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
2017-08-14 01:24:55 C 05 23 47.03 +32 16 08.4 q C10
2017-08-14 01:46:51 C 05 23 48.36 +32 16 09.9 q C10
2017-08-14 02:08:48 C 05 23 49.71 +32 16 12.6 q C10
2017-08-18 09:47:19 C 05 30 14.28 +32 24 15.5 q W96
2017-08-18 09:58:07 C 05 30 15.01 +32 24 15.7 q W96
2017-09-04 10:23:14 C 05 54 53.07 +32 50 59.3 q H15
2017-09-04 10:32:11 C 05 54 53.68 +32 51 00.3 q H15
2017-09-04 10:41:07 C 05 54 54.16 +32 51 01.3 q H15
2017-09-16 09:30:00 C 06 11 23.88 +33 06 44.1 q W96
2017-09-16 09:44:06 C 06 11 24.66 +33 06 45.0 q W96
2017-09-23 01:38:03 C 06 20 12.54 +33 14 58.9 q C10
2017-09-23 02:12:00 C 06 20 14.36 +33 14 58.9 q C10
2017-09-23 02:48:14 C 06 20 16.30 +33 15 01.0 q C10
2017-10-07 02:30:27 C 06 37 26.99 +33 33 35.1 q 160
2017-10-07 02:33:28 C 06 37 27.15 +33 33 35.2 q 160
2017-10-07 02:36:17 C 06 37 27.26 +33 33 34.8 q 160
2017-10-09 02:02:13 C 06 39 42.82 +33 36 33.3 q 160
2017-10-09 02:05:15 C 06 39 42.96 +33 36 33.7 q 160
2017-10-09 02:08:13 C 06 39 43.11 +33 36 34.1 q 160
2017-10-10 03:57:15 C 06 40 55.49 +33 38 15.1 q A77
2017-10-10 04:24:21 C 06 40 56.65 +33 38 16.7 q A77
2017-10-11 04:11:41 C 06 42 02.59 +33 39 52.1 q 160
2017-10-11 04:14:28 C 06 42 02.72 +33 39 52.3 q 160
2017-10-11 04:17:15 C 06 42 02.81 +33 39 52.7 q 160
2017-10-14 03:27:44 C 06 45 15.21 +33 44 53.0 q A77
2017-10-14 03:55:54 C 06 45 16.43 +33 44 55.3 q A77
2017-10-14 04:25:05 C 06 45 17.67 +33 44 57.3 q A77
2017-10-20 14:52:09 C 06 51 44.99 +33 57 38.6 T08
2017-10-20 15:06:37 C 06 51 45.53 +33 57 39.9 T08
2017-10-20 15:20:43 C 06 51 46.02 +33 57 41.1 T08
2017-10-25 09:05:55 C 06 56 00.51 +34 08 57.6 U 703
2017-10-25 09:14:53 C 06 56 00.80 +34 08 58.8 U 703
2017-10-25 09:23:45 C 06 56 01.10 +34 08 59.9 U 703
2017-10-25 09:32:36 C 06 56 01.41 +34 09 01.0 U 703
2017-10-25 10:03:57 C 06 56 02.38 +34 09 04.8 U H06
2017-10-25 10:23:34 C 06 56 03.03 +34 09 06.3 U H06
2017-10-25 10:37:49 C 06 56 03.49 +34 09 08.6 U H06
2017-10-26 00:52:37 C 06 56 33.41 +34 10 40.9 q Z38
2017-10-26 01:28:56 C 06 56 34.74 +34 10 44.9 q Z38
2017-10-26 03:09:21 C 06 56 37.81 +34 10 55.7 U 160
2017-10-26 03:11:21 C 06 56 37.82 +34 10 55.8 U 160
2017-10-26 03:13:19 C 06 56 37.84 +34 10 55.8 U 160
2017-10-26 10:07:00 C 06 56 52.13 +34 11 45.1 U H06
2017-10-26 10:22:22 C 06 56 52.60 +34 11 47.1 U H06
2017-10-26 10:37:17 C 06 56 53.12 +34 11 48.6 U H06
2017-10-28 03:22:40 C 06 58 13.79 +34 16 34.4 U 160
2017-10-28 03:24:35 C 06 58 13.85 +34 16 34.6 U 160
2017-10-28 03:26:32 C 06 58 13.89 +34 16 34.9 U 160
2017-10-28 07:58:29 C 06 58 23.07 +34 17 07.9 U 703
2017-10-28 08:06:25 C 06 58 23.34 +34 17 09.3 U 703
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)