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
2015-02-18 18:18:46 C 01 00 42.51 +04 23 08.9 q 160
2015-02-19 17:44:26 C 00 59 46.47 +04 01 29.3 q 160
2015-02-19 17:46:59 C 00 59 46.36 +04 01 25.5 q 160
2015-02-19 17:49:27 C 00 59 46.27 +04 01 23.0 q 160
2015-08-11 01:16:19 C 04 08 17.07 +37 04 57.4 q C10
2015-08-11 01:54:06 C 04 08 18.22 +37 05 07.8 q C10
2015-08-11 02:20:03 C 04 08 19.03 +37 05 15.4 q C10
2015-09-28 17:48:09 C 04 03 31.02 +42 06 33.3 q D29
2015-09-28 18:09:43 C 04 03 29.89 +42 06 37.9 q D29
2015-09-28 18:31:16 C 04 03 28.77 +42 06 41.7 q D29
2015-10-05 22:14:26 C 03 53 05.57 +42 33 17.1 o C41
2015-10-05 23:03:22 C 03 53 02.19 +42 33 21.6 o C41
2015-10-05 23:48:42 C 03 52 58.98 +42 33 27.7 o C41
2015-10-10 11:40:40 C 03 44 53.056 +42 42 52.94 L F51
2015-10-10 11:58:12 C 03 44 51.606 +42 42 53.97 L F51
2015-10-10 12:15:49 C 03 44 50.152 +42 42 55.02 L F51
2015-10-10 12:33:28 C 03 44 48.693 +42 42 56.03 L F51
2015-10-10 21:50:42 C 03 44 03.94 +42 43 23.3 q C10
2015-10-10 22:54:23 C 03 43 58.49 +42 43 24.8 q C10
2015-10-11 00:00:07 C 03 43 53.09 +42 43 28.2 q C10
2015-10-13 10:21:53 C 03 38 56.57 +42 45 08.7 R G45
2015-10-13 10:30:17 C 03 38 55.82 +42 45 08.3 R G45
2015-10-13 10:38:31 C 03 38 55.09 +42 45 08.8 R G45
2015-10-13 10:47:06 C 03 38 54.32 +42 45 08.6 R G45
2015-10-14 10:13:37 C 03 36 49.92 +42 45 07.8 R G45
2015-10-14 10:23:43 C 03 36 49.04 +42 45 07.3 R G45
2015-10-14 10:30:48 C 03 36 48.37 +42 45 07.4 R G45
2015-10-14 10:32:15 C 03 36 48.23 +42 45 07.1 R G45
2015-10-14 10:39:06 C 03 36 47.59 +42 45 07.0 R G45
2015-10-14 10:40:48 C 03 36 47.46 +42 45 07.4 R G45
2015-10-14 10:47:32 C 03 36 46.82 +42 45 07.2 R G45
2015-10-19 22:57:25 C 03 24 12.25 +42 36 55.0 c A24
2015-10-19 22:58:28 C 03 24 12.15 +42 36 54.7 c A24
2015-10-19 23:58:45 C 03 24 06.00 +42 36 48.1 c A24
2015-10-19 23:59:48 C 03 24 05.88 +42 36 47.8 c A24
2015-10-21 09:08:02 C 03 20 43.70 +42 32 23.8 q H45
2015-10-21 09:10:00 C 03 20 43.48 +42 32 23.6 q H45
2015-10-21 09:12:01 C 03 20 43.27 +42 32 23.4 q H45
2015-10-21 09:14:02 C 03 20 43.06 +42 32 23.2 q H45
2015-10-21 09:16:01 C 03 20 42.86 +42 32 22.6 q H45
2015-10-22 08:16:23 C 03 18 20.20 +42 28 44.5 q H45
2015-10-22 08:18:12 C 03 18 19.99 +42 28 44.3 q H45
2015-10-22 08:22:17 C 03 18 19.58 +42 28 43.6 q H45
2015-10-22 08:28:29 C 03 18 18.93 +42 28 42.6 q H45
2015-10-22 08:30:14 C 03 18 18.74 +42 28 42.1 q H45
2015-10-22 08:33:50 C 03 18 18.37 +42 28 41.8 q H45
2015-10-23 17:58:36 C 03 14 47.64 +42 22 32.2 q D29
2015-10-23 18:22:27 C 03 14 45.07 +42 22 26.7 q D29
2015-10-23 18:47:52 C 03 14 42.41 +42 22 22.0 q D29
2015-10-23 22:27:18 C 03 14 19.46 +42 21 36.4 u B88
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)