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
2017-12-14 03:45:21 C 03 13 51.77 +44 05 49.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:45:56 C 03 13 50.48 +44 05 46.8 q W63
2017-12-14 03:47:07 C 03 13 47.77 +44 05 40.5 q W63
2017-12-14 03:47:31 C 03 13 46.87 +44 05 38.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:48:16 C 03 13 45.16 +44 05 33.9 q W63
2017-12-14 03:49:52 C 03 13 41.57 +44 05 25.0 q W63
2017-12-14 03:51:02 C 03 13 38.88 +44 05 18.7 q W63
2017-12-14 03:51:26 C 03 13 37.97 +44 05 16.9 q W63
2017-12-14 06:04:27 C 03 08 38.03 +43 51 30.6 P V78
2017-12-14 06:05:24 C 03 08 35.90 +43 51 25.1 P V78
2017-12-14 06:06:04 C 03 08 34.31 +43 51 20.9 P V78
2017-12-15 03:13:45 C 02 17 36.22 +40 48 01.4 u 850
2017-12-15 03:33:46 C 02 16 44.87 +40 44 03.8 u 850
2017-12-15 03:53:14 C 02 15 54.88 +40 40 10.0 u 850
2017-12-15 04:06:40 C 02 15 23.95 +40 37 41.0 t 857
2017-12-15 04:07:06 C 02 15 22.81 +40 37 35.7 t 857
2017-12-15 04:07:31 C 02 15 21.73 +40 37 30.7 t 857
2017-12-15 17:58:05 C 01 39 58.75 +37 19 56.8 q 215
2017-12-15 17:58:39 C 01 39 57.26 +37 19 47.5 q 215
2017-12-15 17:59:19 C 01 39 55.60 +37 19 37.0 q 215
2017-12-15 17:59:57 C 01 39 53.96 +37 19 26.8 q 215
2017-12-15 18:00:35 C 01 39 52.30 +37 19 16.2 q 215
2017-12-15 18:01:12 C 01 39 50.65 +37 19 05.9 q 215
2017-12-15 18:01:50 C 01 39 49.01 +37 18 55.6 q 215
2017-12-15 18:02:30 C 01 39 47.34 +37 18 45.1 q 215
2017-12-15 18:03:08 C 01 39 45.68 +37 18 34.6 q 215
2017-12-15 18:03:46 C 01 39 44.03 +37 18 24.1 q 215
2017-12-15 18:04:24 C 01 39 42.37 +37 18 13.6 q 215
2017-12-15 18:35:08 C 01 38 23.91 +37 09 57.7 q 006
2017-12-15 18:35:50 C 01 38 22.03 +37 09 46.5 q 006
2017-12-15 18:36:31 C 01 38 20.27 +37 09 35.2 q 006
2017-12-15 18:37:11 C 01 38 18.52 +37 09 23.5 q 006
2017-12-15 18:37:54 C 01 38 16.67 +37 09 12.0 q 006
2017-12-15 18:38:34 C 01 38 14.89 +37 09 01.5 q 006
2017-12-15 18:39:15 C 01 38 13.12 +37 08 49.8 q 006
2017-12-15 18:39:56 C 01 38 11.45 +37 08 37.8 q 006
2017-12-15 18:40:37 C 01 38 09.60 +37 08 27.0 q 006
2017-12-15 18:41:19 C 01 38 07.81 +37 08 15.5 q 006
2017-12-15 18:41:49 C 01 38 06.45 +37 08 06.9 q 006
2017-12-15 20:14:33 C 01 34 05.13 +36 41 52.2 v L06
2017-12-15 20:15:44 C 01 34 02.08 +36 41 31.3 v L06
2017-12-15 20:15:58 C 01 34 01.43 +36 41 27.5 v L06
2017-12-15 20:23:51 n 01 33 42.58 +36 38 57.7 q Z92
2017-12-15 20:41:01 n 01 32 58.22 +36 34 01.4 q Z92
2017-12-15 20:55:59 n 01 32 19.53 +36 29 41.5 q Z92
2017-12-15 21:20:50 n 01 31 15.46 +36 22 27.3 q Z92
2017-12-15 21:29:58 n 01 30 51.87 +36 19 46.7 q Z92
2017-12-16 00:45:17 C 01 22 31.10 +35 20 40.5 U Z80
2017-12-16 00:47:01 C 01 22 26.69 +35 20 07.9 U Z80
2017-12-16 00:48:59 C 01 22 21.70 +35 19 31.4 U Z80
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)