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
2016-12-15 20:10:20 C 23 30 50.46 +21 20 37.1 q 160
2016-12-23 05:56:05 C 23 40 32.97 +20 24 05.6 L T05
2016-12-23 06:15:35 C 23 40 34.02 +20 24 00.6 L T05
2016-12-23 06:31:08 C 23 40 34.87 +20 23 56.3 L T05
2016-12-23 06:44:49 C 23 40 35.64 +20 23 53.5 L T05
2016-12-23 19:21:37 C 23 41 17.33 +20 20 37.6 q 160
2016-12-23 19:24:41 C 23 41 17.47 +20 20 36.5 q 160
2016-12-23 19:27:44 C 23 41 17.60 +20 20 35.3 q 160
2016-12-27 03:25:42 C 23 45 42.06 +20 02 11.8 q G96
2016-12-27 03:39:38 C 23 45 42.82 +20 02 09.0 q G96
2016-12-27 03:47:05 C 23 45 43.23 +20 02 07.2 q G96
2016-12-27 03:53:13 C 23 45 43.54 +20 02 05.9 q G96
2016-12-27 17:22:13 C 23 46 28.49 +19 59 20.1 q C10
2016-12-27 18:19:31 C 23 46 31.59 +19 59 08.6 q C10
2016-12-28 18:17:14 C 23 47 51.16 +19 54 30.0 q 160
2016-12-28 18:20:08 C 23 47 51.33 +19 54 29.3 q 160
2016-12-28 18:23:04 C 23 47 51.48 +19 54 29.3 q 160
2016-12-30 01:33:37 C 23 49 35.25 +19 48 52.2 q H45
2016-12-30 01:35:06 C 23 49 35.32 +19 48 51.8 q H45
2016-12-30 01:36:24 C 23 49 35.40 +19 48 51.7 q H45
2016-12-30 01:38:30 C 23 49 35.50 +19 48 51.4 q H45
2016-12-30 01:39:43 C 23 49 35.57 +19 48 51.2 q H45
2016-12-30 01:41:03 C 23 49 35.66 +19 48 50.9 q H45
2016-12-31 19:04:32 C 23 51 53.73 +19 42 07.2 q 160
2016-12-31 19:07:33 C 23 51 53.90 +19 42 06.9 q 160
2016-12-31 19:10:20 C 23 51 54.05 +19 42 06.8 q 160
2017-01-04 05:17:26 C 23 56 29.11 +19 31 08.9 L T05
2017-01-04 05:32:28 C 23 56 30.00 +19 31 08.9 L T05
2017-01-04 05:48:27 C 23 56 30.77 +19 31 05.5 L T05
2017-01-04 06:14:00 C 23 56 32.24 +19 31 01.5 L T05
2017-01-05 03:12:51 C 23 57 42.75 +19 28 41.9 q 703
2017-01-05 03:29:11 C 23 57 43.62 +19 28 41.0 q 703
2017-01-05 03:35:40 C 23 57 44.04 +19 28 39.7 q 703
2017-01-08 19:03:20 C 00 02 38.78 +19 20 51.6 q 160
2017-01-08 19:06:17 C 00 02 38.95 +19 20 51.5 q 160
2017-01-08 19:09:14 C 00 02 39.12 +19 20 51.8 q 160
2017-01-09 19:22:17 C 00 04 00.89 +19 19 14.6 q 160
2017-01-09 19:25:18 C 00 04 01.10 +19 19 13.2 q 160
2017-01-09 19:28:18 C 00 04 01.28 +19 19 13.0 q 160
2017-01-16 05:08:41 C 00 12 42.94 +19 13 31.2 L T05
2017-01-16 05:26:23 C 00 12 43.94 +19 13 32.6 L T05
2017-01-16 05:45:16 C 00 12 44.99 +19 13 31.9 L T05
2017-01-16 05:50:41 C 00 12 45.36 +19 13 32.0 L T05
2017-01-24 05:29:42 C 00 23 41.66 +19 16 20.2 L T05
2017-01-24 05:43:52 C 00 23 42.60 +19 16 20.7 L T05
2017-01-24 06:15:26 C 00 23 44.39 +19 16 21.5 L T05
2017-01-30 02:04:22 C 00 31 47.47 +19 24 15.1 q G96
2017-01-30 02:10:32 C 00 31 47.81 +19 24 15.7 q G96
2017-01-30 02:16:42 C 00 31 48.15 +19 24 16.1 q G96
2017-01-30 02:22:53 C 00 31 48.51 +19 24 16.4 q G96
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)