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
2016-11-11 10:47:55 C 22 46 33.64 +33 08 01.4 o 300
2016-11-11 10:48:33 C 22 46 33.65 +33 08 00.1 o 300
2016-11-11 10:49:11 C 22 46 33.71 +33 07 58.8 o 300
2016-11-11 10:49:50 C 22 46 33.76 +33 07 57.9 o 300
2016-11-11 10:50:28 C 22 46 33.78 +33 07 57.0 o 300
2016-11-11 10:51:06 C 22 46 33.81 +33 07 56.4 o 300
2016-11-12 02:58:57 C 22 47 26.89 +32 42 44.2 P V78
2016-11-12 03:07:05 C 22 47 27.19 +32 42 31.2 P V78
2016-11-12 03:13:35 C 22 47 27.40 +32 42 22.0 P V78
2016-11-13 02:06:01 C 22 48 42.39 +32 07 52.0 q W55
2016-11-13 02:10:11 C 22 48 42.69 +32 07 45.9 q W25
2016-11-13 02:32:13 C 22 48 43.75 +32 07 13.1 q W55
2016-11-13 02:32:26 C 22 48 43.84 +32 07 13.0 q W25
2016-11-13 03:00:32 C 22 48 45.24 +32 06 30.8 q W55
2016-11-13 03:23:12 C 22 48 46.49 +32 05 57.3 q W25
2016-11-13 05:30:01 C 22 48 53.32 +32 02 49.1 P V78
2016-11-13 05:44:23 C 22 48 54.11 +32 02 26.2 P V78
2016-11-13 05:58:09 C 22 48 54.92 +32 02 06.2 P V78
2016-11-13 06:43:24 C 22 48 57.56 +32 01 06.6 L T05
2016-11-13 07:05:44 C 22 48 58.70 +32 00 33.6 L T05
2016-11-13 07:08:59 C 22 48 58.86 +32 00 28.7 L T05
2016-11-13 07:35:06 C 22 49 00.21 +31 59 50.2 L T05
2016-11-14 00:39:29 C 22 49 56.20 +31 35 03.9 P V78
2016-11-14 01:08:19 C 22 49 57.92 +31 34 22.6 P V78
2016-11-14 01:27:47 C 22 49 58.90 +31 33 54.2 P V78
2016-11-14 19:08:49 C 22 50 56.13 +31 09 04.8 q K74
2016-11-14 19:10:06 C 22 50 56.18 +31 09 03.0 q K74
2016-11-14 19:12:42 C 22 50 56.33 +31 08 59.2 q K74
2016-11-14 20:05:21 C 22 50 59.04 +31 07 47.1 q 160
2016-11-14 20:07:22 C 22 50 59.14 +31 07 44.2 q 160
2016-11-14 20:09:23 C 22 50 59.23 +31 07 41.5 q 160
2016-11-15 00:55:26 C 22 51 14.99 +31 01 07.8 P V78
2016-11-15 00:58:18 C 22 51 15.11 +31 01 04.5 P V78
2016-11-15 01:01:09 C 22 51 15.22 +31 01 01.1 P V78
2016-11-15 11:38:56 C 22 51 49.45 +30 46 35.4 o 300
2016-11-15 11:39:46 C 22 51 49.47 +30 46 34.7 o 300
2016-11-15 11:40:36 C 22 51 49.52 +30 46 33.3 o 300
2016-11-15 11:41:25 C 22 51 49.59 +30 46 32.3 o 300
2016-11-15 11:42:14 C 22 51 49.59 +30 46 30.9 o 300
2016-11-15 11:43:03 C 22 51 49.64 +30 46 29.9 o 300
2016-11-15 11:43:54 C 22 51 49.67 +30 46 28.7 o 300
2016-11-15 11:44:44 C 22 51 49.72 +30 46 27.6 o 300
2016-11-15 11:45:33 C 22 51 49.78 +30 46 26.7 o 300
2016-11-15 11:46:23 C 22 51 49.79 +30 46 25.4 o 300
2016-11-15 19:28:14 C 22 52 14.75 +30 36 06.0 q 160
2016-11-15 19:30:15 C 22 52 14.85 +30 36 03.4 q 160
2016-11-15 19:32:13 C 22 52 14.95 +30 36 00.7 q 160
2016-11-16 02:07:25 C 22 52 36.24 +30 27 19.6 q H45
2016-11-16 02:08:52 C 22 52 36.32 +30 27 17.8 q H45
2016-11-16 02:10:33 C 22 52 36.40 +30 27 15.6 q H45
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)