 30 52.4 o C94
2015-02-18 18:13:32 C 01 00 42.67 +04 23 13.2 q 160
2015-02-18 18:16:09 C 01 00 42.55 +04 23 11.1 q 160
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)