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
1999-01-10 02:45:42 C 01 41 43.38 +24 09 29.3 17.5 z 732
1999-01-10 03:01:18 C 01 41 43.22 +24 09 21.9 17.2 z 732
1999-01-12 01:39:25 C 01 41 30.67 +23 48 16.3 17.4 z 732
1999-01-12 01:54:57 C 01 41 30.60 +23 48 09.5 17.4 z 732
1999-01-12 02:10:26 C 01 41 30.52 +23 48 02.4 17.5 z 732
1999-01-23 01:44:46 C 01 42 56.47 +22 10 01.1 z 711
1999-01-23 02:03:52 C 01 42 56.69 +22 09 55.4 z 711
1999-08-02 23:48:46 C 04 18 57.32 +40 10 32.4 c 118
1999-08-02 23:55:02 C 04 18 57.47 +40 10 35.0 c 118
1999-08-05 00:44:14 C 04 19 56.01 +40 31 50.2 c 118
1999-08-05 00:46:28 C 04 19 56.01 +40 31 51.2 c 118
1999-08-05 00:56:36 C 04 19 56.23 +40 31 55.6 c 118
1999-09-05 02:00:43 C 04 14 49.67 +45 56 19.2 c 118
1999-09-05 02:05:33 C 04 14 49.45 +45 56 20.9 c 118
1999-09-05 02:07:05 C 04 14 49.35 +45 56 21.8 c 118
1999-09-10 23:24:58 C 04 07 36.77 +46 54 14.7 16.5 j 167
1999-09-10 23:37:51 C 04 07 35.94 +46 54 20.1 17.4 j 167
1999-09-10 23:58:23 C 04 07 34.69 +46 54 28.4 17.4 j 167
1999-09-16 02:45:19 C 03 59 03.09 +47 40 09.6 c 118
1999-09-16 02:49:11 C 03 59 02.80 +47 40 10.9 c 118
1999-09-16 02:53:19 C 03 59 02.45 +47 40 12.3 c 118
1999-09-24 08:12:18 C 03 40 37.63 +48 37 13.3 17.1 a 704
1999-09-24 08:33:06 C 03 40 35.31 +48 37 17.5 17.7 a 704
1999-09-24 08:53:26 C 03 40 33.12 +48 37 22.5 17.4 a 704
1999-09-24 09:14:24 C 03 40 30.78 +48 37 27.2 17.6 a 704
1999-09-24 09:35:19 C 03 40 28.51 +48 37 32.1 17.6 a 704
1999-09-27 12:31:30 C 03 31 55.16 +48 51 14.8 848
1999-09-27 12:42:28 C 03 31 53.80 +48 51 17.7 848
1999-09-27 12:47:37 C 03 31 53.14 +48 51 18.1 848
1999-09-28 09:42:30 C 03 29 21.67 +48 54 09.2 848
1999-09-28 09:51:55 C 03 29 20.45 +48 54 10.4 848
1999-09-28 09:57:14 C 03 29 19.88 +48 54 10.6 848
1999-09-30 01:18:59 C 03 24 23.77 +48 58 15.1 c 461
1999-09-30 01:21:59 C 03 24 23.38 +48 58 15.6 c 461
1999-09-30 01:25:00 C 03 24 22.97 +48 58 15.7 c 461
1999-10-03 03:13:19 C 03 14 35.88 +49 00 55.5 c 715
1999-10-03 03:29:14 C 03 14 33.74 +49 00 56.0 c 715
1999-10-03 03:43:03 C 03 14 31.82 +49 00 55.9 c 715
1999-10-03 07:17:43 C 03 14 01.97 +49 00 57.8 z 719
1999-10-03 07:49:16 C 03 13 57.63 +49 00 57.6 z 719
1999-10-14 06:53:39 C 02 34 49.10 +48 05 57.8 i 714
1999-10-14 07:05:19 C 02 34 47.23 +48 05 53.1 i 714
1999-10-15 05:23:22 C 02 31 19.94 +47 56 10.5 i 714
1999-10-15 05:29:09 C 02 31 18.98 +47 56 08.3 i 714
1999-10-16 22:02:56 C 02 25 01.55 +47 36 26.1 c 118
1999-10-16 22:09:09 C 02 25 00.57 +47 36 22.9 c 118
1999-10-31 05:45:14 C 01 35 52.68 +43 15 29.4 17.3 a 704
1999-10-31 06:08:39 C 01 35 49.71 +43 15 06.7 17.8 a 704
1999-10-31 06:32:02 C 01 35 46.74 +43 14 44.1 17.6 a 704
1999-10-31 06:55:20 C 01 35 43.78 +43 14 21.4 18.0 a 704
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)