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
2016-11-04 03:59:13 C 22 36 39.41 +38 28 29.8 P V78
2016-11-04 05:39:36 C 22 36 45.845 +38 25 03.52 L F51
2016-11-04 05:57:39 C 22 36 46.833 +38 24 25.57 L F51
2016-11-04 06:15:40 C 22 36 47.827 +38 23 47.44 L F51
2016-11-05 00:34:33 C 22 37 52.31 +37 45 46.0 q W25
2016-11-05 01:28:12 C 22 37 55.27 +37 43 56.3 q W25
2016-11-06 03:30:21 C 22 39 25.40 +36 51 58.2 P V78
2016-11-06 03:38:18 C 22 39 25.82 +36 51 42.0 P V78
2016-11-06 03:48:09 C 22 39 26.29 +36 51 23.1 P V78
2016-11-06 06:56:47 C 22 39 37.24 +36 45 21.8 L T05
2016-11-06 07:19:56 C 22 39 38.48 +36 44 36.6 L T05
2016-11-06 07:36:14 C 22 39 39.35 +36 44 04.7 L T05
2016-11-06 08:05:12 C 22 39 40.93 +36 43 08.1 L T05
2016-11-06 08:12:52 C 22 39 41.34 +36 42 53.4 L T05
2016-11-07 01:02:34 C 22 40 39.52 +36 10 41.6 q W25
2016-11-07 02:14:53 C 22 40 43.40 +36 08 25.4 q W25
2016-11-07 19:08:31 C 22 41 41.01 +35 37 05.3 c A24
2016-11-07 19:09:37 C 22 41 41.07 +35 37 03.5 c A24
2016-11-07 20:13:18 C 22 41 44.49 +35 35 06.9 c A24
2016-11-07 20:14:20 C 22 41 44.55 +35 35 05.0 c A24
2016-11-08 00:11:25 C 22 41 58.32 +35 27 55.1 q W25
2016-11-08 00:23:34 C 22 41 58.96 +35 27 33.3 q W25
2016-11-08 00:35:00 C 22 41 59.56 +35 27 12.6 q W25
2016-11-08 04:52:08 C 22 42 13.53 +35 19 25.0 P V78
2016-11-08 04:55:12 C 22 42 13.66 +35 19 20.3 P V78
2016-11-08 05:00:06 C 22 42 13.84 +35 19 10.9 P V78
2016-11-08 19:00:35 C 22 43 01.55 +34 54 19.0 c A24
2016-11-08 19:01:37 C 22 43 01.60 +34 54 17.3 c A24
2016-11-08 20:03:09 C 22 43 04.88 +34 52 28.9 c A24
2016-11-08 20:04:11 C 22 43 04.93 +34 52 27.2 c A24
2016-11-08 20:58:01 C 22 43 08.06 +34 50 55.9 o Z22
2016-11-08 21:10:40 C 22 43 08.72 +34 50 33.9 o Z22
2016-11-09 02:42:27 C 22 43 27.44 +34 40 55.4 q 703
2016-11-09 02:51:58 C 22 43 27.94 +34 40 38.8 q 703
2016-11-09 03:02:04 C 22 43 28.46 +34 40 21.5 q 703
2016-11-09 03:11:49 C 22 43 28.97 +34 40 04.4 q 703
2016-11-10 02:06:30 C 22 44 45.45 +34 01 04.2 P V78
2016-11-10 02:56:29 C 22 44 48.16 +33 59 40.9 P V78
2016-11-10 03:48:17 C 22 44 50.91 +33 58 14.2 P V78
2016-11-10 07:10:24 C 22 45 02.059 +33 52 43.64 L F51
2016-11-10 07:18:02 C 22 45 02.457 +33 52 30.92 L F51
2016-11-10 07:25:43 C 22 45 02.858 +33 52 18.21 L F51
2016-11-11 00:49:27 C 22 46 00.84 +33 23 53.9 q W25
2016-11-11 03:03:12 C 22 46 07.84 +33 20 18.7 q W25
2016-11-11 03:18:12 C 22 46 08.72 +33 19 53.8 P V78
2016-11-11 03:24:08 C 22 46 09.13 +33 19 42.9 P V78
2016-11-11 03:29:19 C 22 46 09.31 +33 19 35.7 P V78
2016-11-11 10:46:00 C 22 46 33.58 +33 08 04.5 o 300
2016-11-11 10:46:38 C 22 46 33.62 +33 08 03.7 o 300
2016-11-11 10:47:16 C 22 46 33.63 +33 08 02.2 o 300
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)