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
2017-12-07 19:34:38 C 06 05 39.29 +42 28 39.5 11.7 q K96
2017-12-07 19:44:23 C 06 05 34.34 +42 28 44.1 t K05
2017-12-07 19:48:52 C 06 05 32.22 +42 28 52.4 t K05
2017-12-07 19:50:00 C 06 05 31.96 +42 29 08.2 11.8 q K96
2017-12-07 20:01:46 C 06 05 26.18 +42 29 16.2 t K05
2017-12-07 20:03:21 C 06 05 25.37 +42 29 25.9 S C47
2017-12-07 20:05:05 C 06 05 24.88 +42 29 35.9 11.8 q K96
2017-12-07 20:13:15 C 06 05 20.69 +42 29 44.1 S C47
2017-12-07 20:20:24 C 06 05 17.63 +42 30 04.1 11.7 q K96
2017-12-07 20:23:09 C 06 05 15.99 +42 30 02.2 S C47
2017-12-07 20:33:27 C 06 05 11.10 +42 30 21.1 S C47
2017-12-07 20:35:45 C 06 05 10.32 +42 30 32.4 11.7 q K96
2017-12-07 20:38:13 C 06 05 09.01 +42 30 23.1 t K05
2017-12-07 20:50:50 C 06 05 03.06 +42 31 00.1 11.7 q K96
2017-12-07 20:52:16 C 06 05 02.40 +42 30 48.7 t K05
2017-12-07 21:06:03 C 06 04 55.75 +42 31 28.1 11.7 q K96
2017-12-07 21:19:39 C 06 04 49.20 +42 31 53.0 11.7 q K96
2017-12-07 21:36:31 C 06 04 41.11 +42 32 25.7 11.8 q K96
2017-12-07 22:14:26 C 06 04 24.45 +42 33 30.8 q G40
2017-12-07 22:16:01 C 06 04 23.67 +42 33 33.8 q G40
2017-12-07 22:39:57 C 06 04 12.06 +42 34 18.6 q G40
2017-12-07 22:41:34 C 06 04 11.23 +42 34 21.8 q G40
2017-12-07 22:50:38 C 06 04 06.82 +42 34 38.5 q G40
2017-12-08 01:30:00 C 06 02 46.33 +42 39 11.9 q K02
2017-12-08 01:39:46 C 06 02 41.40 +42 39 29.2 q K02
2017-12-08 01:50:50 C 06 02 35.85 +42 39 48.7 q K02
2017-12-08 04:30:05 n 06 01 19.19 +42 44 39.9 11.6 q W08
2017-12-08 04:30:21 n 06 01 19.04 +42 44 40.3 11.7 q W08
2017-12-08 04:30:37 n 06 01 18.90 +42 44 40.2 11.7 q W08
2017-12-08 04:30:53 n 06 01 18.76 +42 44 40.8 11.7 q W08
2017-12-08 04:50:08 n 06 01 08.80 +42 45 16.0 11.8 q W08
2017-12-08 04:50:23 n 06 01 08.69 +42 45 16.4 11.7 q W08
2017-12-08 04:50:37 n 06 01 08.56 +42 45 17.1 11.8 q W08
2017-12-08 04:50:52 n 06 01 08.43 +42 45 17.4 11.8 q W08
2017-12-08 05:10:08 n 06 00 58.42 +42 45 53.3 11.7 q W08
2017-12-08 05:10:23 n 06 00 58.29 +42 45 53.7 11.6 q W08
2017-12-08 05:10:37 n 06 00 58.17 +42 45 54.1 11.7 q W08
2017-12-08 05:10:52 n 06 00 58.04 +42 45 54.5 11.7 q W08
2017-12-08 06:11:59 C 06 00 27.50 +42 47 52.3 t 857
2017-12-08 08:37:24 C 05 59 09.80 +42 52 20.6 t 857
2017-12-08 10:34:13 C 05 58 06.16 +42 55 48.9 t 857
2017-12-08 18:59:35 C 05 53 31.35 +43 10 57.0 U C27
2017-12-08 19:04:53 C 05 53 28.26 +43 11 07.5 U C27
2017-12-08 19:09:02 C 05 53 25.70 +43 11 24.6 11.1 q K96
2017-12-08 19:24:35 C 05 53 16.58 +43 11 55.4 11.1 q K96
2017-12-08 19:40:15 C 05 53 07.34 +43 12 26.4 11.1 q K96
2017-12-08 19:53:56 C 05 52 59.58 +43 12 44.9 U C27
2017-12-08 19:56:00 C 05 52 58.04 +43 12 57.4 11.2 q K96
2017-12-08 20:09:57 C 05 52 49.76 +43 13 25.2 11.1 q K96
2017-12-08 20:16:08 C 05 52 46.50 +43 13 28.8 U C27
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)