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
2017-12-11 03:22:34 C 05 09 21.34 +44 55 11.7 q V83
2017-12-11 20:03:25 n 04 50 11.28 +45 17 41.9 q Z92
2017-12-11 20:15:50 n 04 49 55.47 +45 17 56.8 q Z92
2017-12-11 21:01:30 n 04 48 56.90 +45 18 49.6 q Z92
2017-12-11 21:30:37 n 04 48 19.26 +45 19 22.0 q Z92
2017-12-11 22:29:28 C 04 47 00.04 +45 20 36.1 t 073
2017-12-11 23:00:04 C 04 46 19.56 +45 21 04.2 t 073
2017-12-11 23:34:05 C 04 45 34.38 +45 21 34.0 t 073
2017-12-12 01:57:06 C 04 42 30.82 +45 23 43.5 U W34
2017-12-12 02:08:06 C 04 42 15.76 +45 23 53.9 U W34
2017-12-12 02:24:39 C 04 41 53.01 +45 24 09.1 U W34
2017-12-12 17:02:46 C 04 20 21.65 +45 28 09.9 U G34
2017-12-12 17:08:45 C 04 20 12.04 +45 28 09.3 U G34
2017-12-12 17:10:50 C 04 20 09.69 +45 28 22.5 10.1 q K96
2017-12-12 17:14:44 C 04 20 02.43 +45 28 08.9 U G34
2017-12-12 17:20:44 C 04 19 52.79 +45 28 08.4 U G34
2017-12-12 17:25:02 C 04 19 46.86 +45 28 21.7 10.1 q K96
2017-12-12 17:26:45 C 04 19 43.14 +45 28 07.8 U G34
2017-12-12 17:40:20 C 04 19 22.11 +45 28 20.4 10.1 q K96
2017-12-12 17:50:40 C 04 19 04.28 +45 28 18.8 U L23
2017-12-12 17:51:29 C 04 19 02.88 +45 28 18.7 U L23
2017-12-12 17:52:03 C 04 19 01.92 +45 28 18.6 U L23
2017-12-12 17:53:31 C 04 18 59.59 +45 28 18.3 U L23
2017-12-12 17:54:57 C 04 18 57.23 +45 28 18.1 U L23
2017-12-12 17:55:12 C 04 18 58.03 +45 28 18.8 10.2 q K96
2017-12-12 17:56:25 C 04 18 54.83 +45 28 18.0 U L23
2017-12-12 17:57:53 C 04 18 52.45 +45 28 17.5 U L23
2017-12-12 17:59:21 C 04 18 50.09 +45 28 17.4 U L23
2017-12-12 18:00:48 C 04 18 47.71 +45 28 17.1 U L23
2017-12-12 18:02:15 C 04 18 45.36 +45 28 16.9 U L23
2017-12-12 18:03:42 C 04 18 42.97 +45 28 16.7 U L23
2017-12-12 18:05:10 C 04 18 40.59 +45 28 16.3 U L23
2017-12-12 18:06:42 C 04 18 38.08 +45 28 16.1 U L23
2017-12-12 18:08:09 C 04 18 35.74 +45 28 15.7 U L23
2017-12-12 18:09:37 C 04 18 33.35 +45 28 15.5 U L23
2017-12-12 18:10:35 C 04 18 32.96 +45 28 16.6 10.2 q K96
2017-12-12 18:11:02 C 04 18 30.99 +45 28 15.2 U L23
2017-12-12 18:12:14 C 04 18 29.08 +45 28 15.0 U L23
2017-12-12 18:17:09 C 04 18 22.00 +45 28 04.1 q L05
2017-12-12 18:25:32 C 04 18 08.30 +45 28 02.6 q L05
2017-12-12 18:25:45 C 04 18 08.17 +45 28 14.0 10.2 q K96
2017-12-12 18:34:37 C 04 17 53.79 +45 27 59.5 q A77
2017-12-12 18:39:49 C 04 17 45.29 +45 27 58.6 q A77
2017-12-12 18:39:51 C 04 17 45.08 +45 28 11.0 10.2 q K96
2017-12-12 18:45:14 C 04 17 36.42 +45 27 57.3 q A77
2017-12-12 18:50:39 C 04 17 27.51 +45 27 56.0 q A77
2017-12-12 18:55:08 C 04 17 19.91 +45 28 07.5 10.2 q K96
2017-12-12 18:56:05 C 04 17 18.63 +45 27 54.6 q A77
2017-12-12 19:01:30 C 04 17 09.72 +45 27 53.4 q A77
2017-12-12 19:05:57 C 04 17 02.05 +45 28 04.6 10.2 q K96
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)