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
2017-12-16 00:50:58 C 01 22 16.68 +35 18 54.3 U Z80
2017-12-16 00:52:56 C 01 22 11.65 +35 18 17.3 U Z80
2017-12-16 00:54:54 C 01 22 06.64 +35 17 40.5 U Z80
2017-12-16 00:56:53 C 01 22 01.62 +35 17 03.5 U Z80
2017-12-16 00:58:51 C 01 21 56.62 +35 16 26.3 U Z80
2017-12-16 01:00:50 C 01 21 51.60 +35 15 49.3 U Z80
2017-12-16 01:02:49 C 01 21 46.60 +35 15 12.3 U Z80
2017-12-16 01:04:47 C 01 21 41.58 +35 14 34.9 U Z80
2017-12-16 01:06:45 C 01 21 36.55 +35 13 57.8 U Z80
2017-12-16 01:08:44 C 01 21 31.56 +35 13 20.4 U Z80
2017-12-16 01:10:42 C 01 21 26.58 +35 12 43.8 U Z80
2017-12-16 01:12:26 C 01 21 22.15 +35 12 11.1 U Z80
2017-12-16 16:57:10 C 00 42 44.78 +29 46 18.6 q 168
2017-12-16 17:01:30 C 00 42 34.46 +29 44 40.6 q 168
2017-12-16 17:52:37 C 00 40 38.41 +29 25 58.2 q 006
2017-12-16 17:53:37 C 00 40 36.03 +29 25 35.7 q 006
2017-12-16 17:54:36 C 00 40 33.64 +29 25 12.8 q 006
2017-12-16 17:55:37 C 00 40 31.24 +29 24 50.5 q 006
2017-12-16 17:56:22 C 00 40 29.47 +29 24 33.1 q 006
2017-12-16 17:57:21 C 00 40 27.10 +29 24 10.6 q 006
2017-12-16 17:58:22 C 00 40 24.72 +29 23 47.9 q 006
2017-12-16 17:59:37 C 00 40 21.74 +29 23 19.5 q 006
2017-12-16 18:57:30 C 00 38 00.30 +29 00 32.5 q 168
2017-12-16 18:59:30 C 00 37 55.62 +28 59 46.5 q 168
2017-12-16 19:01:29 C 00 37 50.98 +28 59 00.9 q 168
2017-12-16 19:29:34 n 00 36 49.48 +28 48 38.9 q Z92
2017-12-16 19:42:38 n 00 36 18.80 +28 43 38.1 q Z92
2017-12-16 20:20:57 n 00 34 49.12 +28 28 52.3 q Z92
2017-12-16 20:30:03 C 00 34 26.36 +28 25 33.5 U 204
2017-12-16 20:42:38 C 00 33 57.02 +28 20 40.5 U 204
2017-12-16 20:55:19 C 00 33 27.52 +28 15 44.9 U 204
2017-12-16 21:09:07 n 00 32 57.02 +28 10 12.0 q Z92
2017-12-16 21:11:41 n 00 32 51.07 +28 09 12.1 q Z92
2017-12-16 21:14:32 C 00 32 42.88 +28 08 15.7 U 204
2017-12-16 21:20:56 C 00 32 28.06 +28 05 46.0 U 204
2017-12-16 21:44:40 C 00 31 33.32 +27 56 35.2 q K21
2017-12-16 22:01:08 C 00 30 55.34 +27 50 07.9 q K21
2017-12-16 22:34:33 C 00 29 38.64 +27 36 59.9 q K21
2017-12-17 00:05:57 C 00 26 17.41 +27 01 39.1 r I13
2017-12-17 00:09:00 C 00 26 10.46 +27 00 26.8 r I13
2017-12-17 00:12:04 C 00 26 03.49 +26 59 14.5 r I13
2017-12-17 00:15:07 C 00 25 56.54 +26 58 02.3 r I13
2017-12-17 00:18:10 C 00 25 49.55 +26 56 49.8 r I13
2017-12-17 00:21:19 C 00 25 42.39 +26 55 35.2 r I13
2017-12-17 00:23:32 C 00 25 37.31 +26 54 42.4 r I13
2017-12-17 00:25:45 C 00 25 32.24 +26 53 49.8 r I13
2017-12-17 00:27:58 C 00 25 27.18 +26 52 57.0 r I13
2017-12-17 00:30:12 C 00 25 22.13 +26 52 04.3 r I13
2017-12-17 00:32:52 C 00 25 16.04 +26 51 00.9 r I13
2017-12-17 00:35:30 C 00 25 10.03 +26 49 58.0 r I13
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)