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
2017-12-09 00:22:06 C 05 50 16.51 +43 21 17.9 U Z80
2017-12-09 09:31:47 C 05 44 27.154 +43 39 08.78 U 568
2017-12-09 09:36:14 C 05 44 24.090 +43 39 17.55 U 568
2017-12-09 09:38:28 C 05 44 22.562 +43 39 21.94 U 568
2017-12-09 09:42:51 C 05 44 19.529 +43 39 30.45 U 568
2017-12-09 09:45:48 C 05 44 17.493 +43 39 36.29 U 568
2017-12-09 17:45:59 C 05 38 45.04 +43 53 59.6 q 006
2017-12-09 17:46:54 C 05 38 44.35 +43 54 01.7 q 006
2017-12-09 17:47:48 C 05 38 43.71 +43 54 03.4 q 006
2017-12-09 17:48:45 C 05 38 43.02 +43 54 04.9 q 006
2017-12-09 17:49:37 C 05 38 42.39 +43 54 06.8 q 006
2017-12-09 17:50:30 C 05 38 41.76 +43 54 08.8 q 006
2017-12-09 17:51:23 C 05 38 41.11 +43 54 10.5 q 006
2017-12-09 17:52:16 C 05 38 40.48 +43 54 12.0 q 006
2017-12-09 20:23:09 C 05 36 48.17 +43 59 18.3 U 587
2017-12-09 20:23:55 C 05 36 47.59 +43 59 20.2 U 587
2017-12-09 20:26:31 C 05 36 45.60 +43 59 25.0 U 587
2017-12-09 20:28:03 C 05 36 44.45 +43 59 28.5 U 587
2017-12-10 18:01:18 C 05 18 39.54 +44 39 08.9 q K73
2017-12-10 18:34:22 C 05 18 08.04 +44 40 11.7 q K73
2017-12-10 19:07:20 C 05 17 35.65 +44 41 11.4 t L04
2017-12-10 19:07:25 C 05 17 36.33 +44 41 13.8 q K73
2017-12-10 19:11:02 C 05 17 32.09 +44 41 18.1 t L04
2017-12-10 19:16:45 C 05 17 26.54 +44 41 28.7 t L04
2017-12-10 19:17:24 C 05 17 25.92 +44 41 30.0 t L04
2017-12-10 19:20:45 C 05 17 22.69 +44 41 36.0 t L04
2017-12-10 19:40:29 C 05 17 04.28 +44 42 15.1 q K73
2017-12-10 20:15:07 C 05 16 30.42 +44 43 18.6 q K73
2017-12-10 20:28:08 C 05 16 16.68 +44 43 30.6 u 152
2017-12-10 20:35:46 C 05 16 09.03 +44 43 44.1 u 152
2017-12-10 20:38:50 C 05 16 06.07 +44 43 49.1 u 152
2017-12-10 20:47:36 C 05 15 57.25 +44 44 05.0 u 152
2017-12-10 20:49:49 C 05 15 56.23 +44 44 21.4 q K73
2017-12-10 21:24:30 C 05 15 21.80 +44 45 23.4 q K73
2017-12-10 21:47:34 C 05 14 58.75 +44 46 03.9 q K73
2017-12-10 22:04:53 C 05 14 41.34 +44 46 34.2 q K73
2017-12-10 23:15:51 C 05 13 28.73 +44 48 28.4 t 073
2017-12-10 23:40:24 C 05 13 03.69 +44 49 08.2 t 073
2017-12-11 00:04:14 C 05 12 39.35 +44 49 46.2 t 073
2017-12-11 01:03:45 C 05 11 46.06 +44 51 07.5 q V83
2017-12-11 01:13:18 C 05 11 36.27 +44 51 24.8 q V83
2017-12-11 01:24:15 C 05 11 25.06 +44 51 44.1 q V83
2017-12-11 01:36:12 C 05 11 12.74 +44 52 05.6 q V83
2017-12-11 01:49:54 C 05 10 58.54 +44 52 30.1 q V83
2017-12-11 02:03:33 C 05 10 44.41 +44 52 54.3 q V83
2017-12-11 02:14:42 C 05 10 32.77 +44 53 14.0 q V83
2017-12-11 02:37:56 C 05 10 08.48 +44 53 54.7 q V83
2017-12-11 02:48:13 C 05 09 57.66 +44 54 12.6 q V83
2017-12-11 03:03:14 C 05 09 41.84 +44 54 38.5 q V83
2017-12-11 03:13:20 C 05 09 31.14 +44 54 55.9 q V83
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)