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
2016-10-04 00:59:35 C 18 14 04.93 +83 54 05.0 q H45
2016-10-04 01:01:11 C 18 14 10.25 +83 54 01.1 q H45
2016-10-04 01:02:35 C 18 14 14.76 +83 53 57.7 q H45
2016-10-04 01:03:31 C 18 14 17.81 +83 53 55.4 q H45
2016-10-04 01:04:36 C 18 14 21.29 +83 53 52.9 q H45
2016-10-04 02:55:20 C 18 20 16.35 +83 49 15.4 P V78
2016-10-04 03:04:13 C 18 20 44.20 +83 48 52.5 P V78
2016-10-04 03:12:11 C 18 21 09.67 +83 48 32.3 P V78
2016-10-06 01:26:13 C 20 04 54.94 +80 59 41.0 P V78
2016-10-06 01:35:43 C 20 05 08.48 +80 59 00.0 P V78
2016-10-06 01:47:47 C 20 05 26.16 +80 58 06.3 P V78
2016-10-06 02:39:32 C 20 06 39.91 +80 54 20.5 q H45
2016-10-06 02:40:43 C 20 06 41.58 +80 54 15.4 q H45
2016-10-06 02:41:39 C 20 06 42.97 +80 54 11.2 q H45
2016-10-06 02:42:36 C 20 06 44.28 +80 54 07.1 q H45
2016-10-06 02:43:41 C 20 06 45.84 +80 54 02.2 q H45
2016-10-06 02:44:37 C 20 06 47.16 +80 53 58.2 q H45
2016-10-06 15:42:16 C 20 23 45.82 +79 55 21.3 q 168
2016-10-06 15:47:16 C 20 23 51.60 +79 54 58.3 q 168
2016-10-06 16:51:36 C 20 25 05.51 +79 50 00.7 q 168
2016-10-06 16:55:37 C 20 25 10.06 +79 49 42.1 q 168
2016-10-06 17:26:36 C 20 25 45.10 +79 47 18.2 q 168
2016-10-06 17:29:36 C 20 25 48.60 +79 47 04.2 q 168
2016-10-07 16:20:41 C 20 48 02.71 +77 58 59.2 q 168
2016-10-07 17:21:11 C 20 48 51.26 +77 54 07.3 q 168
2016-10-07 18:01:51 C 20 49 23.60 +77 50 50.6 q 168
2016-10-07 18:07:36 C 20 49 28.16 +77 50 22.4 q 168
2016-10-08 02:32:10 C 20 55 53.22 +77 09 48.8 P V78
2016-10-08 02:40:23 C 20 55 59.06 +77 09 09.1 P V78
2016-10-08 02:48:38 C 20 56 04.77 +77 08 28.7 P V78
2016-10-08 18:17:34 C 21 06 11.87 +75 53 03.7 q K74
2016-10-08 18:17:58 C 21 06 12.08 +75 53 01.8 q K74
2016-10-08 18:18:44 C 21 06 12.49 +75 52 58.1 q K74
2016-10-08 18:31:25 C 21 06 19.85 +75 51 56.3 q K74
2016-10-08 18:33:16 C 21 06 20.93 +75 51 47.1 q K74
2016-10-09 02:15:38 C 21 10 41.55 +75 14 10.1 P V78
2016-10-09 02:25:17 C 21 10 46.67 +75 13 23.0 P V78
2016-10-09 02:37:07 C 21 10 52.88 +75 12 24.8 P V78
2016-10-10 01:59:51 C 21 22 01.61 +73 18 21.0 P V78
2016-10-10 02:06:50 C 21 22 04.40 +73 17 47.8 P V78
2016-10-10 02:17:18 C 21 22 08.72 +73 16 56.3 P V78
2016-10-11 00:46:21 C 21 30 40.13 +71 28 06.4 P V78
2016-10-11 00:51:52 C 21 30 42.13 +71 27 39.2 P V78
2016-10-11 00:59:04 C 21 30 44.48 +71 27 04.9 P V78
2016-10-11 03:29:13 C 21 31 33.22 +71 15 03.3 P V78
2016-10-11 03:42:42 C 21 31 37.56 +71 13 58.1 P V78
2016-10-11 03:56:32 C 21 31 41.96 +71 12 51.6 P V78
2016-10-11 04:15:04 C 21 31 48.51 +71 11 27.6 q 703
2016-10-11 04:23:20 C 21 31 51.10 +71 10 47.8 q 703
2016-10-11 04:31:38 C 21 31 53.73 +71 10 07.8 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)