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
2017-12-08 20:25:31 C 05 52 40.46 +43 13 55.5 11.2 q K96
2017-12-08 20:39:27 C 05 52 32.10 +43 14 22.9 11.1 q K96
2017-12-08 20:55:20 C 05 52 22.57 +43 14 53.9 11.2 q K96
2017-12-08 21:10:41 C 05 52 13.33 +43 15 23.8 11.2 q K96
2017-12-08 21:25:37 C 05 52 04.28 +43 15 52.8 11.1 q K96
2017-12-08 21:53:23 C 05 51 48.19 +43 16 40.6 U C27
2017-12-08 22:33:10 C 05 51 22.16 +43 17 53.8 q 585
2017-12-08 22:33:43 C 05 51 21.82 +43 17 55.0 q 585
2017-12-08 22:36:31 C 05 51 20.11 +43 18 00.3 q 585
2017-12-08 22:38:40 C 05 51 18.80 +43 18 04.2 q 585
2017-12-08 22:40:48 C 05 51 17.48 +43 18 08.3 q 585
2017-12-08 22:42:17 C 05 51 16.57 +43 18 11.0 q 585
2017-12-08 22:44:26 C 05 51 15.25 +43 18 15.1 q 585
2017-12-08 22:46:36 C 05 51 13.93 +43 18 19.2 q 585
2017-12-08 22:48:11 C 05 51 12.94 +43 18 22.1 q 585
2017-12-08 22:50:52 C 05 51 11.29 +43 18 27.2 q 585
2017-12-08 22:53:02 C 05 51 09.98 +43 18 31.2 q 585
2017-12-08 22:55:11 C 05 51 08.65 +43 18 35.3 q 585
2017-12-08 22:57:19 C 05 51 07.33 +43 18 39.3 q 585
2017-12-08 22:59:28 C 05 51 06.01 +43 18 43.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:00:16 C 05 51 05.50 +43 18 44.9 q 585
2017-12-08 23:01:37 C 05 51 04.69 +43 18 47.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:03:46 C 05 51 03.36 +43 18 51.4 q 585
2017-12-08 23:04:34 C 05 51 02.85 +43 18 53.1 q 585
2017-12-08 23:05:21 C 05 51 02.39 +43 18 54.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:08:03 C 05 51 00.72 +43 18 59.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:09:38 C 05 50 59.74 +43 19 02.2 q 585
2017-12-08 23:12:21 C 05 50 58.07 +43 19 07.4 q 585
2017-12-08 23:13:10 C 05 50 57.57 +43 19 09.0 q 585
2017-12-08 23:13:56 C 05 50 57.09 +43 19 10.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:15:19 C 05 50 56.27 +43 19 12.9 q 585
2017-12-08 23:16:05 C 05 50 55.77 +43 19 14.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:16:39 C 05 50 55.43 +43 19 15.4 q 585
2017-12-08 23:17:27 C 05 50 54.99 +43 19 16.5 q 585
2017-12-08 23:18:48 C 05 50 54.11 +43 19 19.4 q 585
2017-12-08 23:20:23 C 05 50 53.11 +43 19 22.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:20:56 C 05 50 52.78 +43 19 23.4 q 585
2017-12-08 23:22:31 C 05 50 51.79 +43 19 26.3 q 585
2017-12-08 23:23:05 C 05 50 51.45 +43 19 27.4 q 585
2017-12-09 00:06:19 C 05 50 26.32 +43 20 47.9 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:07:27 C 05 50 25.59 +43 20 50.0 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:08:35 C 05 50 24.93 +43 20 52.0 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:09:42 C 05 50 24.23 +43 20 54.3 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:10:50 C 05 50 23.52 +43 20 56.4 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:11:58 C 05 50 22.81 +43 20 58.4 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:16:28 C 05 50 20.01 +43 21 07.1 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:17:36 C 05 50 19.32 +43 21 09.1 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:18:43 C 05 50 18.62 +43 21 11.4 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:19:51 C 05 50 17.90 +43 21 13.4 U Z80
2017-12-09 00:20:59 C 05 50 17.21 +43 21 15.6 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)