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
1996-11-08 21:33:20 C 23 51 54.20 +37 51 49.0 z 118
1996-11-08 21:41:46 C 23 51 53.88 +37 51 35.4 z 118
1996-11-09 21:26:46 C 23 51 05.23 +37 14 46.4 z 046
1996-11-09 21:28:30 C 23 51 05.18 +37 14 43.7 z 046
1996-11-09 21:30:14 C 23 51 05.12 +37 14 41.0 z 046
1996-11-09 21:31:57 C 23 51 05.06 +37 14 38.5 z 046
1996-11-21 07:11:53 C 23 46 59.62 +31 13 15.4 c 608
1996-11-21 07:59:47 C 23 46 59.52 +31 12 21.7 c 608
1996-11-26 09:51:24 C 23 47 31.51 +29 06 20.1 c 608
1996-11-26 11:19:43 C 23 47 32.26 +29 04 54.7 c 608
1996-12-03 19:09:07 C 23 50 05.69 +26 35 53.6 z 118
1996-12-03 19:19:56 C 23 50 05.88 +26 35 45.5 z 118
1996-12-08 12:22:27 C 23 52 36.34 +25 17 47.3 z 381
1996-12-08 12:25:38 C 23 52 36.43 +25 17 45.2 z 381
1996-12-22 02:59:04 C 00 02 40.02 +22 36 03.1 z 683
1996-12-22 03:18:10 C 00 02 40.68 +22 35 55.5 z 683
1996-12-22 03:37:15 C 00 02 41.33 +22 35 48.9 z 683
1996-12-23 04:06:16 C 00 03 34.53 +22 26 55.8 z 683
1996-12-23 04:17:50 C 00 03 34.99 +22 26 49.1 z 683
1996-12-23 04:29:34 C 00 03 35.44 +22 26 47.0 z 683
1996-12-29 16:32:02 C 00 09 35.24 +21 38 51.4 z 046
1996-12-29 16:34:51 C 00 09 35.40 +21 38 50.8 z 046
1996-12-29 16:38:20 C 00 09 35.53 +21 38 49.1 z 046
1997-09-21 02:08:00 C 06 47 37.05 +31 09 51.7 z 046
1997-09-21 02:10:08 C 06 47 37.21 +31 09 51.6 z 046
1997-09-21 02:12:02 C 06 47 37.38 +31 09 51.1 z 046
1997-09-21 03:12:10 C 06 47 42.13 +31 09 47.0 z 118
1997-09-21 03:14:37 C 06 47 42.34 +31 09 46.8 z 118
1997-09-21 03:19:20 C 06 47 42.71 +31 09 46.5 z 118
1997-09-23 03:04:31 C 06 51 32.77 +31 05 50.6 z 118
1997-09-23 03:12:03 C 06 51 33.35 +31 05 50.1 z 118
1997-09-23 03:16:05 C 06 51 33.68 +31 05 49.6 z 118
1997-10-14 02:03:02 C 07 35 58.91 +29 51 33.0 z 118
1997-10-14 02:11:24 C 07 35 59.74 +29 51 31.1 z 118
1997-10-20 02:18:24 C 07 51 07.67 +29 12 40.0 z 118
1997-10-20 02:23:32 C 07 51 08.23 +29 12 38.6 z 118
1997-10-21 12:42:31 C 07 55 00.49 +29 01 30.0 658
1997-10-21 12:49:32 C 07 55 01.26 +29 01 27.8 658
1997-10-21 13:03:44 C 07 55 02.85 +29 01 22.9 658
1997-10-24 15:17:59 C 08 03 52.42 +28 34 09.3 a 568
1997-10-24 15:21:25 C 08 03 52.84 +28 34 08.0 a 568
1997-10-24 15:24:51 C 08 03 53.25 +28 34 06.6 a 568
1997-11-01 23:54:50 C 08 31 53.78 +26 49 26.0 557
1997-11-02 01:08:10 C 08 32 05.41 +26 48 37.4 557
1997-11-02 02:09:48 C 08 32 15.18 +26 47 56.3 557
1997-11-02 03:35:36 C 08 32 28.76 +26 46 58.5 557
1997-11-02 04:39:36 C 08 32 38.87 +26 46 14.9 557
1997-11-05 02:12:07 C 08 44 28.90 +25 53 24.7 046
1997-11-05 02:14:51 C 08 44 29.39 +25 53 22.5 046
1997-11-05 02:16:49 C 08 44 29.74 +25 53 20.8 046
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)