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
2015-12-17 21:08:41 C 01 25 50.23 +28 51 06.1 o Z22
2015-12-17 21:21:33 C 01 25 49.87 +28 50 57.3 o Z22
2015-12-17 21:32:04 C 01 25 49.54 +28 50 51.3 o Z22
2015-12-25 18:15:12 C 01 22 02.23 +27 01 18.9 q 160
2015-12-25 18:18:41 C 01 22 02.26 +27 01 16.0 q 160
2015-12-25 18:21:37 C 01 22 02.19 +27 01 15.2 q 160
2015-12-26 00:49:24 C 01 21 57.26 +26 57 50.4 u H21
2015-12-26 00:52:25 C 01 21 57.23 +26 57 48.6 u H21
2015-12-26 00:55:26 C 01 21 57.15 +26 57 47.1 u H21
2015-12-26 00:58:26 C 01 21 57.13 +26 57 45.5 u H21
2015-12-26 01:01:27 C 01 21 57.09 +26 57 43.9 u H21
2015-12-26 01:04:28 C 01 21 57.02 +26 57 42.2 u H21
2015-12-26 01:07:29 C 01 21 56.96 +26 57 40.5 u H21
2015-12-26 01:10:29 C 01 21 56.93 +26 57 38.8 u H21
2015-12-26 01:13:29 C 01 21 56.89 +26 57 37.4 u H21
2015-12-26 01:15:58 C 01 21 56.85 +26 57 36.1 u H21
2016-01-01 02:59:38 C 01 20 50.82 +25 46 14.9 q 703
2016-01-01 03:06:07 C 01 20 50.76 +25 46 12.1 q 703
2016-01-01 03:12:36 C 01 20 50.77 +25 46 08.8 q 703
2016-01-01 03:19:05 C 01 20 50.73 +25 46 06.0 q 703
2016-01-12 02:07:30 C 01 22 06.25 +24 04 58.3 R G45
2016-01-12 02:17:13 C 01 22 06.37 +24 04 55.0 R G45
2016-01-12 02:25:59 C 01 22 06.47 +24 04 52.0 R G45
2016-01-12 02:35:24 C 01 22 06.58 +24 04 49.3 R G45
2016-01-14 02:07:52 C 01 22 43.62 +23 50 07.5 R G45
2016-01-14 02:16:27 C 01 22 43.72 +23 50 05.0 R G45
2016-01-14 02:25:57 C 01 22 43.83 +23 50 02.1 R G45
2016-01-14 02:35:25 C 01 22 43.95 +23 49 59.2 R G45
2016-09-15 02:11:59 C 11 02 14.06 +49 41 00.9 q A71
2016-09-15 02:20:24 C 11 02 14.64 +49 41 42.9 q A71
2016-09-15 02:25:32 C 11 02 14.96 +49 42 08.8 q A71
2016-09-19 06:36:24 C 11 11 01.96 +58 16 57.3 P V78
2016-09-19 07:15:42 C 11 11 06.83 +58 20 23.1 P V78
2016-09-19 07:36:35 C 11 11 09.26 +58 22 16.5 P V78
2016-09-20 05:59:57 C 11 13 59.92 +60 21 20.3 P V78
2016-09-20 06:05:48 C 11 14 00.72 +60 21 50.7 P V78
2016-09-20 06:13:51 C 11 14 01.89 +60 22 33.9 P V78
2016-09-21 04:12:38 C 11 17 16.20 +62 20 40.7 P V78
2016-09-21 04:17:06 C 11 17 17.14 +62 21 04.4 P V78
2016-09-21 04:22:02 C 11 17 17.51 +62 21 32.0 P V78
2016-09-24 01:27:21 C 11 31 48.84 +68 38 44.1 q V83
2016-09-24 01:37:20 C 11 31 51.72 +68 39 39.0 q V83
2016-09-24 01:47:19 C 11 31 54.54 +68 40 33.2 q V83
2016-09-24 01:57:20 C 11 31 57.38 +68 41 27.5 q V83
2016-09-24 02:07:37 C 11 32 00.29 +68 42 23.6 q V83
2016-09-25 21:36:46 C 11 46 56.12 +72 41 16.8 q C10
2016-09-25 21:44:07 C 11 46 59.19 +72 41 57.6 q J95
2016-09-25 21:50:49 C 11 47 02.24 +72 42 33.3 q C10
2016-09-25 21:54:01 C 11 47 03.49 +72 42 51.6 q J95
2016-09-25 22:00:21 C 11 47 06.26 +72 43 26.0 q J95
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)