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
2018-11-08 11:03:37 C 03 09 27.81 +39 53 14.2 U T08
2018-11-08 11:26:38 C 03 09 25.19 +39 53 05.1 U T08
2018-11-08 15:15:44 C 03 09 00.04 +39 51 29.8 q 168
2018-11-08 16:59:28 C 03 08 48.39 +39 50 49.6 q 168
2018-11-08 18:37:14 C 03 08 37.40 +39 50 11.2 q 168
2018-11-08 19:17:27 C 03 08 32.85 +39 49 55.1 q 168
2018-11-08 20:03:06 C 03 08 27.71 +39 49 36.9 q 168
2018-11-09 14:39:36 C 03 06 23.34 +39 41 59.2 q 168
2018-11-09 15:29:09 C 03 06 17.79 +39 41 39.1 q 168
2018-11-09 17:27:50 C 03 06 04.44 +39 40 50.1 q 168
2018-11-09 19:59:20 C 03 05 47.34 +39 39 46.8 q 168
2018-11-09 21:44:20 C 03 05 35.48 +39 39 02.4 q 168
2018-11-10 05:41:15 C 03 04 42.48 +39 35 40.8 V 703
2018-11-10 05:48:52 C 03 04 41.63 +39 35 37.0 V 703
2018-11-10 05:56:29 C 03 04 40.78 +39 35 33.9 V 703
2018-11-10 11:05:37 C 03 04 06.01 +39 33 21.6 U T05
2018-11-10 11:23:15 C 03 04 04.00 +39 33 13.9 U T05
2018-11-10 11:24:44 C 03 04 03.83 +39 33 13.0 U T05
2018-11-10 11:30:07 C 03 04 03.22 +39 33 10.6 U T05
2018-11-12 10:19:11 C 02 58 50.10 +39 11 45.2 U T08
2018-11-12 10:35:59 C 02 58 48.17 +39 11 37.0 U T08
2018-11-12 10:43:28 C 02 58 47.35 +39 11 33.0 U T08
2018-11-12 11:04:24 C 02 58 44.96 +39 11 23.2 U T08
2018-11-12 17:42:12 C 02 58 01.00 +39 08 07.4 q 168
2018-11-12 17:45:23 C 02 58 00.64 +39 08 05.6 q 168
2018-11-12 17:48:33 C 02 58 00.30 +39 08 03.8 q 168
2018-11-12 17:51:44 C 02 57 59.96 +39 08 02.4 q 168
2018-11-13 15:15:14 C 02 55 37.66 +38 57 26.5 q 168
2018-11-13 15:33:14 C 02 55 35.65 +38 57 17.7 q 168
2018-11-13 18:33:52 C 02 55 15.50 +38 55 47.2 q 168
2018-11-13 18:54:51 C 02 55 13.15 +38 55 36.6 q 168
2018-11-16 04:49:24 C 02 48 51.70 +38 24 51.2 V 703
2018-11-16 04:57:05 C 02 48 50.86 +38 24 47.2 V 703
2018-11-16 05:04:45 C 02 48 50.00 +38 24 42.6 V 703
2018-11-16 05:12:26 C 02 48 49.17 +38 24 38.7 V 703
2018-11-16 19:16:02 C 02 47 17.58 +38 16 43.5 o K88
2018-11-16 19:20:02 C 02 47 17.15 +38 16 41.2 o K88
2018-11-16 19:24:02 C 02 47 16.71 +38 16 39.0 o K88
2018-11-16 19:29:21 C 02 47 16.12 +38 16 36.0 o K88
2018-11-16 19:33:21 C 02 47 15.69 +38 16 33.8 o K88
2018-11-16 19:41:20 C 02 47 14.82 +38 16 29.3 o K88
2018-11-16 19:45:20 C 02 47 14.38 +38 16 27.1 o K88
2018-11-18 04:49:03 C 02 43 40.92 +37 57 18.8 V 703
2018-11-18 04:56:34 C 02 43 40.11 +37 57 14.3 V 703
2018-11-18 05:04:06 C 02 43 39.30 +37 57 09.7 V 703
2018-11-18 05:11:37 C 02 43 38.47 +37 57 05.3 V 703
2018-11-18 05:32:01 C 02 43 36.26 +37 56 53.2 V G96
2018-11-18 05:39:27 C 02 43 35.46 +37 56 48.7 V G96
2018-11-18 05:46:52 C 02 43 34.68 +37 56 44.5 V G96
2018-11-18 05:54:18 C 02 43 33.84 +37 56 40.1 V G96
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)