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
2017-12-12 19:06:55 C 04 17 00.80 +45 27 51.8 q A77
2017-12-12 19:12:19 C 04 16 51.90 +45 27 50.6 q A77
2017-12-12 19:17:44 C 04 16 42.93 +45 27 48.9 q A77
2017-12-12 19:23:09 C 04 16 33.95 +45 27 47.7 q A77
2017-12-12 19:42:47 C 04 16 02.04 +45 27 42.4 t B49
2017-12-12 19:55:55 C 04 15 40.21 +45 27 38.0 t B49
2017-12-12 20:10:15 C 04 15 16.23 +45 27 32.5 t B49
2017-12-12 20:22:12 C 04 14 56.23 +45 27 27.9 q 006
2017-12-12 20:23:14 C 04 14 54.48 +45 27 27.7 q 006
2017-12-12 20:24:14 C 04 14 52.82 +45 27 26.8 q 006
2017-12-12 20:25:14 C 04 14 51.15 +45 27 26.9 q 006
2017-12-12 20:26:13 C 04 14 49.44 +45 27 26.1 q 006
2017-12-12 20:27:14 C 04 14 47.80 +45 27 25.8 q 006
2017-12-12 20:28:14 C 04 14 46.11 +45 27 25.5 q 006
2017-12-12 20:29:14 C 04 14 44.43 +45 27 24.5 q 006
2017-12-12 23:11:49 C 04 10 04.78 +45 25 30.6 t 073
2017-12-12 23:43:46 C 04 09 19.66 +45 24 52.8 q W33
2017-12-12 23:48:21 C 04 09 11.74 +45 24 50.0 q W33
2017-12-12 23:52:55 C 04 09 03.84 +45 24 47.1 q W33
2017-12-12 23:57:23 C 04 08 56.16 +45 24 43.7 q W33
2017-12-13 00:00:37 C 04 08 40.21 +45 24 42.0 t 073
2017-12-13 00:02:46 C 04 08 46.79 +45 24 40.3 q W33
2017-12-13 00:06:51 C 04 08 39.73 +45 24 36.9 q W33
2017-12-13 00:11:17 C 04 08 32.03 +45 24 33.7 q W33
2017-12-13 00:15:45 C 04 08 24.29 +45 24 30.7 q W33
2017-12-13 00:20:12 C 04 08 16.54 +45 24 27.4 q W33
2017-12-13 00:24:42 C 04 08 08.64 +45 24 23.9 q W33
2017-12-13 00:29:12 C 04 08 00.84 +45 24 20.7 q W33
2017-12-13 00:33:40 C 04 07 53.07 +45 24 17.1 q W33
2017-12-13 00:38:07 C 04 07 45.26 +45 24 13.5 q W33
2017-12-13 00:42:34 C 04 07 37.46 +45 24 10.0 q W33
2017-12-13 00:47:02 C 04 07 29.64 +45 24 06.4 q W33
2017-12-13 00:51:32 C 04 07 21.79 +45 24 03.0 q W33
2017-12-13 00:55:59 C 04 07 13.95 +45 23 59.0 q W33
2017-12-13 01:00:23 C 04 07 06.16 +45 23 55.3 q W33
2017-12-13 01:00:27 C 04 06 55.77 +45 23 34.4 t 073
2017-12-13 01:04:52 C 04 06 58.35 +45 23 51.6 q W33
2017-12-13 01:09:22 C 04 06 50.39 +45 23 47.7 q W33
2017-12-13 01:13:28 C 04 06 43.82 +45 23 31.8 q V83
2017-12-13 01:13:50 C 04 06 42.48 +45 23 43.7 q W33
2017-12-13 01:18:19 C 04 06 34.63 +45 23 39.8 q W33
2017-12-13 01:21:06 C 04 06 30.37 +45 23 25.1 q V83
2017-12-13 01:22:47 C 04 06 26.70 +45 23 35.9 q W33
2017-12-13 01:36:42 C 04 06 02.81 +45 23 11.0 q V83
2017-12-13 01:44:55 C 04 05 48.29 +45 23 03.4 q V83
2017-12-13 01:56:10 C 04 05 28.36 +45 22 52.7 q V83
2017-12-13 01:58:01 C 04 05 14.70 +45 22 21.8 t 073
2017-12-13 02:06:14 C 04 05 10.46 +45 22 42.7 q V83
2017-12-13 02:13:00 C 04 04 58.41 +45 22 36.0 q V83
2017-12-13 02:22:37 C 04 04 41.28 +45 22 26.1 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)