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
2016-09-25 22:07:29 C 11 47 09.54 +72 44 04.3 q C10
2016-09-25 22:23:26 C 11 47 16.56 +72 45 31.2 q C10
2016-09-26 00:41:44 C 11 48 18.72 +72 58 10.1 S C47
2016-09-26 00:45:32 C 11 48 20.45 +72 58 30.8 S C47
2016-09-26 02:32:17 C 11 49 03.13 +73 08 16.3 P V78
2016-09-26 02:36:00 C 11 49 04.87 +73 08 36.9 P V78
2016-09-26 02:40:54 C 11 49 06.91 +73 09 02.8 P V78
2016-09-26 07:14:34 C 11 51 16.07 +73 33 53.7 P V78
2016-09-26 07:25:18 C 11 51 21.38 +73 34 52.5 P V78
2016-09-26 07:34:11 C 11 51 25.54 +73 35 40.9 P V78
2016-09-26 20:54:53 C 11 58 08.204 +74 48 13.92 U Z58
2016-09-26 21:14:03 C 11 58 19.048 +74 49 56.88 U Z58
2016-09-26 21:35:33 C 11 58 31.265 +74 51 52.26 U Z58
2016-09-26 21:55:35 C 11 58 42.649 +74 53 39.83 U Z58
2016-09-26 22:03:57 C 11 58 47.421 +74 54 24.90 U Z58
2016-09-26 22:12:20 C 11 58 52.277 +74 55 09.85 U Z58
2016-09-27 03:36:33 C 12 02 04.66 +75 24 27.9 q A77
2016-09-27 03:38:59 C 12 01 59.95 +75 24 33.9 P V78
2016-09-27 03:40:01 C 12 02 06.74 +75 24 46.8 q A77
2016-09-27 03:44:35 C 12 02 09.48 +75 25 11.7 q A77
2016-09-27 03:52:24 C 12 02 08.18 +75 25 45.4 P V78
2016-09-27 04:05:41 C 12 02 16.28 +75 26 56.7 P V78
2016-09-28 04:59:45 C 12 19 50.58 +77 39 05.9 P V78
2016-09-28 05:12:46 C 12 20 01.72 +77 40 14.4 P V78
2016-09-28 05:25:48 C 12 20 12.92 +77 41 22.3 P V78
2016-09-29 18:43:50 C 13 01 49.19 +80 47 26.5 q C10
2016-09-29 19:02:57 C 13 02 17.71 +80 48 54.5 q C10
2016-09-29 19:22:16 C 13 02 46.60 +80 50 23.2 q C10
2016-09-29 19:41:37 C 13 03 15.78 +80 51 52.0 q C10
2016-09-29 20:01:07 C 13 03 46.21 +80 53 19.1 q A71
2016-09-29 20:01:38 C 13 03 46.82 +80 53 21.8 q A71
2016-09-29 20:02:06 C 13 03 47.89 +80 53 24.2 q A71
2016-09-29 20:02:36 C 13 03 48.59 +80 53 26.6 q A71
2016-09-29 20:03:07 C 13 03 49.03 +80 53 28.5 q A71
2016-09-29 20:03:36 C 13 03 50.14 +80 53 30.7 q A71
2016-09-29 20:04:06 C 13 03 50.65 +80 53 32.8 q A71
2016-09-29 20:04:37 C 13 03 51.66 +80 53 35.5 q A71
2016-09-29 20:05:07 C 13 03 52.26 +80 53 37.9 q A71
2016-09-29 20:10:06 C 13 04 00.30 +80 54 00.6 q A71
2016-09-29 20:10:35 C 13 04 00.64 +80 54 03.1 q A71
2016-09-29 20:11:05 C 13 04 01.47 +80 54 04.6 q A71
2016-09-29 20:11:36 C 13 04 02.35 +80 54 07.7 q A71
2016-09-29 20:12:16 C 13 04 03.44 +80 54 10.5 q A71
2016-09-29 20:12:46 C 13 04 04.20 +80 54 12.8 q A71
2016-09-30 03:35:32 C 13 15 59.62 +81 27 43.1 P V78
2016-09-30 03:42:02 C 13 16 10.50 +81 28 11.5 P V78
2016-09-30 03:49:07 C 13 16 22.96 +81 28 43.1 P V78
2016-10-01 05:09:40 C 14 11 14.65 +83 09 28.2 P V78
2016-10-01 05:21:58 C 14 11 47.52 +83 10 09.3 P V78
2016-10-01 05:34:16 C 14 12 20.96 +83 10 50.8 P V78
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)