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
2017-12-17 00:38:08 C 00 25 04.05 +26 48 55.6 r I13
2017-12-17 00:40:46 C 00 24 58.07 +26 47 53.0 r I13
2017-12-17 00:43:24 C 00 24 52.07 +26 46 50.2 r I13
2017-12-17 00:46:03 C 00 24 46.05 +26 45 46.9 r I13
2017-12-17 00:48:42 C 00 24 40.07 +26 44 44.5 r I13
2017-12-17 00:51:20 C 00 24 34.07 +26 43 41.8 r I13
2017-12-17 00:53:58 C 00 24 28.11 +26 42 39.2 r I13
2017-12-17 00:56:36 C 00 24 22.12 +26 41 36.3 r I13
2017-12-17 00:59:14 C 00 24 16.14 +26 40 33.4 r I13
2017-12-17 01:01:52 C 00 24 10.18 +26 39 30.6 r I13
2017-12-17 01:04:30 C 00 24 04.18 +26 38 27.6 r I13
2017-12-17 01:07:08 C 00 23 58.21 +26 37 24.7 r I13
2017-12-17 01:09:52 C 00 23 52.04 +26 36 19.8 r I13
2017-12-17 01:12:30 C 00 23 46.08 +26 35 16.9 r I13
2017-12-17 01:15:10 C 00 23 40.05 +26 34 13.2 r I13
2017-12-17 01:17:57 C 00 23 33.77 +26 33 06.9 r I13
2017-12-17 01:20:35 C 00 23 27.82 +26 32 03.9 r I13
2017-12-17 01:23:13 C 00 23 21.86 +26 31 00.9 r I13
2017-12-17 01:25:51 C 00 23 15.89 +26 29 57.9 r I13
2017-12-17 01:28:29 C 00 23 09.97 +26 28 55.0 r I13
2017-12-17 01:31:07 C 00 23 04.02 +26 27 51.9 r I13
2017-12-17 01:33:13 C 00 22 59.25 +26 27 01.4 r I13
2017-12-17 01:39:24 C 00 22 45.35 +26 24 33.6 r I13
2017-12-17 01:43:00 C 00 22 37.23 +26 23 07.4 r I13
2017-12-17 01:46:41 C 00 22 28.92 +26 21 38.9 r I13
2017-12-17 01:49:19 C 00 22 22.98 +26 20 35.7 r I13
2017-12-17 01:51:57 C 00 22 17.06 +26 19 32.7 r I13
2017-12-17 01:55:07 C 00 22 09.96 +26 18 16.7 r I13
2017-12-17 01:57:45 C 00 22 04.00 +26 17 13.2 r I13
2017-12-17 02:00:23 C 00 21 58.10 +26 16 10.2 r I13
2017-12-17 02:03:02 C 00 21 52.18 +26 15 06.9 r I13
2017-12-17 02:05:40 C 00 21 46.25 +26 14 03.6 r I13
2017-12-17 02:12:31 C 00 21 30.87 +26 11 18.7 r I13
2017-12-17 02:15:10 C 00 21 24.97 +26 10 15.5 r I13
2017-12-17 02:18:19 C 00 21 17.88 +26 08 59.4 r I13
2017-12-17 02:20:57 C 00 21 12.00 +26 07 56.2 r I13
2017-12-17 02:24:07 C 00 21 04.89 +26 06 39.9 r I13
2017-12-17 02:26:45 C 00 20 58.99 +26 05 36.4 r I13
2017-12-17 02:30:23 n 00 20 52.23 +26 04 08.4 11.4 q W08
2017-12-17 02:30:34 n 00 20 51.79 +26 04 03.5 11.4 q W08
2017-12-17 02:30:46 n 00 20 51.35 +26 03 59.0 11.4 q W08
2017-12-17 02:31:31 C 00 20 48.37 +26 03 42.1 r I13
2017-12-17 02:34:40 C 00 20 41.30 +26 02 26.0 r I13
2017-12-17 02:38:23 C 00 20 33.04 +26 00 56.7 r I13
2017-12-17 02:41:02 C 00 20 27.13 +25 59 52.9 r I13
2017-12-17 02:43:40 C 00 20 21.24 +25 58 49.2 r I13
2017-12-17 02:46:19 C 00 20 15.36 +25 57 45.6 r I13
2017-12-17 02:48:58 C 00 20 09.45 +25 56 41.7 r I13
2017-12-17 02:52:09 C 00 20 02.35 +25 55 24.8 r I13
2017-12-17 02:56:27 C 00 19 52.76 +25 53 40.6 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)