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
2017-12-03 10:53:41 C 06 38 01.90 +39 58 04.7 U T03
2017-12-03 10:56:28 C 06 38 01.31 +39 58 07.9 U T03
2017-12-03 10:58:38 C 06 38 00.85 +39 58 10.5 U T03
2017-12-04 19:11:32 C 06 30 42.41 +40 37 26.7 q C23
2017-12-04 19:14:45 C 06 30 41.59 +40 37 31.2 q C23
2017-12-04 19:18:00 C 06 30 40.76 +40 37 35.7 q C23
2017-12-04 19:21:13 C 06 30 39.94 +40 37 40.1 q C23
2017-12-05 18:59:39 C 06 24 02.72 +41 10 35.1 12.2 q K96
2017-12-05 19:15:14 C 06 23 57.88 +41 10 59.1 12.2 q K96
2017-12-05 19:29:53 C 06 23 53.29 +41 11 21.9 12.4 q K96
2017-12-05 19:45:16 C 06 23 48.51 +41 11 45.6 12.3 q K96
2017-12-05 19:48:27 C 06 23 47.33 +41 11 46.7 U K83
2017-12-05 19:49:54 C 06 23 46.86 +41 11 48.9 U K83
2017-12-05 19:54:22 C 06 23 45.46 +41 11 55.8 U K83
2017-12-05 20:00:18 C 06 23 43.87 +41 12 08.4 12.2 q K96
2017-12-05 20:15:50 C 06 23 38.93 +41 12 32.5 12.4 q K96
2017-12-05 20:27:38 C 06 23 34.97 +41 12 43.8 q A13
2017-12-05 20:31:00 C 06 23 33.92 +41 12 48.6 q A13
2017-12-05 20:33:44 C 06 23 33.11 +41 12 53.9 q A13
2017-12-05 21:05:27 C 06 23 23.42 +41 13 42.9 q 006
2017-12-05 21:07:27 C 06 23 22.81 +41 13 46.5 q 006
2017-12-05 21:09:27 C 06 23 22.17 +41 13 49.4 q 006
2017-12-05 21:11:27 C 06 23 21.43 +41 13 53.1 q 006
2017-12-05 21:12:57 C 06 23 21.01 +41 13 55.2 q 006
2017-12-05 21:15:27 C 06 23 20.26 +41 13 58.6 q 006
2017-12-05 21:16:57 C 06 23 19.75 +41 14 01.1 q 006
2017-12-05 21:18:27 C 06 23 19.18 +41 14 03.8 q 006
2017-12-05 21:59:51 C 06 23 05.50 +41 15 07.7 q 595
2017-12-05 22:17:14 C 06 22 59.88 +41 15 34.0 q 595
2017-12-05 22:34:37 C 06 22 54.22 +41 16 00.5 q 595
2017-12-05 22:52:01 C 06 22 48.53 +41 16 27.0 q 595
2017-12-06 05:09:31 C 06 20 46.33 +41 25 50.9 P V78
2017-12-06 05:15:35 C 06 20 44.26 +41 26 00.5 P V78
2017-12-06 05:20:55 C 06 20 42.43 +41 26 08.7 P V78
2017-12-06 07:54:43 C 06 19 48.51 +41 30 11.2 u H21
2017-12-06 07:56:48 C 06 19 47.78 +41 30 14.3 u H21
2017-12-06 07:58:52 C 06 19 47.05 +41 30 17.4 u H21
2017-12-06 08:00:56 C 06 19 46.31 +41 30 20.6 u H21
2017-12-06 08:03:00 C 06 19 45.58 +41 30 23.7 u H21
2017-12-06 08:05:05 C 06 19 44.85 +41 30 26.9 u H21
2017-12-06 08:07:09 C 06 19 44.12 +41 30 30.0 u H21
2017-12-06 08:09:13 C 06 19 43.39 +41 30 33.1 u H21
2017-12-06 08:11:17 C 06 19 42.65 +41 30 36.3 u H21
2017-12-06 08:13:21 C 06 19 41.92 +41 30 39.4 u H21
2017-12-06 08:15:24 C 06 19 41.19 +41 30 42.6 u H21
2017-12-06 08:17:27 C 06 19 40.47 +41 30 45.6 u H21
2017-12-06 08:19:18 C 06 19 39.81 +41 30 48.4 u H21
2017-12-06 08:21:09 C 06 19 39.16 +41 30 51.2 u H21
2017-12-06 08:22:35 C 06 19 38.65 +41 30 53.3 u H21
2017-12-06 18:09:43 C 06 16 13.05 +41 45 52.7 q K73
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)