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
2017-12-13 02:32:58 C 04 04 22.77 +45 22 15.3 q V83
2017-12-13 02:47:23 C 04 03 56.92 +45 21 59.6 q V83
2017-12-13 02:58:05 C 04 03 37.68 +45 21 47.7 q V83
2017-12-13 03:07:36 C 04 03 20.57 +45 21 36.7 q V83
2017-12-13 03:21:25 C 04 02 55.59 +45 21 20.3 q V83
2017-12-13 03:32:49 C 04 02 34.94 +45 21 06.4 q V83
2017-12-13 03:43:56 C 04 02 14.80 +45 20 52.6 q V83
2017-12-13 03:54:38 C 04 01 55.35 +45 20 38.8 q V83
2017-12-13 04:04:05 C 04 01 38.11 +45 20 26.4 q V83
2017-12-13 04:15:00 C 04 01 18.17 +45 20 11.7 q V83
2017-12-14 02:38:57 C 03 16 23.97 +44 10 32.1 P V78
2017-12-14 02:42:33 C 03 16 15.89 +44 10 13.8 P V78
2017-12-14 02:44:26 C 03 16 11.74 +44 10 04.3 P V78
2017-12-14 03:15:21 C 03 14 59.79 +44 08 31.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:15:34 C 03 14 59.29 +44 08 30.8 q W63
2017-12-14 03:16:06 C 03 14 58.07 +44 08 28.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:16:13 C 03 14 57.79 +44 08 27.2 q W63
2017-12-14 03:16:44 C 03 14 56.66 +44 08 24.5 q W63
2017-12-14 03:17:33 C 03 14 54.80 +44 08 20.3 q W63
2017-12-14 03:18:07 C 03 14 53.49 +44 08 17.1 q W63
2017-12-14 03:18:56 C 03 14 51.67 +44 08 12.7 q W63
2017-12-14 03:21:16 C 03 14 46.37 +44 08 00.5 q W63
2017-12-14 03:21:40 C 03 14 45.50 +44 07 58.1 q W63
2017-12-14 03:22:50 C 03 14 42.87 +44 07 51.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:24:14 C 03 14 39.68 +44 07 44.5 q W63
2017-12-14 03:24:38 C 03 14 38.78 +44 07 42.5 q W63
2017-12-14 03:25:24 C 03 14 37.05 +44 07 38.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:26:34 C 03 14 34.37 +44 07 31.7 q W63
2017-12-14 03:26:59 C 03 14 33.47 +44 07 29.7 q W63
2017-12-14 03:28:09 C 03 14 30.79 +44 07 23.5 q W63
2017-12-14 03:28:55 C 03 14 29.05 +44 07 19.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:29:31 C 03 14 27.69 +44 07 16.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:30:05 C 03 14 26.39 +44 07 12.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:30:54 C 03 14 24.58 +44 07 08.7 q W63
2017-12-14 03:32:26 C 03 14 21.08 +44 07 00.1 q W63
2017-12-14 03:33:38 C 03 14 18.37 +44 06 53.8 q W63
2017-12-14 03:34:18 C 03 14 16.87 +44 06 50.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:34:54 C 03 14 15.48 +44 06 46.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:35:40 C 03 14 13.78 +44 06 42.8 q W63
2017-12-14 03:36:27 C 03 14 11.98 +44 06 38.7 q W63
2017-12-14 03:37:49 C 03 14 08.88 +44 06 30.8 q W63
2017-12-14 03:38:00 C 03 14 08.48 +44 06 30.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:39:11 C 03 14 05.76 +44 06 23.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:39:35 C 03 14 04.88 +44 06 21.6 q W63
2017-12-14 03:40:33 C 03 14 02.67 +44 06 15.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:41:10 C 03 14 01.28 +44 06 12.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:42:07 C 03 13 59.16 +44 06 07.8 q W63
2017-12-14 03:42:42 C 03 13 57.78 +44 06 04.7 q W63
2017-12-14 03:43:42 C 03 13 55.56 +44 05 59.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:44:34 C 03 13 53.58 +44 05 54.5 q W63
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)