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
2016-10-02 08:03:36 C 15 38 38.78 +84 16 27.7 P V78
2016-10-02 08:12:03 C 15 39 10.80 +84 16 40.3 P V78
2016-10-02 08:20:24 C 15 39 42.84 +84 16 51.1 P V78
2016-10-02 10:02:38 S 15 46 14.849 +84 19 21.29 L C51
2016-10-02 13:11:08 S 15 58 24.034 +84 22 43.46 L C51
2016-10-02 14:45:34 S 16 04 34.399 +84 24 03.13 L C51
2016-10-02 18:38:40 C 16 19 49.90 +84 26 17.8 q C03
2016-10-02 18:40:49 C 16 19 58.40 +84 26 18.4 q C03
2016-10-02 18:42:58 C 16 20 06.94 +84 26 19.4 q C03
2016-10-02 20:59:52 C 16 29 09.46 +84 26 53.3 q C38
2016-10-02 21:11:01 C 16 29 54.23 +84 26 54.2 q C38
2016-10-02 21:19:16 C 16 30 30.24 +84 26 50.7 q C03
2016-10-02 21:20:25 C 16 30 34.90 +84 26 50.8 q C03
2016-10-02 21:21:34 C 16 30 39.41 +84 26 51.1 q C03
2016-10-02 21:22:11 C 16 30 38.76 +84 26 54.8 q C38
2016-10-03 01:57:11 C 16 48 57.61 +84 26 31.0 P V78
2016-10-03 02:03:46 C 16 49 23.44 +84 26 28.5 P V78
2016-10-03 02:12:20 C 16 49 56.93 +84 26 25.0 P V78
2016-10-03 03:31:12 C 16 55 08.58 +84 25 46.4 P V78
2016-10-03 03:38:44 C 16 55 38.66 +84 25 42.2 P V78
2016-10-03 03:46:56 C 16 56 10.91 +84 25 37.4 P V78
2016-10-03 18:51:19 C 17 53 10.16 +84 07 09.8 q C10
2016-10-03 19:00:32 C 17 53 42.14 +84 06 51.9 q C38
2016-10-03 19:09:57 C 17 54 15.13 +84 06 33.7 q C10
2016-10-03 19:21:43 C 17 54 55.86 +84 06 10.4 q C38
2016-10-03 19:31:41 C 17 55 30.85 +84 05 50.7 q C10
2016-10-03 19:42:53 C 17 56 09.27 +84 05 28.0 q C38
2016-10-03 19:53:26 C 17 56 46.24 +84 05 07.0 q C10
2016-10-03 20:04:03 C 17 57 22.64 +84 04 45.1 q C38
2016-10-03 20:25:11 C 17 58 35.72 +84 04 01.5 q C38
2016-10-03 20:46:22 C 17 59 48.71 +84 03 17.8 q C38
2016-10-03 21:07:31 C 18 00 59.93 +84 02 32.6 q C38
2016-10-03 21:28:41 C 18 02 13.30 +84 01 46.8 q C38
2016-10-03 21:49:52 C 18 03 24.73 +84 01 01.0 q C38
2016-10-03 22:11:01 C 18 04 36.72 +84 00 13.9 q C38
2016-10-03 22:11:58 C 18 04 41.56 +84 00 12.9 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:13:50 C 18 04 47.92 +84 00 08.7 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:15:42 C 18 04 54.25 +84 00 04.5 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:17:36 C 18 05 00.56 +84 00 00.4 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:19:28 C 18 05 06.90 +83 59 56.2 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:21:20 C 18 05 13.25 +83 59 52.0 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:23:13 C 18 05 19.65 +83 59 47.9 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:25:05 C 18 05 25.91 +83 59 43.7 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:26:57 C 18 05 32.29 +83 59 39.4 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:28:50 C 18 05 38.65 +83 59 35.2 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:30:43 C 18 05 44.91 +83 59 31.0 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:32:11 C 18 05 48.30 +83 59 26.4 q C38
2016-10-03 22:32:35 C 18 05 51.31 +83 59 26.8 q Z80
2016-10-03 22:53:21 C 18 07 00.21 +83 58 38.5 q C38
2016-10-04 00:58:34 C 18 14 01.76 +83 54 07.3 q H45
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)