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
2018-10-09 22:08:55 C 04 13 57.28 +41 00 01.1 v C36
2018-10-09 22:15:00 C 04 13 56.92 +41 00 01.7 v C36
2018-10-09 22:18:02 C 04 13 56.75 +41 00 02.2 v C36
2018-10-09 22:21:06 C 04 13 56.55 +41 00 02.5 v C36
2018-10-09 22:27:11 C 04 13 56.23 +41 00 03.8 v C36
2018-10-09 22:30:13 C 04 13 56.01 +41 00 03.9 v C36
2018-10-11 12:39:59 C 04 11 35.13 +41 04 44.0 U T08
2018-10-11 13:15:00 C 04 11 32.81 +41 04 47.0 U T08
2018-10-11 13:29:09 C 04 11 31.95 +41 04 49.3 U T08
2018-10-13 20:01:24 C 04 07 55.15 +41 10 14.6 S 151
2018-10-13 20:05:42 C 04 07 54.89 +41 10 14.6 S 151
2018-10-13 20:10:00 C 04 07 54.64 +41 10 15.0 S 151
2018-10-13 20:14:19 C 04 07 54.37 +41 10 15.1 S 151
2018-10-17 12:25:12 C 04 01 24.84 +41 16 06.0 U T05
2018-10-17 12:38:57 C 04 01 23.76 +41 16 06.6 U T05
2018-10-17 12:48:46 C 04 01 22.96 +41 16 06.9 U T05
2018-10-17 13:02:13 C 04 01 21.89 +41 16 07.7 U T05
2018-10-21 00:59:11 C 03 54 28.74 +41 17 23.5 q 160
2018-10-21 01:03:12 C 03 54 28.28 +41 17 24.0 q 160
2018-10-21 01:07:16 C 03 54 28.01 +41 17 24.2 q 160
2018-10-21 11:54:20 C 03 53 32.03 +41 17 16.2 U T05
2018-10-21 12:02:47 C 03 53 30.99 +41 17 14.1 V G96
2018-10-21 12:06:52 C 03 53 30.62 +41 17 14.1 V G96
2018-10-21 12:10:54 C 03 53 30.57 +41 17 15.9 U T05
2018-10-21 12:10:58 C 03 53 30.27 +41 17 13.9 V G96
2018-10-21 12:12:14 C 03 53 30.47 +41 17 15.8 U T05
2018-10-21 12:13:48 C 03 53 30.34 +41 17 15.5 U T05
2018-10-21 12:15:03 C 03 53 29.90 +41 17 13.8 V G96
2018-10-21 12:19:13 C 03 53 29.85 +41 17 15.9 U T05
2018-10-21 12:19:53 C 03 53 29.80 +41 17 15.6 U T05
2018-10-21 12:21:29 C 03 53 29.65 +41 17 15.8 U T05
2018-10-21 12:40:26 C 03 53 27.94 +41 17 15.3 U T05
2018-10-23 00:23:41 C 03 50 17.98 +41 16 04.3 V C95
2018-10-23 00:25:52 C 03 50 17.87 +41 16 04.7 V C95
2018-10-23 00:28:04 C 03 50 17.55 +41 16 04.9 V C95
2018-10-23 12:04:03 C 03 49 14.374 +41 15 33.30 U F52
2018-10-23 12:22:22 C 03 49 12.660 +41 15 32.32 U F52
2018-10-23 12:40:37 C 03 49 10.961 +41 15 31.33 U F52
2018-10-23 12:58:54 C 03 49 09.254 +41 15 30.31 U F52
2018-11-02 12:05:27 C 03 25 10.92 +40 39 28.6 U T05
2018-11-02 12:23:02 C 03 25 09.02 +40 39 23.8 U T05
2018-11-02 12:29:50 C 03 25 08.23 +40 39 22.1 U T05
2018-11-03 16:53:59 C 03 22 04.05 +40 31 41.8 q D29
2018-11-03 17:39:48 C 03 21 58.99 +40 31 28.9 q D29
2018-11-06 07:12:10 C 03 15 13.78 +40 12 14.0 V 703
2018-11-06 07:20:28 C 03 15 12.82 +40 12 10.9 V 703
2018-11-06 07:29:13 C 03 15 11.86 +40 12 08.3 V 703
2018-11-06 07:37:50 C 03 15 10.86 +40 12 05.3 V 703
2018-11-08 10:40:20 C 03 09 30.46 +39 53 23.4 U T08
2018-11-08 10:56:24 C 03 09 28.66 +39 53 17.0 U T08
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)