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
1997-11-06 18:52:18 C 08 52 04.65 +25 16 55.1 z 381
1997-11-06 18:54:06 C 08 52 04.99 +25 16 53.4 z 381
1997-11-06 18:55:56 C 08 52 05.33 +25 16 51.6 z 381
1997-11-09 02:44:07 C 09 03 29.68 +24 18 05.1 z 121
1997-11-09 03:02:59 C 09 03 33.71 +24 17 43.4 z 121
1997-11-10 02:08:07 C 09 08 40.22 +23 49 57.1 z 121
1997-11-10 02:13:05 C 09 08 41.35 +23 49 50.6 z 121
1998-09-27 11:57:08 C 04 39 53.13 +39 22 05.6 658
1998-09-27 12:02:24 C 04 39 53.00 +39 22 06.7 658
1998-09-27 12:42:14 C 04 39 52.06 +39 22 15.0 658
1998-09-27 12:47:32 C 04 39 51.93 +39 22 16.1 658
1998-10-21 01:50:53 C 04 11 55.06 +40 46 24.8 118
1998-10-21 02:03:46 C 04 11 54.02 +40 46 25.2 118
1998-11-08 01:29:42 C 03 29 37.51 +39 57 56.0 118
1998-11-08 01:37:30 C 03 29 36.61 +39 57 53.4 118
1998-11-11 10:56:59 C 03 20 20.01 +39 30 10.8 658
1998-11-11 11:01:11 C 03 20 19.51 +39 30 09.0 658
1998-11-11 11:03:58 C 03 20 19.20 +39 30 08.1 658
1998-11-14 04:35:45 C 03 12 45.50 +39 03 04.9 17.9 a 704
1998-11-14 05:07:26 C 03 12 41.89 +39 02 50.6 18.3 a 704
1998-11-14 05:39:11 C 03 12 37.98 +39 02 37.3 18.5 a 704
1998-11-14 06:11:40 C 03 12 34.16 +39 02 24.3 19.1 a 704
1998-11-14 06:43:26 C 03 12 30.49 +39 02 10.6 19.0 a 704
1998-11-16 05:02:48 C 03 07 09.11 +38 40 26.0 17.0 a 704
1998-11-16 05:33:19 C 03 07 05.55 +38 40 12.4 16.8 a 704
1998-11-16 06:03:52 C 03 07 01.86 +38 39 57.3 17.1 a 704
1998-11-16 06:34:14 C 03 06 58.33 +38 39 40.7 17.4 a 704
1998-11-23 00:02:02 C 02 48 40.71 +37 08 46.4 17.3 a 561
1998-11-23 00:04:07 C 02 48 40.50 +37 08 45.2 a 561
1998-11-23 00:05:54 C 02 48 40.25 +37 08 43.5 a 561
1998-11-26 06:40:39 C 02 40 13.13 +36 17 18.2 c 699
1998-11-26 07:13:39 C 02 40 09.64 +36 16 54.7 c 699
1998-11-26 07:46:37 C 02 40 06.08 +36 16 32.3 c 699
1998-11-28 12:57:05 C 02 34 37.59 +35 39 32.3 z 402
1998-11-28 12:59:06 C 02 34 37.40 +35 39 30.8 z 402
1998-11-28 13:01:06 C 02 34 37.19 +35 39 29.5 z 402
1998-12-09 05:29:11 C 02 11 40.94 +32 26 59.2 17.6 a 704
1998-12-09 05:44:08 C 02 11 39.75 +32 26 47.3 17.5 a 704
1998-12-09 05:59:09 C 02 11 38.60 +32 26 35.5 17.5 a 704
1998-12-09 06:14:12 C 02 11 37.36 +32 26 23.8 17.9 a 704
1998-12-09 06:29:15 C 02 11 36.29 +32 26 12.1 18.0 a 704
1998-12-24 03:54:24 C 01 50 47.01 +28 02 47.0 a 699
1998-12-24 04:23:46 C 01 50 45.78 +28 02 27.5 a 699
1998-12-24 04:32:59 C 01 50 45.36 +28 02 20.3 a 699
1999-01-08 03:02:03 C 01 42 06.07 +24 32 18.6 18.2 a 704
1999-01-08 03:17:09 C 01 42 05.97 +24 32 09.6 18.2 a 704
1999-01-08 03:33:34 C 01 42 05.70 +24 32 00.8 18.4 a 704
1999-01-08 03:50:24 C 01 42 05.49 +24 31 54.7 18.6 a 704
1999-01-08 04:07:01 C 01 42 05.36 +24 31 44.2 18.4 a 704
1999-01-10 02:30:06 C 01 41 43.50 +24 09 36.4 17.7 z 732
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)