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
2017-10-28 08:14:23 C 06 58 23.55 +34 17 10.4 U 703
2017-10-28 08:23:31 C 06 58 23.83 +34 17 11.6 U 703
2017-10-28 10:09:36 C 06 58 26.94 +34 17 25.6 U H06
2017-10-28 10:22:09 C 06 58 27.31 +34 17 27.2 U H06
2017-10-28 10:34:43 C 06 58 27.68 +34 17 28.9 U H06
2017-10-28 14:36:43 C 06 58 35.26 +34 18 00.8 T08
2017-10-28 14:51:51 C 06 58 35.69 +34 18 02.9 T08
2017-10-28 15:07:15 C 06 58 36.12 +34 18 04.7 T08
2017-10-28 15:22:42 C 06 58 36.57 +34 18 06.6 T08
2017-10-28 22:23:00 C 06 58 50.09 +34 18 55.8 u 193
2017-10-29 08:39:55 C 06 59 09.42 +34 20 13.9 U G96
2017-10-29 08:48:58 C 06 59 09.68 +34 20 15.3 U G96
2017-10-29 08:55:29 C 06 59 09.87 +34 20 16.1 U G96
2017-10-29 09:01:54 C 06 59 10.06 +34 20 17.1 U G96
2017-10-29 21:54:07 C 06 59 33.41 +34 21 56.6 u 193
2017-10-29 22:12:17 C 06 59 33.90 +34 21 59.1 u 193
2017-10-29 22:16:48 C 06 59 34.03 +34 21 59.7 u 193
2017-10-29 22:25:53 C 06 59 34.31 +34 22 01.3 u 193
2017-10-29 22:39:31 C 06 59 34.65 +34 22 02.8 u 193
2017-10-29 22:44:03 C 06 59 34.78 +34 22 03.5 u 193
2017-10-29 22:48:35 C 06 59 34.91 +34 22 04.0 u 193
2017-10-29 23:06:44 C 06 59 35.41 +34 22 06.5 u 193
2017-10-29 23:15:49 C 06 59 35.66 +34 22 07.8 u 193
2017-10-29 23:20:22 C 06 59 35.79 +34 22 08.4 u 193
2017-10-30 08:34:37 C 06 59 52.67 +34 23 21.3 U 703
2017-10-30 08:42:47 C 06 59 52.91 +34 23 22.5 U 703
2017-10-30 08:50:56 C 06 59 53.13 +34 23 23.7 U 703
2017-10-30 08:59:05 C 06 59 53.36 +34 23 24.9 U 703
2017-10-31 11:21:24 C 07 00 38.65 +34 27 02.5 U 703
2017-10-31 11:30:18 C 07 00 38.86 +34 27 03.6 U 703
2017-10-31 11:39:21 C 07 00 39.10 +34 27 04.9 U 703
2017-10-31 11:53:26 C 07 00 39.46 +34 27 06.9 U 703
2017-11-01 14:19:04 C 07 01 23.01 +34 30 56.8 T08
2017-11-01 14:32:30 C 07 01 23.34 +34 30 58.9 T08
2017-11-01 14:35:54 C 07 01 23.41 +34 30 59.4 T08
2017-11-01 14:46:58 C 07 01 23.68 +34 31 01.0 T08
2017-11-01 15:02:19 C 07 01 24.01 +34 31 03.3 T08
2017-11-01 15:06:10 C 07 01 24.11 +34 31 03.8 T08
2017-11-01 15:20:52 C 07 01 24.44 +34 31 06.0 T08
2017-11-02 00:06:49 C 07 01 38.91 +34 32 18.6 q 160
2017-11-02 00:08:48 C 07 01 38.95 +34 32 19.0 q 160
2017-11-02 00:10:47 C 07 01 39.00 +34 32 19.3 q 160
2017-11-03 07:14:33 C 07 02 26.17 +34 37 08.1 q V16
2017-11-03 07:15:36 C 07 02 26.18 +34 37 08.2 q V16
2017-11-03 07:50:43 C 07 02 26.97 +34 37 14.6 q V16
2017-11-03 07:51:44 C 07 02 27.02 +34 37 14.8 q V16
2017-11-03 13:38:44 C 07 02 34.966 +34 38 14.00 L F51
2017-11-03 13:56:56 C 07 02 35.347 +34 38 17.14 L F51
2017-11-03 14:15:12 C 07 02 35.716 +34 38 19.98 L F51
2017-11-03 14:16:40 C 07 02 35.75 +34 38 20.4 U T05
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)