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
2017-12-19 17:51:55 C 22 36 16.12 +02 32 01.6 q A77
2017-12-19 17:55:42 C 22 36 11.70 +02 30 55.1 q A77
2017-12-19 17:59:33 C 22 36 07.18 +02 29 47.4 q A77
2017-12-20 00:50:00 C 22 28 31.86 +00 33 48.9 P V78
2017-12-20 00:54:57 C 22 28 26.47 +00 32 28.3 P V78
2017-12-20 00:58:59 C 22 28 22.11 +00 31 22.1 P V78
2017-12-20 18:24:51 C 22 11 24.46 -03 47 18.4 q 160
2017-12-20 18:27:31 C 22 11 22.10 -03 47 54.0 q 160
2017-12-20 18:30:17 C 22 11 19.59 -03 48 31.0 q 160
2017-12-20 18:33:02 C 22 11 17.11 -03 49 07.5 q 160
2017-12-20 18:35:50 C 22 11 14.55 -03 49 45.8 q 160
2017-12-20 19:59:07 C 22 10 01.12 -04 07 55.8 14.3 u J14
2017-12-20 20:21:03 C 22 09 41.69 -04 12 45.0 14.3 u J14
2017-12-21 17:03:25 C 21 53 31.36 -08 15 57.5 q 160
2017-12-21 17:06:45 C 21 53 28.97 -08 16 32.1 q 160
2017-12-21 17:10:09 C 21 53 26.54 -08 17 07.5 q 160
2017-12-21 17:13:37 C 21 53 24.03 -08 17 43.5 q 160
2017-12-21 17:16:58 C 21 53 21.62 -08 18 18.3 q 160
2017-12-21 23:57:22 C 21 48 49.20 -09 25 11.0 P V78
2017-12-21 23:58:20 C 21 48 48.51 -09 25 19.0 P V78
2017-12-22 00:00:16 C 21 48 47.22 -09 25 38.3 P V78
2017-12-23 09:18:43 C 21 29 48.16 -13 55 43.9 q D95
2017-12-23 09:20:21 C 21 29 47.33 -13 55 54.7 q D95
2017-12-23 09:22:01 C 21 29 46.51 -13 56 06.2 q D95
2018-07-08 10:40:54 C 03 41 36.77 +32 40 11.5 U G96
2018-07-08 10:47:52 C 03 41 37.11 +32 40 13.7 U G96
2018-07-08 10:59:27 C 03 41 37.76 +32 40 16.1 U G96
2018-09-17 14:08:06 C 04 32 08.65 +39 17 05.5 U T08
2018-09-17 14:20:55 C 04 32 08.59 +39 17 08.9 U T08
2018-09-17 14:33:42 C 04 32 08.33 +39 17 11.5 U T08
2018-09-17 14:46:41 C 04 32 08.29 +39 17 15.1 U T08
2018-09-21 13:52:51 C 04 30 44.55 +39 38 29.3 U T08
2018-09-21 14:04:55 C 04 30 44.33 +39 38 31.5 U T08
2018-09-21 14:17:41 C 04 30 43.98 +39 38 35.1 U T08
2018-09-21 14:29:49 C 04 30 43.78 +39 38 37.5 U T08
2018-09-29 13:17:25 C 04 25 39.84 +40 18 34.9 U T08
2018-09-29 13:29:27 C 04 25 39.40 +40 18 37.7 U T08
2018-09-29 13:42:12 C 04 25 38.94 +40 18 40.0 U T08
2018-09-29 13:54:08 C 04 25 38.50 +40 18 43.1 U T08
2018-10-01 13:25:33 C 04 23 52.24 +40 27 49.0 U T05
2018-10-01 13:37:37 C 04 23 51.75 +40 27 51.8 U T05
2018-10-01 13:50:19 C 04 23 51.22 +40 27 54.3 U T05
2018-10-01 14:02:20 C 04 23 50.71 +40 27 55.8 U T05
2018-10-09 13:03:34 C 04 14 29.42 +40 58 52.9 U T05
2018-10-09 13:16:57 C 04 14 28.57 +40 58 54.7 U T05
2018-10-09 13:32:02 C 04 14 27.68 +40 58 57.1 U T05
2018-10-09 13:45:46 C 04 14 26.85 +40 58 59.0 U T05
2018-10-09 21:59:46 C 04 13 57.84 +40 59 59.4 v C36
2018-10-09 22:01:18 C 04 13 57.74 +41 00 00.1 v C36
2018-10-09 22:05:52 C 04 13 57.48 +41 00 00.6 v C36
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)