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
2017-11-22 10:20:22 C 07 03 15.56 +36 43 20.2 U 703
2017-11-22 21:03:49 C 07 02 53.22 +36 48 10.6 q K26
2017-11-22 21:07:05 C 07 02 53.09 +36 48 12.1 q K26
2017-11-22 21:10:20 C 07 02 52.95 +36 48 13.7 q K26
2017-11-22 22:00:20 C 07 02 51.00 +36 48 39.2 q K26
2017-11-22 22:03:35 C 07 02 50.83 +36 48 41.1 q K26
2017-11-22 22:06:49 C 07 02 50.68 +36 48 42.4 q K26
2017-11-22 23:34:40 C 07 02 47.06 +36 49 27.5 u 557
2017-11-23 00:30:23 C 07 02 44.70 +36 49 55.1 u 557
2017-11-23 01:30:52 C 07 02 42.08 +36 50 24.7 u 557
2017-11-23 02:42:31 C 07 02 38.96 +36 50 59.2 u 557
2017-11-23 03:30:16 C 07 02 36.87 +36 51 21.9 u 557
2017-11-23 04:30:45 C 07 02 34.24 +36 51 50.2 u 557
2017-11-23 05:18:31 C 07 02 32.18 +36 52 12.5 u 557
2017-11-23 22:13:28 C 07 01 50.40 +37 00 42.2 q 585
2017-11-23 22:14:30 C 07 01 50.35 +37 00 42.8 q 585
2017-11-23 22:15:31 C 07 01 50.30 +37 00 43.3 q 585
2017-11-23 22:16:33 C 07 01 50.25 +37 00 43.9 q 585
2017-11-23 22:17:34 C 07 01 50.20 +37 00 44.4 q 585
2017-11-23 22:18:35 C 07 01 50.15 +37 00 45.0 q 585
2017-11-23 22:20:37 C 07 01 50.05 +37 00 46.1 q 585
2017-11-23 22:21:38 C 07 01 50.00 +37 00 46.5 q 585
2017-11-23 22:22:40 C 07 01 49.95 +37 00 47.1 q 585
2017-11-23 22:23:41 C 07 01 49.91 +37 00 47.7 q 585
2017-11-23 22:24:42 C 07 01 49.85 +37 00 48.3 q 585
2017-11-23 22:25:43 C 07 01 49.80 +37 00 48.8 q 585
2017-11-23 22:26:44 C 07 01 49.75 +37 00 49.3 q 585
2017-11-23 22:27:46 C 07 01 49.70 +37 00 49.9 q 585
2017-11-23 22:28:47 C 07 01 49.65 +37 00 50.4 q 585
2017-11-23 22:29:48 C 07 01 49.60 +37 00 51.0 q 585
2017-11-23 22:30:50 C 07 01 49.55 +37 00 51.5 q 585
2017-11-23 22:31:50 C 07 01 49.49 +37 00 52.3 q 585
2017-11-23 22:32:51 C 07 01 49.45 +37 00 52.6 q 585
2017-11-23 22:33:53 C 07 01 49.41 +37 00 53.1 q 585
2017-11-23 22:34:54 C 07 01 49.36 +37 00 53.7 q 585
2017-11-23 22:35:55 C 07 01 49.30 +37 00 54.2 q 585
2017-11-23 22:36:57 C 07 01 49.25 +37 00 54.7 q 585
2017-11-24 08:11:44 C 07 01 22.02 +37 05 56.7 P V78
2017-11-24 08:21:27 C 07 01 21.50 +37 06 01.7 P V78
2017-11-24 08:35:38 C 07 01 20.72 +37 06 09.8 P V78
2017-11-24 16:53:30 C 07 00 56.62 +37 10 26.6 q 168
2017-11-24 16:58:45 C 07 00 56.35 +37 10 29.5 q 168
2017-11-24 18:01:10 C 07 00 53.07 +37 11 05.3 q 168
2017-11-24 18:10:25 C 07 00 52.58 +37 11 10.7 q 168
2017-11-24 20:01:40 C 07 00 46.55 +37 12 14.1 q 168
2017-11-24 20:08:40 C 07 00 46.14 +37 12 18.1 q 168
2017-11-25 03:47:51 C 07 00 22.02 +37 16 31.7 P V78
2017-11-25 03:57:55 C 07 00 21.46 +37 16 37.9 P V78
2017-11-25 04:08:13 C 07 00 20.86 +37 16 44.2 P V78
2017-11-25 23:42:27 C 06 59 11.12 +37 28 07.8 U Z80
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)