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
2016-11-16 02:11:52 C 22 52 36.48 +30 27 13.8 q H45
2016-11-16 02:13:08 C 22 52 36.54 +30 27 12.1 q H45
2016-11-16 02:14:23 C 22 52 36.61 +30 27 10.4 q H45
2016-11-16 03:03:42 C 22 52 39.15 +30 26 01.9 P V78
2016-11-16 03:21:08 C 22 52 40.01 +30 25 40.8 P V78
2016-11-16 03:41:19 C 22 52 41.16 +30 25 13.3 P V78
2016-11-18 02:04:11 C 22 55 10.48 +29 26 42.7 q H45
2016-11-18 02:05:32 C 22 55 10.56 +29 26 41.0 q H45
2016-11-18 02:06:47 C 22 55 10.62 +29 26 39.5 q H45
2016-11-18 02:08:41 C 22 55 10.71 +29 26 37.2 q H45
2016-11-18 02:09:51 C 22 55 10.78 +29 26 35.7 q H45
2016-11-18 02:11:19 C 22 55 10.85 +29 26 34.0 q H45
2016-11-19 02:05:25 C 22 56 27.46 +28 58 05.6 q H45
2016-11-19 02:06:49 C 22 56 27.54 +28 58 04.0 q H45
2016-11-19 02:07:43 C 22 56 27.58 +28 58 02.9 q H45
2016-11-19 02:08:47 C 22 56 27.64 +28 58 01.7 q H45
2016-11-19 02:10:07 C 22 56 27.71 +28 58 00.2 q H45
2016-11-19 02:11:15 C 22 56 27.76 +28 57 58.8 q H45
2016-11-21 02:05:46 C 22 59 00.93 +28 04 11.1 q H45
2016-11-21 02:07:20 C 22 59 01.02 +28 04 09.4 q H45
2016-11-21 02:08:20 C 22 59 01.07 +28 04 08.3 q H45
2016-11-21 02:09:31 C 22 59 01.13 +28 04 07.0 q H45
2016-11-21 02:10:40 C 22 59 01.19 +28 04 05.8 q H45
2016-11-21 02:11:54 C 22 59 01.25 +28 04 04.4 q H45
2016-11-22 23:33:02 C 23 01 26.12 +27 16 54.9 q I15
2016-11-22 23:39:23 C 23 01 26.46 +27 16 48.6 q I15
2016-11-22 23:45:43 C 23 01 26.77 +27 16 42.1 q I15
2016-11-23 03:47:09 C 23 01 39.40 +27 12 42.4 q G96
2016-11-23 03:57:10 C 23 01 39.91 +27 12 32.5 q G96
2016-11-23 04:03:19 C 23 01 40.24 +27 12 26.3 q G96
2016-11-23 04:09:28 C 23 01 40.55 +27 12 20.4 q G96
2016-11-29 17:43:24 C 23 10 03.54 +24 54 37.8 q 246
2016-11-29 17:43:46 C 23 10 03.58 +24 54 37.6 q 246
2016-11-29 17:44:51 C 23 10 03.64 +24 54 37.1 q 246
2016-11-29 17:45:23 C 23 10 03.65 +24 54 36.4 q 246
2016-11-29 17:45:35 C 23 10 03.67 +24 54 36.0 q 246
2016-11-29 17:46:33 C 23 10 03.72 +24 54 35.1 q 246
2016-11-29 18:44:31 C 23 10 06.74 +24 53 51.3 c A24
2016-11-29 18:45:33 C 23 10 06.78 +24 53 50.8 c A24
2016-11-29 19:48:17 C 23 10 10.04 +24 53 02.8 c A24
2016-11-29 19:49:19 C 23 10 10.09 +24 53 02.0 c A24
2016-11-30 19:39:16 C 23 11 26.28 +24 35 16.2 q 160
2016-11-30 19:41:21 C 23 11 26.41 +24 35 15.0 q 160
2016-11-30 19:43:26 C 23 11 26.54 +24 35 13.4 q 160
2016-12-01 02:55:39 C 23 11 49.66 +24 30 01.7 o 691
2016-12-01 03:07:59 C 23 11 50.28 +24 29 52.7 o 691
2016-12-01 03:19:51 C 23 11 50.90 +24 29 44.1 o 691
2016-12-01 03:20:15 C 23 11 50.83 +24 29 42.8 q H45
2016-12-01 03:22:03 C 23 11 50.93 +24 29 41.6 q H45
2016-12-01 03:23:12 C 23 11 50.99 +24 29 40.7 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)