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
2017-12-06 18:12:11 C 06 16 12.15 +41 45 57.1 q K73
2017-12-06 18:22:41 C 06 16 08.21 +41 46 14.7 q K73
2017-12-06 18:33:14 C 06 16 04.28 +41 46 32.8 q K73
2017-12-06 18:41:52 n 06 16 00.99 +41 46 41.4 q 619
2017-12-06 18:43:42 C 06 16 00.28 +41 46 50.0 q K73
2017-12-06 18:44:22 C 06 16 00.16 +41 46 52.5 12.3 q K96
2017-12-06 18:45:45 C 06 15 59.58 +41 46 53.3 q K73
2017-12-06 18:48:22 n 06 15 58.56 +41 46 52.4 q 619
2017-12-06 18:59:59 C 06 15 54.26 +41 47 19.1 12.3 q K96
2017-12-06 19:04:47 C 06 15 52.42 +41 47 26.0 q K73
2017-12-06 19:15:24 C 06 15 48.41 +41 47 44.1 q K73
2017-12-06 19:15:48 C 06 15 48.29 +41 47 45.9 12.3 q K96
2017-12-06 19:18:27 C 06 15 47.28 +41 47 49.3 q K73
2017-12-06 19:31:09 C 06 15 42.44 +41 48 12.1 12.3 q K96
2017-12-06 19:40:30 C 06 15 38.88 +41 48 28.0 12.2 q K96
2017-12-06 19:46:05 C 06 15 36.93 +41 48 30.6 q 006
2017-12-06 19:47:46 C 06 15 36.29 +41 48 33.4 q 006
2017-12-06 19:47:49 C 06 15 36.08 +41 48 38.9 q K73
2017-12-06 19:49:26 C 06 15 35.68 +41 48 36.5 q 006
2017-12-06 19:51:06 C 06 15 34.99 +41 48 39.3 q 006
2017-12-06 19:52:45 C 06 15 34.42 +41 48 42.1 q 006
2017-12-06 19:53:07 C 06 15 34.05 +41 48 47.4 q K73
2017-12-06 19:54:03 n 06 15 33.88 +41 48 44.3 q 619
2017-12-06 19:54:26 C 06 15 33.76 +41 48 45.1 q 006
2017-12-06 19:56:06 C 06 15 33.10 +41 48 47.9 q 006
2017-12-06 19:57:46 C 06 15 32.47 +41 48 50.3 q 006
2017-12-06 19:59:35 n 06 15 31.77 +41 48 53.8 q 619
2017-12-07 03:38:44 n 06 12 32.19 +42 01 33.5 11.6 q W08
2017-12-07 03:38:56 n 06 12 32.10 +42 01 34.1 11.7 q W08
2017-12-07 03:39:09 n 06 12 32.01 +42 01 33.1 11.7 q W08
2017-12-07 04:18:21 n 06 12 15.81 +42 02 41.2 11.5 q W08
2017-12-07 04:18:32 n 06 12 15.74 +42 02 40.7 11.7 q W08
2017-12-07 04:18:42 n 06 12 15.67 +42 02 40.8 11.6 q W08
2017-12-07 04:33:09 n 06 12 09.66 +42 03 06.9 11.6 q W08
2017-12-07 04:33:21 n 06 12 09.57 +42 03 06.8 11.7 q W08
2017-12-07 04:33:34 n 06 12 09.48 +42 03 06.7 11.7 q W08
2017-12-07 11:39:27 C 06 09 08.95 +42 15 26.6 U T08
2017-12-07 11:52:28 C 06 09 03.09 +42 15 48.8 U T08
2017-12-07 11:53:08 C 06 09 02.80 +42 15 49.9 U T08
2017-12-07 12:07:45 C 06 08 56.21 +42 16 14.6 U T08
2017-12-07 12:08:24 C 06 08 55.91 +42 16 15.8 U T08
2017-12-07 12:09:04 C 06 08 55.61 +42 16 16.9 U T08
2017-12-07 12:16:35 C 06 08 52.21 +42 16 29.5 U T08
2017-12-07 12:17:56 C 06 08 51.60 +42 16 31.7 U T08
2017-12-07 18:39:25 C 06 06 05.02 +42 26 56.0 q K73
2017-12-07 18:49:56 C 06 06 00.15 +42 27 15.6 q K73
2017-12-07 19:00:24 C 06 05 55.28 +42 27 34.7 q K73
2017-12-07 19:10:51 C 06 05 50.41 +42 27 54.3 q K73
2017-12-07 19:19:53 C 06 05 46.20 +42 28 12.3 11.7 q K96
2017-12-07 19:27:01 C 06 05 42.44 +42 28 12.4 t K05
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)