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
2016-10-25 03:14:30 C 22 20 47.43 +48 52 19.3 q V83
2016-10-25 03:26:14 C 22 20 48.28 +48 51 42.5 q V83
2016-10-25 03:36:10 C 22 20 49.02 +48 51 11.2 q V83
2016-10-25 03:55:43 C 22 20 50.46 +48 50 08.2 P V78
2016-10-25 04:22:12 C 22 20 52.30 +48 48 45.9 P V78
2016-10-25 04:37:45 C 22 20 53.58 +48 47 56.6 P V78
2016-10-25 07:07:52 C 22 21 05.41 +48 40 16.5 L T05
2016-10-25 07:22:02 C 22 21 06.41 +48 39 32.3 L T05
2016-10-25 07:44:56 C 22 21 08.03 +48 38 21.1 L T05
2016-10-25 07:54:54 C 22 21 08.73 +48 37 49.8 L T05
2016-10-29 06:18:29 C 22 27 50.35 +44 05 44.1 q G96
2016-10-29 06:24:40 C 22 27 50.74 +44 05 27.4 q G96
2016-10-29 06:31:44 C 22 27 51.20 +44 05 08.4 q G96
2016-10-29 06:38:13 C 22 27 51.60 +44 04 50.9 q G96
2016-10-29 07:10:45 C 22 27 54.34 +44 03 29.6 L T05
2016-10-29 07:28:37 C 22 27 55.43 +44 02 41.9 L T05
2016-10-29 07:47:53 C 22 27 56.62 +44 01 50.4 L T05
2016-10-29 08:14:38 C 22 27 58.25 +44 00 38.8 L T05
2016-10-29 22:59:57 C 22 28 56.31 +43 21 43.5 q B50
2016-10-29 23:06:04 C 22 28 56.68 +43 21 27.1 q B50
2016-10-29 23:23:19 C 22 28 57.91 +43 20 43.1 q B50
2016-10-31 02:03:01 C 22 30 41.43 +42 13 09.1 q H47
2016-10-31 02:05:10 C 22 30 41.56 +42 13 03.4 q H47
2016-10-31 02:06:56 C 22 30 41.65 +42 12 59.3 q H47
2016-10-31 02:08:38 C 22 30 41.76 +42 12 55.1 q H47
2016-10-31 02:10:19 C 22 30 41.86 +42 12 50.9 q H47
2016-11-01 03:09:17 C 22 32 15.83 +41 12 00.5 P V78
2016-11-01 03:13:09 C 22 32 16.04 +41 11 51.6 P V78
2016-11-01 03:15:54 C 22 32 16.13 +41 11 45.0 P V78
2016-11-01 19:11:36 C 22 33 15.29 +40 34 18.5 15.8 q K78
2016-11-01 20:02:43 C 22 33 18.21 +40 32 19.6 15.7 q K78
2016-11-02 02:35:41 C 22 33 42.18 +40 17 15.6 q 850
2016-11-02 02:57:59 C 22 33 43.44 +40 16 24.4 q 850
2016-11-02 03:00:16 C 22 33 43.74 +40 16 17.2 P V78
2016-11-02 03:12:16 C 22 33 44.38 +40 15 49.5 P V78
2016-11-02 03:20:14 C 22 33 44.73 +40 15 33.2 q 850
2016-11-02 03:34:31 C 22 33 45.72 +40 14 58.6 P V78
2016-11-02 03:43:12 C 22 33 46.04 +40 14 40.2 q 850
2016-11-02 04:06:10 C 22 33 47.35 +40 13 47.2 q 850
2016-11-02 04:27:46 C 22 33 48.61 +40 12 57.5 q 850
2016-11-03 02:36:04 C 22 35 09.29 +39 23 16.3 P V78
2016-11-03 02:38:55 C 22 35 09.49 +39 23 10.4 P V78
2016-11-03 02:43:16 C 22 35 09.67 +39 23 00.5 P V78
2016-11-03 10:33:57 C 22 35 38.19 +39 05 52.8 q D29
2016-11-03 10:37:46 C 22 35 38.41 +39 05 44.4 q D29
2016-11-03 10:54:19 C 22 35 39.32 +39 05 08.7 q D29
2016-11-03 10:58:08 C 22 35 39.54 +39 05 00.4 q D29
2016-11-03 11:14:40 C 22 35 40.35 +39 04 24.8 q D29
2016-11-04 03:38:25 C 22 36 38.26 +38 29 13.6 P V78
2016-11-04 03:47:53 C 22 36 38.82 +38 28 52.9 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)