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
2017-11-03 14:31:36 C 07 02 36.04 +34 38 22.6 U T05
2017-11-03 14:33:32 C 07 02 36.098 +34 38 23.00 L F51
2017-11-03 14:46:25 C 07 02 36.36 +34 38 24.9 U T05
2017-11-03 15:01:12 C 07 02 36.66 +34 38 27.4 U T05
2017-11-04 17:43:28 C 07 03 13.92 +34 42 49.7 q D29
2017-11-04 18:06:02 C 07 03 14.37 +34 42 53.9 q D29
2017-11-04 18:28:35 C 07 03 14.80 +34 42 57.9 q D29
2017-11-04 22:32:41 C 07 03 20.36 +34 43 33.3 U Z80
2017-11-04 22:35:49 C 07 03 20.41 +34 43 34.1 U Z80
2017-11-04 22:38:57 C 07 03 20.52 +34 43 34.9 U Z80
2017-11-04 22:42:05 C 07 03 20.59 +34 43 35.5 U Z80
2017-11-04 22:45:13 C 07 03 20.63 +34 43 35.9 U Z80
2017-11-05 13:34:56 C 07 03 39.16 +34 46 20.1 U T08
2017-11-05 13:47:42 C 07 03 39.39 +34 46 22.4 U T08
2017-11-05 14:00:26 C 07 03 39.60 +34 46 24.7 U T08
2017-11-05 14:13:14 C 07 03 39.83 +34 46 26.9 U T08
2017-11-06 22:36:42 C 07 04 18.36 +34 52 14.1 q Z38
2017-11-07 00:03:13 C 07 04 19.91 +34 52 33.8 q Z38
2017-11-07 14:15:21 C 07 04 34.34 +34 55 23.8 U T05
2017-11-07 14:29:11 C 07 04 34.52 +34 55 26.4 U T05
2017-11-07 14:43:56 C 07 04 34.72 +34 55 29.4 U T05
2017-11-07 14:59:00 C 07 04 34.92 +34 55 32.2 U T05
2017-11-09 13:49:21 C 07 05 17.63 +35 05 11.2 U T08
2017-11-09 14:04:04 C 07 05 17.76 +35 05 14.4 U T08
2017-11-09 14:20:34 C 07 05 17.91 +35 05 18.1 U T08
2017-11-09 14:36:10 C 07 05 18.05 +35 05 21.4 U T08
2017-11-10 03:28:29 C 07 05 27.83 +35 08 09.6 q Z38
2017-11-10 10:28:06 C 07 05 32.67 +35 09 42.8 16.0 q H06
2017-11-10 10:32:26 C 07 05 32.73 +35 09 43.9 15.9 q H06
2017-11-10 10:38:11 C 07 05 32.76 +35 09 45.0 16.0 q H06
2017-11-12 05:09:48 C 07 05 56.55 +35 19 44.3 P V78
2017-11-12 05:28:54 C 07 05 56.58 +35 19 49.4 P V78
2017-11-12 05:48:20 C 07 05 56.75 +35 19 55.2 P V78
2017-11-12 07:09:19 C 07 05 57.35 +35 20 17.5 U G96
2017-11-12 07:16:49 C 07 05 57.38 +35 20 19.6 U G96
2017-11-12 07:24:26 C 07 05 57.42 +35 20 21.6 U G96
2017-11-12 07:32:00 C 07 05 57.45 +35 20 23.7 U G96
2017-11-14 12:44:58 C 07 06 07.563 +35 34 35.47 U 695
2017-11-14 12:50:11 C 07 06 07.536 +35 34 36.72 U 695
2017-11-14 12:55:32 C 07 06 07.520 +35 34 38.16 U 695
2017-11-14 13:00:54 C 07 06 07.496 +35 34 39.63 U 695
2017-11-14 13:06:13 C 07 06 07.478 +35 34 41.04 U 695
2017-11-14 13:11:35 C 07 06 07.459 +35 34 42.50 U 695
2017-11-14 13:16:54 C 07 06 07.438 +35 34 43.92 U 695
2017-11-15 02:41:32 C 07 06 07.56 +35 38 33.9 q A77
2017-11-15 03:26:35 C 07 06 07.31 +35 38 47.0 q A77
2017-11-15 04:08:16 C 07 06 07.10 +35 38 59.1 q A77
2017-11-15 08:47:16 C 07 06 06.94 +35 40 24.4 U H47
2017-11-15 09:00:48 C 07 06 06.84 +35 40 28.4 U H47
2017-11-15 09:06:42 C 07 06 06.81 +35 40 30.1 U H47
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)