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
2017-11-15 18:19:03 C 07 06 05.05 +35 43 15.3 r P93
2017-11-15 18:23:39 C 07 06 05.00 +35 43 16.7 r P93
2017-11-15 18:28:16 C 07 06 04.96 +35 43 17.9 r P93
2017-11-15 18:30:35 C 07 06 04.94 +35 43 18.8 r P93
2017-11-17 03:47:23 C 07 05 53.61 +35 53 45.9 q W33
2017-11-17 04:03:44 C 07 05 53.43 +35 53 51.7 q W33
2017-11-17 13:44:52 C 07 05 46.86 +35 57 14.8 U T08
2017-11-17 14:00:10 C 07 05 46.62 +35 57 19.9 U T08
2017-11-17 14:15:12 C 07 05 46.39 +35 57 24.9 U T08
2017-11-17 19:15:54 C 07 05 44.06 +35 59 00.0 u 193
2017-11-17 19:16:11 C 07 05 44.06 +35 59 00.0 u 193
2017-11-17 19:16:27 C 07 05 44.05 +35 59 00.1 u 193
2017-11-17 19:16:45 C 07 05 44.05 +35 59 00.2 u 193
2017-11-17 19:17:05 C 07 05 44.05 +35 59 00.4 u 193
2017-11-17 19:17:23 C 07 05 44.04 +35 59 00.4 u 193
2017-11-17 19:17:40 C 07 05 44.04 +35 59 00.6 u 193
2017-11-17 19:17:57 C 07 05 44.04 +35 59 00.7 u 193
2017-11-17 19:18:17 C 07 05 44.03 +35 59 00.8 u 193
2017-11-17 19:18:35 C 07 05 44.03 +35 59 00.9 u 193
2017-11-17 19:18:52 C 07 05 44.02 +35 59 01.0 u 193
2017-11-17 19:19:10 C 07 05 44.02 +35 59 01.1 u 193
2017-11-17 19:19:31 C 07 05 44.02 +35 59 01.2 u 193
2017-11-17 19:19:48 C 07 05 44.01 +35 59 01.3 u 193
2017-11-17 19:20:04 C 07 05 44.01 +35 59 01.4 u 193
2017-11-17 19:20:21 C 07 05 44.00 +35 59 01.6 u 193
2017-11-17 19:20:42 C 07 05 43.99 +35 59 01.7 u 193
2017-11-17 19:20:59 C 07 05 43.99 +35 59 01.8 u 193
2017-11-17 19:21:17 C 07 05 43.99 +35 59 01.9 u 193
2017-11-17 19:21:33 C 07 05 43.98 +35 59 01.9 u 193
2017-11-17 19:21:55 C 07 05 43.97 +35 59 02.1 u 193
2017-11-17 19:22:11 C 07 05 43.98 +35 59 02.2 u 193
2017-11-17 19:22:28 C 07 05 43.97 +35 59 02.3 u 193
2017-11-17 19:22:46 C 07 05 43.97 +35 59 02.5 u 193
2017-11-17 19:23:07 C 07 05 43.96 +35 59 02.7 u 193
2017-11-17 19:23:24 C 07 05 43.96 +35 59 02.7 u 193
2017-11-17 19:23:41 C 07 05 43.96 +35 59 02.8 u 193
2017-11-17 19:23:58 C 07 05 43.95 +35 59 02.9 u 193
2017-11-17 19:24:19 C 07 05 43.94 +35 59 03.0 u 193
2017-11-17 19:24:36 C 07 05 43.94 +35 59 03.1 u 193
2017-11-17 19:24:54 C 07 05 43.94 +35 59 03.2 u 193
2017-11-17 19:25:11 C 07 05 43.93 +35 59 03.3 u 193
2017-11-17 19:25:32 C 07 05 43.93 +35 59 03.4 u 193
2017-11-17 19:25:48 C 07 05 43.93 +35 59 03.6 u 193
2017-11-17 19:26:05 C 07 05 43.92 +35 59 03.7 u 193
2017-11-17 19:26:23 C 07 05 43.92 +35 59 03.9 u 193
2017-11-17 19:26:43 C 07 05 43.91 +35 59 03.8 u 193
2017-11-17 19:27:01 C 07 05 43.91 +35 59 04.1 u 193
2017-11-17 19:27:17 C 07 05 43.90 +35 59 04.1 u 193
2017-11-17 19:27:34 C 07 05 43.90 +35 59 04.1 u 193
2017-11-18 10:24:16 C 07 05 31.93 +36 04 21.7 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)