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
2015-11-27 22:23:48 C 01 49 33.89 +34 34 07.9 q 160
2015-11-27 22:26:30 C 01 49 33.71 +34 34 06.7 q 160
2015-11-27 22:29:12 C 01 49 33.52 +34 34 04.5 q 160
2015-11-30 05:53:57 C 01 45 40.62 +33 51 45.5 q 703
2015-11-30 06:02:37 C 01 45 40.02 +33 51 38.6 q 703
2015-11-30 06:11:16 C 01 45 39.38 +33 51 31.8 q 703
2015-11-30 06:19:55 C 01 45 38.84 +33 51 25.3 q 703
2015-12-05 05:12:38 C 01 38 21.386 +32 21 39.22 L F51
2015-12-05 05:28:30 C 01 38 20.479 +32 21 27.50 L F51
2015-12-05 05:44:25 C 01 38 19.573 +32 21 15.70 L F51
2015-12-05 06:00:29 C 01 38 18.655 +32 21 03.80 L F51
2015-12-06 05:03:52 C 01 37 03.612 +32 03 57.92 L F51
2015-12-06 05:22:04 C 01 37 02.616 +32 03 44.58 L F51
2015-12-06 05:37:58 C 01 37 01.745 +32 03 32.93 L F51
2015-12-06 05:53:58 C 01 37 00.869 +32 03 21.19 L F51
2015-12-06 07:49:09 C 01 36 54.53 +32 01 56.2 L T05
2015-12-06 07:56:42 C 01 36 54.16 +32 01 50.3 L T05
2015-12-06 08:42:07 C 01 36 51.65 +32 01 16.9 L T05
2015-12-06 09:08:39 C 01 36 50.23 +32 00 57.3 L T05
2015-12-07 07:58:58 C 01 35 39.48 +31 44 10.8 L T05
2015-12-07 08:05:28 C 01 35 39.19 +31 44 05.8 L T05
2015-12-07 08:33:50 C 01 35 37.68 +31 43 46.8 L T05
2015-12-07 09:14:43 C 01 35 35.56 +31 43 15.4 L T05
2015-12-09 07:32:04 C 01 33 21.89 +31 09 48.3 L T05
2015-12-09 07:56:21 C 01 33 20.58 +31 09 29.7 L T05
2015-12-09 08:11:32 C 01 33 19.90 +31 09 19.4 L T05
2015-12-09 08:59:08 C 01 33 17.66 +31 08 44.2 L T05
2015-12-10 01:27:33 C 01 32 33.35 +30 56 59.2 u H21
2015-12-10 01:33:26 C 01 32 33.08 +30 56 55.1 u H21
2015-12-10 01:39:19 C 01 32 32.80 +30 56 51.1 u H21
2015-12-10 01:45:12 C 01 32 32.52 +30 56 46.8 u H21
2015-12-10 01:49:36 C 01 32 32.32 +30 56 43.5 u H21
2015-12-10 01:53:24 C 01 32 32.16 +30 56 40.8 u H21
2015-12-10 17:41:13 C 01 31 50.99 +30 45 30.2 q 246
2015-12-10 17:41:34 C 01 31 50.96 +30 45 30.2 q 246
2015-12-10 17:41:59 C 01 31 50.95 +30 45 30.0 q 246
2015-12-10 17:42:25 C 01 31 50.94 +30 45 29.4 q 246
2015-12-10 17:42:56 C 01 31 50.89 +30 45 28.7 q 246
2015-12-10 17:43:35 C 01 31 50.91 +30 45 28.8 q 246
2015-12-10 17:44:07 C 01 31 50.88 +30 45 28.2 q 246
2015-12-14 00:32:11 C 01 28 45.22 +29 51 17.3 o Z22
2015-12-14 00:47:20 C 01 28 44.69 +29 51 07.5 o Z22
2015-12-14 00:58:22 C 01 28 44.28 +29 51 00.2 o Z22
2015-12-14 15:45:14 C 01 28 13.53 +29 41 06.9 o C94
2015-12-14 15:49:01 C 01 28 13.42 +29 41 04.1 o C94
2015-12-14 15:52:39 C 01 28 13.30 +29 41 02.4 o C94
2015-12-17 03:43:30 C 01 26 19.78 +29 02 07.5 q 703
2015-12-17 03:49:59 C 01 26 19.59 +29 02 03.2 q 703
2015-12-17 03:56:29 C 01 26 19.36 +29 01 59.1 q 703
2015-12-17 04:02:58 C 01 26 19.14 +29 01 55.0 q 703
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)