Phaethon
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Apollo
PHA
Discovered: 1983-10-27
Observations: 7,950
Orbital Parameters
Semi-Major Axis
1.271 AU
Eccentricity
0.8897
Perihelion
0.14 AU
Aphelion
2.401809 AU
Inclination
22.31°
Orbital Period
1.4346 yr
Epoch
2461200.5
Mean Anomaly
301.49°
Orbit diagram
The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.
Physical Parameters
Diameter
6.25 km
Albedo
0.1066
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
3.604 h
Absolute Magnitude
14.38
Orbit Quality
RMS
0.30721
Condition
0
Orbit ID
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