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 02:59:05 C 00 19 46.90 +25 52 37.1 r I13
2017-12-17 03:00:07 n 00 19 45.85 +25 52 12.0 11.1 q W08
2017-12-17 03:00:16 n 00 19 45.54 +25 52 08.7 11.1 q W08
2017-12-17 03:00:25 n 00 19 45.21 +25 52 05.5 11.1 q W08
2017-12-17 03:02:05 C 00 19 40.27 +25 51 24.9 r I13
2017-12-17 03:04:43 C 00 19 34.40 +25 50 21.2 r I13
2017-12-17 03:07:21 C 00 19 28.52 +25 49 17.4 r I13
2017-12-17 03:09:59 C 00 19 22.67 +25 48 13.7 r I13
2017-12-17 03:16:30 C 00 19 08.27 +25 45 36.6 r I13
2017-12-17 03:19:09 C 00 19 02.37 +25 44 32.3 r I13
2017-12-17 03:21:48 C 00 18 56.52 +25 43 28.4 r I13
2017-12-17 03:24:26 C 00 18 50.67 +25 42 24.4 r I13
2017-12-17 03:27:05 C 00 18 44.82 +25 41 20.4 r I13
2017-12-17 03:29:43 C 00 18 38.99 +25 40 16.6 r I13
2017-12-17 03:32:22 C 00 18 33.12 +25 39 12.5 r I13
2017-12-17 03:35:01 C 00 18 27.28 +25 38 08.4 r I13
2017-12-17 03:35:06 n 00 18 28.22 +25 38 07.7 11.2 q W08
2017-12-17 03:35:15 n 00 18 27.87 +25 38 03.8 11.2 q W08
2017-12-17 03:35:25 n 00 18 27.53 +25 38 00.0 11.3 q W08
2017-12-17 03:37:39 C 00 18 21.46 +25 37 04.5 r I13
2017-12-17 03:40:17 C 00 18 15.62 +25 36 00.6 r I13
2017-12-17 03:42:56 C 00 18 09.79 +25 34 56.6 r I13
2017-12-17 03:45:35 C 00 18 03.95 +25 33 52.3 r I13
2017-12-17 03:49:17 C 00 17 55.83 +25 32 23.0 r I13
2017-12-17 03:51:55 C 00 17 49.98 +25 31 18.6 r I13
2017-12-17 03:54:34 C 00 17 44.16 +25 30 14.5 r I13
2017-12-17 03:57:12 C 00 17 38.35 +25 29 10.4 r I13
2017-12-17 11:39:57 C 00 01 21.41 +22 21 48.3 r P93
2017-12-17 11:40:46 C 00 01 19.73 +22 21 28.3 r P93
2017-12-17 11:41:34 C 00 01 18.06 +22 21 08.8 r P93
2017-12-17 11:42:22 C 00 01 16.39 +22 20 48.7 r P93
2017-12-17 11:43:10 C 00 01 14.71 +22 20 28.9 r P93
2017-12-17 11:43:59 C 00 01 13.06 +22 20 09.2 r P93
2017-12-17 11:44:47 C 00 01 11.37 +22 19 49.2 r P93
2017-12-17 11:45:35 C 00 01 09.70 +22 19 29.5 r P93
2017-12-17 11:46:24 C 00 01 08.05 +22 19 09.9 r P93
2017-12-17 19:41:14 C 23 45 33.24 +19 04 55.8 U 511
2017-12-17 19:41:39 C 23 45 32.44 +19 04 45.4 U 511
2017-12-17 19:42:04 C 23 45 31.63 +19 04 35.0 U 511
2017-12-17 19:42:29 C 23 45 30.82 +19 04 24.9 U 511
2017-12-17 19:42:55 C 23 45 30.02 +19 04 14.6 U 511
2017-12-17 19:45:15 C 23 45 25.51 +19 03 17.3 U 511
2017-12-17 19:45:41 C 23 45 24.71 +19 03 06.7 U 511
2017-12-17 19:46:06 C 23 45 23.88 +19 02 56.4 U 511
2017-12-17 19:46:32 C 23 45 23.08 +19 02 46.1 U 511
2017-12-17 19:46:57 C 23 45 22.25 +19 02 35.5 U 511
2017-12-17 19:47:23 C 23 45 21.44 +19 02 25.2 U 511
2017-12-17 19:47:48 C 23 45 20.64 +19 02 15.0 U 511
2017-12-17 19:48:14 C 23 45 19.81 +19 02 04.6 U 511
2017-12-17 19:48:39 C 23 45 18.99 +19 01 54.0 U 511
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)