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
2017-11-25 23:42:48 C 06 59 11.07 +37 28 07.9 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:43:09 C 06 59 11.05 +37 28 08.4 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:43:30 C 06 59 11.03 +37 28 08.5 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:43:51 C 06 59 11.02 +37 28 08.5 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:44:12 C 06 59 10.97 +37 28 08.8 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:44:33 C 06 59 10.96 +37 28 09.2 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:44:54 C 06 59 10.93 +37 28 09.3 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:45:15 C 06 59 10.92 +37 28 09.3 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:45:35 C 06 59 10.86 +37 28 09.1 U Z80
2017-11-25 23:55:29 C 06 59 09.67 +37 28 20.5 q 094
2017-11-26 00:08:29 C 06 59 09.65 +37 28 25.8 Q I61
2017-11-26 00:34:48 C 06 59 06.94 +37 28 44.1 q 094
2017-11-26 00:36:19 C 06 59 07.76 +37 28 43.7 Q I61
2017-11-26 01:16:28 C 06 59 04.05 +37 29 09.0 q 094
2017-11-26 01:59:17 C 06 59 01.72 +37 29 35.2 q A77
2017-11-26 02:25:13 C 06 58 59.30 +37 29 49.5 q 094
2017-11-26 02:54:48 C 06 58 57.85 +37 30 08.5 q A77
2017-11-26 03:20:12 C 06 58 55.51 +37 30 21.3 q 094
2017-11-26 03:21:18 C 06 58 57.62 +37 30 15.8 P V78
2017-11-26 03:34:33 C 06 58 56.82 +37 30 24.3 P V78
2017-11-26 03:50:44 C 06 58 55.71 +37 30 34.7 P V78
2017-11-26 03:51:25 C 06 58 53.89 +37 30 42.1 q A77
2017-11-26 08:58:59 C 06 58 34.62 +37 33 55.3 U 703
2017-11-26 09:06:40 C 06 58 34.05 +37 34 00.2 U 703
2017-11-26 09:14:20 C 06 58 33.49 +37 34 04.9 U 703
2017-11-26 09:21:32 C 06 58 32.46 +37 34 08.4 q H45
2017-11-26 09:22:01 C 06 58 32.92 +37 34 09.8 U 703
2017-11-26 09:22:58 C 06 58 32.36 +37 34 09.4 q H45
2017-11-26 09:23:49 C 06 58 32.38 +37 34 06.0 P V78
2017-11-26 09:24:22 C 06 58 32.25 +37 34 10.2 q H45
2017-11-26 09:25:31 C 06 58 32.17 +37 34 10.9 q H45
2017-11-26 09:26:39 C 06 58 32.09 +37 34 11.5 q H45
2017-11-26 09:27:43 C 06 58 32.01 +37 34 12.2 q H45
2017-11-26 09:39:43 C 06 58 31.22 +37 34 15.9 P V78
2017-11-26 09:53:34 C 06 58 30.27 +37 34 24.2 P V78
2017-11-26 16:25:05 C 06 58 04.69 +37 38 17.0 q 168
2017-11-26 16:36:45 C 06 58 03.88 +37 38 24.8 q 168
2017-11-26 17:09:55 C 06 58 01.54 +37 38 46.9 q 168
2017-11-26 17:24:09 C 06 58 00.52 +37 38 56.4 q 168
2017-11-26 17:54:51 C 06 57 58.32 +37 39 16.8 q 168
2017-11-26 18:10:09 C 06 57 57.21 +37 39 27.0 q 168
2017-11-26 18:38:47 C 06 57 55.55 +37 39 47.4 o C41
2017-11-26 18:40:41 C 06 57 55.41 +37 39 48.7 o C41
2017-11-26 18:42:23 C 06 57 55.30 +37 39 49.9 o C41
2017-11-26 18:43:12 C 06 57 54.80 +37 39 49.0 q 168
2017-11-26 18:59:34 C 06 57 53.60 +37 39 59.9 q 168
2017-11-26 19:36:01 C 06 57 51.37 +37 40 26.5 o C41
2017-11-26 19:39:19 C 06 57 51.11 +37 40 28.8 o C41
2017-11-26 19:41:05 C 06 57 50.97 +37 40 29.7 o C41
2017-11-26 22:12:50 C 06 57 40.24 +37 42 05.0 Q I61
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)