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
2015-10-23 23:03:08 C 03 14 15.60 +42 21 28.6 u B88
2015-10-23 23:38:56 C 03 14 11.74 +42 21 22.0 u B88
2015-10-25 09:13:35 C 03 10 35.66 +42 13 56.6 R G45
2015-10-25 09:22:31 C 03 10 34.68 +42 13 54.3 R G45
2015-10-25 09:31:29 C 03 10 33.66 +42 13 51.8 R G45
2015-10-25 09:39:47 C 03 10 32.77 +42 13 49.8 R G45
2015-10-25 09:41:29 C 03 10 32.60 +42 13 49.7 R G45
2015-10-25 09:48:42 C 03 10 31.79 +42 13 47.6 R G45
2015-10-25 09:50:33 C 03 10 31.60 +42 13 47.5 R G45
2015-10-25 09:57:41 C 03 10 30.81 +42 13 45.4 R G45
2015-10-29 06:03:02 C 03 00 25.06 +41 47 41.3 u H21
2015-10-29 06:05:57 C 03 00 24.74 +41 47 40.3 u H21
2015-10-29 06:08:58 C 03 00 24.41 +41 47 39.4 u H21
2015-10-29 06:11:58 C 03 00 24.06 +41 47 38.0 u H21
2015-11-04 09:25:00 C 02 43 56.04 +40 48 44.1 u H15
2015-11-04 09:38:46 C 02 43 54.47 +40 48 37.4 u H15
2015-11-04 09:52:42 C 02 43 52.91 +40 48 30.6 u H15
2015-11-06 06:38:28 C 02 38 54.47 +40 26 30.9 q 703
2015-11-06 06:50:29 C 02 38 53.11 +40 26 25.0 q 703
2015-11-07 10:19:53 C 02 35 50.73 +40 11 58.5 N I41
2015-11-07 10:24:59 C 02 35 50.18 +40 11 55.6 N I41
2015-11-07 11:07:25 C 02 35 45.46 +40 11 32.5 N I41
2015-11-08 07:21:50 C 02 33 32.59 +40 00 30.2 q H45
2015-11-08 07:23:25 C 02 33 32.42 +40 00 29.6 q H45
2015-11-08 07:24:44 C 02 33 32.28 +40 00 28.6 q H45
2015-11-08 07:26:03 C 02 33 32.13 +40 00 28.2 q H45
2015-11-08 07:27:14 C 02 33 31.99 +40 00 27.5 q H45
2015-11-08 07:28:42 C 02 33 31.81 +40 00 26.5 q H45
2015-11-08 09:56:42 C 02 33 15.60 +39 59 04.0 N I41
2015-11-08 10:42:36 C 02 33 10.53 +39 58 38.0 N I41
2015-11-08 18:37:13 C 02 32 19.47 +39 54 10.1 q A13
2015-11-08 18:41:55 C 02 32 18.95 +39 54 07.5 q A13
2015-11-08 19:31:02 C 02 32 13.57 +39 53 40.3 q A13
2015-11-08 19:58:22 C 02 32 10.62 +39 53 25.0 q C10
2015-11-08 20:23:53 C 02 32 07.88 +39 53 09.7 q C10
2015-11-08 20:51:42 C 02 32 04.76 +39 52 55.3 q C10
2015-11-08 21:08:09 C 02 32 02.91 +39 52 45.7 q A13
2015-11-12 03:34:50 C 02 23 40.39 +39 05 58.2 q 703
2015-11-12 03:42:51 C 02 23 39.53 +39 05 53.7 q 703
2015-11-12 03:50:50 C 02 23 38.67 +39 05 48.5 q 703
2015-11-12 03:58:52 C 02 23 37.86 +39 05 43.1 q 703
2015-11-20 03:34:37 C 02 04 50.88 +36 54 42.9 q 703
2015-11-20 03:41:09 C 02 04 50.27 +36 54 38.1 q 703
2015-11-20 03:47:42 C 02 04 49.63 +36 54 33.4 q 703
2015-11-20 03:54:13 C 02 04 49.05 +36 54 28.7 q 703
2015-11-24 21:50:55 C 01 55 06.28 +35 29 26.4 q 160
2015-11-24 21:53:53 C 01 55 06.05 +35 29 24.2 q 160
2015-11-24 21:56:51 C 01 55 05.84 +35 29 22.1 q 160
2015-11-27 17:06:57 C 01 49 56.88 +34 38 11.3 q D29
2015-11-27 17:28:54 C 01 49 55.26 +34 37 54.3 q D29
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)