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
2016-12-01 03:24:44 C 23 11 51.06 +24 29 39.7 q H45
2016-12-01 03:25:54 C 23 11 51.13 +24 29 38.7 q H45
2016-12-01 03:27:14 C 23 11 51.20 +24 29 37.7 q H45
2016-12-02 02:12:21 C 23 13 04.20 +24 13 34.2 o 691
2016-12-02 02:24:42 C 23 13 04.93 +24 13 25.6 o 691
2016-12-02 02:37:14 C 23 13 05.57 +24 13 16.9 o 691
2016-12-02 16:14:36 C 23 13 49.21 +24 03 53.9 q 168
2016-12-02 17:31:31 C 23 13 53.24 +24 03 01.8 q 168
2016-12-02 17:35:16 C 23 13 53.42 +24 02 59.2 q 168
2016-12-02 18:44:41 C 23 13 57.12 +24 02 12.3 q 168
2016-12-02 18:48:36 C 23 13 57.32 +24 02 09.4 q 168
2016-12-05 19:21:09 C 23 17 50.49 +23 16 18.3 q 160
2016-12-05 19:24:32 C 23 17 50.67 +23 16 16.2 q 160
2016-12-05 19:27:46 C 23 17 50.84 +23 16 14.1 q 160
2016-12-06 07:38:07 S 23 18 30.13 +23 09 06.8 L C51
2016-12-06 10:46:37 S 23 18 40.21 +23 07 18.1 L C51
2016-12-06 13:55:18 S 23 18 50.38 +23 05 29.0 L C51
2016-12-06 17:03:59 S 23 19 00.487 +23 03 41.04 L C51
2016-12-06 18:38:13 S 23 19 05.63 +23 02 49.2 L C51
2016-12-06 19:40:28 C 23 19 08.75 +23 02 11.6 q 160
2016-12-06 19:43:41 C 23 19 09.03 +23 02 08.9 q 160
2016-12-06 19:48:55 C 23 19 09.31 +23 02 07.5 q 160
2016-12-06 20:12:28 S 23 19 10.61 +23 01 55.5 L C51
2016-12-06 20:12:40 S 23 19 10.697 +23 01 54.77 L C51
2016-12-06 23:21:10 S 23 19 20.74 +23 00 06.8 L C51
2016-12-07 00:55:35 S 23 19 25.87 +22 59 14.5 L C51
2016-12-07 02:29:51 S 23 19 30.96 +22 58 20.7 L C51
2016-12-07 04:04:06 S 23 19 35.92 +22 57 27.0 L C51
2016-12-07 07:12:47 S 23 19 46.09 +22 55 42.8 L C51
2016-12-07 10:21:28 S 23 19 56.21 +22 53 58.5 L C51
2016-12-07 13:29:58 S 23 20 06.343 +22 52 15.42 L C51
2016-12-08 19:21:13 C 23 21 42.71 +22 36 11.8 q 160
2016-12-08 19:24:32 C 23 21 42.88 +22 36 10.4 q 160
2016-12-08 19:27:41 C 23 21 43.06 +22 36 08.9 q 160
2016-12-09 17:22:26 S 23 22 53.92 +22 24 58.1 L C51
2016-12-09 23:39:38 S 23 23 14.19 +22 21 51.6 L C51
2016-12-10 02:48:19 S 23 23 24.50 +22 20 17.4 L C51
2016-12-10 04:22:34 S 23 23 29.35 +22 19 28.0 L C51
2016-12-10 04:22:45 S 23 23 29.59 +22 19 30.8 L C51
2016-12-10 09:05:30 S 23 23 44.91 +22 17 12.0 L C51
2016-12-10 10:39:56 S 23 23 49.80 +22 16 27.4 L C51
2016-12-10 12:14:11 S 23 23 54.97 +22 15 39.6 L C51
2016-12-10 13:48:37 S 23 24 00.08 +22 14 55.1 L C51
2016-12-10 16:57:07 S 23 24 10.291 +22 13 25.46 L C51
2016-12-10 23:14:29 S 23 24 30.61 +22 10 25.5 L C51
2016-12-12 18:33:48 C 23 26 51.16 +21 50 38.4 q 160
2016-12-12 18:38:32 C 23 26 51.44 +21 50 36.3 q 160
2016-12-12 18:39:55 C 23 26 51.51 +21 50 36.1 q 160
2016-12-15 20:03:40 C 23 30 50.10 +21 20 38.0 q 160
2016-12-15 20:07:04 C 23 30 50.31 +21 20 37.0 q 160
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)