3200 Phaethon - Wikipedia 3200 Phaethon ( ˈ f eɪ ə ˌ θ ɒ n ; previously sometimes spelled Phæton), provisionally designated 1983 TB, is an active [8] Apollo asteroid with an orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are numerous unnamed asteroids with smaller perihelia, such as (137924) 2000 BD 19) [9]
Mysterious 3200 Phaethon: Parent to the Geminids - EarthSky Asteroid 3200 Phaethon, parent body for the Geminid meteor shower, left this trail The WISPR camera aboard the Parker Solar Probe captured the trail for the 1st time in 2019 At that time
Asteroid Phaethon | Space Reference Phaethon is a mid-sized asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth NASA JPL has classified Phaethon as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass(es) with Earth Phaethon orbits the sun every 524 days (1 43 years), coming as close as 0 14 AU and reaching as far as 2 40 AU from the sun
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon: Geminid Parent at Its Closest and Brightest! The parent asteroid of December's Geminid meteor shower, 3200 Phaethon, is about to make a historically close flyby Get ready to watch it race across the sky The orbit of asteroid 3200 Phaethon is highly elongated, much like a comet's
Goldstone Radar Observations Planning: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon - NASA 3200 Phaethon 3200 Phaethon (1983 TB) was discovered on 1983 Oct 11 by NASA's Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) With a diameter of about 5 km, Phaethon is the third largest near-Earth asteroid classified as "Potentially Hazardous" after 53319 1999 JM8 (~7 km) and 4183 Cuno (~5 6 km)
3200 Phaethon: The Tale Of A Tail On A Very Peculiar Asteroid Asteroid 3200 Phaethon has long puzzled scientists with its comet-like behavior It brightens and forms a tail when it’s near the Sun and is the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower Previously, scientists believed dust escaping from the asteroid caused Phaethon’s tail
Asteroid (or Comet?) 3200 Phaethon - Windows to the Universe 3200 Phaethon may be an asteroid So how could it create a meteor shower, a phenomenon usually associated with the remains of comets? 3200 Phaethon's orbit does at times send it into the main asteroid belt, a relatively crowded region in our solar system
(3200) Phaethon - 3D Asteroid Catalogue Hanuš et al Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon Characterization of its orbit, spin state, and thermophysical parameters (2016) link 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
Perihelion paradox of (3200) Phaethon: The unique asteroid which . . . Sun-grazing asteroid (3200) Phaethon, the target of JAXA's DESTINY+ mission, exhibits unique comet-like activity during perihelion despite a lack of resurfacing The previously enigmatic mechanism behind this asteroidal anomaly can be explained by Phaethon's composition and physical properties