Asteroid (3200) Phaethon
Orbital characteristics
| Epoch 17-Dec-2020 (2459200.5 JD) | |
| Apoapsis | 2.4027 AU |
| 3.5944×108 km | |
| Periapsis | 0.1401 AU |
| 2.0961×107 km | |
| Semi-major axis | 1.2714 AU |
| 1.902×108 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.8897964 |
| Inclination | 22.257 ° |
| Longitude of asc. node | 265.22 ° |
| Argument of periapsis | 322.18 ° |
| Orbital period | 523.637 days |
| 1.434 years | |
| Avg. orbital speed | 20.15 km/s |
Physical characteristics
| Mean diameter | 6.2500 km |
| Rotation period (sidereal) | 3.6040 hours |
| Albedo | 0.107 |
Links
Shape model data sources
- Hanuš et al. Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon. Characterization of its orbit, spin state, and thermophysical parameters (2016) link
Downloads
Models
Models are given in Stanford Triangle Format (PLY) and Alias Waveform Format (OBJ) - you can use MeshLab or any other tool to convert them to other formats.
- Phaethon (Hanuš, Model 1) (PLY 38 KB) (OBJ 85 KB)
- Phaethon (Hanuš, Model 2) (PLY 38 KB) (OBJ 86 KB)
Please note that the models are in planetocentric coordinate system, with Z axis passing through north pole. Actual rotational axis may differ from planetocentric poles, especially for small irregular bodies.
Surface Textures
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