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
2016-10-11 04:39:57 C 21 31 56.20 +71 09 27.6 q 703
2016-10-12 01:10:42 C 21 38 10.82 +69 31 42.5 q W34
2016-10-12 01:13:53 C 21 38 11.64 +69 31 28.2 q W34
2016-10-12 01:15:14 C 21 38 12.01 +69 31 21.8 q W34
2016-10-12 01:16:39 C 21 38 12.39 +69 31 14.6 q W34
2016-10-12 01:18:20 C 21 38 12.84 +69 31 07.0 q W34
2016-10-12 01:19:36 C 21 38 13.21 +69 31 00.5 q W34
2016-10-12 01:20:57 C 21 38 13.52 +69 30 54.5 q W34
2016-10-16 01:49:30 C 21 57 59.93 +62 15 27.3 P V78
2016-10-16 02:00:14 C 21 58 01.52 +62 14 40.7 P V78
2016-10-16 02:07:17 C 21 58 02.59 +62 14 11.1 P V78
2016-10-16 07:18:08 C 21 58 47.62 +61 51 59.3 P V78
2016-10-16 07:25:38 C 21 58 48.56 +61 51 26.8 P V78
2016-10-16 07:32:43 C 21 58 49.79 +61 50 55.2 P V78
2016-10-16 18:42:08 C 22 00 29.12 +61 03 59.4 q Z52
2016-10-16 19:29:58 C 22 00 35.57 +61 00 40.0 q Z52
2016-10-16 20:16:39 C 22 00 41.83 +60 57 25.1 q Z52
2016-10-17 07:28:36 C 22 02 13.29 +60 11 07.6 L T05
2016-10-17 07:30:43 C 22 02 13.54 +60 10 58.0 L T05
2016-10-17 07:44:21 C 22 02 15.24 +60 10 01.8 L T05
2016-10-17 08:09:23 C 22 02 18.37 +60 08 18.4 L T05
2016-10-17 08:17:55 C 22 02 19.42 +60 07 43.0 L T05
2016-10-17 18:36:25 C 22 03 41.44 +59 25 27.6 q Z52
2016-10-17 19:19:56 C 22 03 46.75 +59 22 31.6 q Z52
2016-10-17 20:03:57 C 22 03 52.06 +59 19 33.5 q Z52
2016-10-19 00:14:23 C 22 07 15.19 +57 27 41.7 q W46
2016-10-19 00:26:59 C 22 07 16.56 +57 26 53.8 q W46
2016-10-19 06:36:57 C 22 07 56.40 +57 02 48.7 P V78
2016-10-19 07:00:27 C 22 07 58.80 +57 01 15.8 P V78
2016-10-19 07:23:40 C 22 08 01.41 +56 59 47.8 P V78
2016-10-20 06:38:28 C 22 10 30.15 +55 31 36.1 P V78
2016-10-20 06:45:53 C 22 10 30.96 +55 31 07.4 P V78
2016-10-20 06:52:13 C 22 10 31.57 +55 30 43.5 P V78
2016-10-22 01:09:27 C 22 14 37.59 +52 57 50.0 P V78
2016-10-22 01:27:04 C 22 14 39.16 +52 56 48.0 P V78
2016-10-22 01:39:56 C 22 14 40.27 +52 56 03.3 P V78
2016-10-23 00:49:51 C 22 16 42.88 +51 36 18.2 P V78
2016-10-23 00:58:58 C 22 16 43.66 +51 35 47.9 P V78
2016-10-23 01:07:13 C 22 16 44.29 +51 35 20.2 P V78
2016-10-23 05:31:54 C 22 17 05.55 +51 20 26.2 P V78
2016-10-23 05:37:47 C 22 17 06.09 +51 20 06.4 P V78
2016-10-23 05:44:06 C 22 17 06.62 +51 19 45.5 P V78
2016-10-24 04:11:26 C 22 18 58.26 +50 05 41.1 P V78
2016-10-24 04:19:52 C 22 18 58.90 +50 05 14.0 P V78
2016-10-24 04:33:24 C 22 19 00.01 +50 04 29.9 P V78
2016-10-25 01:10:42 C 22 20 38.52 +48 58 45.5 P V78
2016-10-25 01:17:43 C 22 20 39.00 +48 58 23.1 P V78
2016-10-25 01:24:11 C 22 20 39.53 +48 58 02.7 P V78
2016-10-25 02:34:10 C 22 20 44.54 +48 54 25.6 q V83
2016-10-25 02:50:30 C 22 20 45.71 +48 53 34.5 q V83
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)