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 19:51:51 C 23 45 12.86 +19 00 35.8 U 511
2017-12-17 19:52:17 C 23 45 12.05 +19 00 25.5 U 511
2017-12-17 19:52:42 C 23 45 11.23 +19 00 14.9 U 511
2017-12-17 19:53:20 C 23 45 09.99 +18 59 59.3 U 511
2017-12-17 19:53:46 C 23 45 09.19 +18 59 49.0 U 511
2017-12-17 19:54:11 C 23 45 08.38 +18 59 38.7 U 511
2017-12-17 19:54:49 C 23 45 07.19 +18 59 23.4 U 511
2017-12-17 19:55:14 C 23 45 06.36 +18 59 13.0 U 511
2017-12-17 19:55:40 C 23 45 05.55 +18 59 02.5 U 511
2017-12-17 19:56:05 C 23 45 04.74 +18 58 52.2 U 511
2017-12-17 19:56:30 C 23 45 03.93 +18 58 42.0 U 511
2017-12-17 19:56:56 C 23 45 03.12 +18 58 31.5 U 511
2017-12-17 19:57:21 C 23 45 02.30 +18 58 21.0 U 511
2017-12-17 19:57:47 C 23 45 01.50 +18 58 10.8 U 511
2017-12-17 19:58:12 C 23 45 00.69 +18 58 00.5 U 511
2017-12-17 19:58:37 C 23 44 59.88 +18 57 50.1 U 511
2017-12-17 20:32:02 C 23 43 55.74 +18 44 11.3 q 160
2017-12-17 20:33:12 C 23 43 53.54 +18 43 43.2 q 160
2017-12-17 20:34:19 C 23 43 51.43 +18 43 15.6 q 160
2017-12-18 17:04:59 C 23 09 09.94 +10 43 56.4 q A77
2017-12-18 17:07:48 C 23 09 05.61 +10 42 54.4 q A77
2017-12-18 17:10:48 C 23 09 01.00 +10 41 48.5 q A77
2017-12-18 17:13:48 C 23 08 56.36 +10 40 41.9 q A77
2017-12-18 17:16:47 C 23 08 51.76 +10 39 36.3 q A77
2017-12-18 18:50:14 C 23 06 28.98 +10 05 24.3 S C47
2017-12-18 18:56:43 C 23 06 19.22 +10 03 03.2 S C47
2017-12-18 19:03:12 C 23 06 09.49 +10 00 42.3 S C47
2017-12-18 19:09:40 C 23 05 59.78 +09 58 21.5 S C47
2017-12-18 19:16:09 C 23 05 50.09 +09 56 00.9 S C47
2017-12-18 19:22:38 C 23 05 40.40 +09 53 40.4 S C47
2017-12-18 19:29:07 C 23 05 30.73 +09 51 20.0 S C47
2017-12-18 20:27:48 C 23 04 03.98 +09 30 32.5 q I89
2017-12-18 20:29:37 C 23 04 01.26 +09 29 53.4 q I89
2017-12-18 20:31:26 C 23 03 58.58 +09 29 14.0 q I89
2017-12-19 02:18:14 C 22 55 48.50 +07 28 07.7 q V83
2017-12-19 02:27:23 C 22 55 35.79 +07 25 00.0 q V83
2017-12-19 02:34:03 C 22 55 26.55 +07 22 44.0 q V83
2017-12-19 02:47:28 C 22 55 08.08 +07 18 10.6 q V83
2017-12-19 02:56:36 C 22 54 56.05 +07 14 54.4 P V78
2017-12-19 02:57:19 C 22 54 55.11 +07 14 39.8 P V78
2017-12-19 02:57:46 C 22 54 54.46 +07 14 30.9 P V78
2017-12-19 02:58:06 C 22 54 53.40 +07 14 33.4 q V83
2017-12-19 03:08:49 C 22 54 38.73 +07 10 55.5 q V83
2017-12-19 17:07:28 C 22 37 08.14 +02 45 07.0 13.5 q 160
2017-12-19 17:11:26 C 22 37 03.45 +02 43 57.4 13.6 q 160
2017-12-19 17:15:51 C 22 36 58.22 +02 42 39.2 13.5 q 160
2017-12-19 17:16:17 C 22 36 57.68 +02 42 31.3 13.7 q 160
2017-12-19 17:19:00 C 22 36 54.50 +02 41 43.4 13.4 q 160
2017-12-19 17:22:06 C 22 36 50.84 +02 40 48.4 13.7 q 160
2017-12-19 17:25:02 C 22 36 47.37 +02 39 57.0 13.5 q 160
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)