Table 3.

Comparison of Phaethon’s diameters.

D
ReferencesMethodsShape(km)
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlysphere6.2*
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlytop-shape5.5*
Taylor et al. (2019)Range-Doppler6.25
Hanuš et al. (2016, 2018)TPMconvex shape5.1 ± 0.2*
Masiero, Wright, and Mainzer (2019)TPMsphere|$4.6^{+0.2}_{-0.3}$|*
MacLennan, Marshall, and Granvik (2022)TPMnon-convex shape5.4 ± 0.1*
Devogèle et al. (2020)Occultationconvex shape5.2 ± 0.1*
Yoshida et al. (2023)Occultationellipse5.03 ± 0.07
This study HG model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry5.22–6.74§
This study linear model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry4.30–5.56§
D
ReferencesMethodsShape(km)
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlysphere6.2*
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlytop-shape5.5*
Taylor et al. (2019)Range-Doppler6.25
Hanuš et al. (2016, 2018)TPMconvex shape5.1 ± 0.2*
Masiero, Wright, and Mainzer (2019)TPMsphere|$4.6^{+0.2}_{-0.3}$|*
MacLennan, Marshall, and Granvik (2022)TPMnon-convex shape5.4 ± 0.1*
Devogèle et al. (2020)Occultationconvex shape5.2 ± 0.1*
Yoshida et al. (2023)Occultationellipse5.03 ± 0.07
This study HG model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry5.22–6.74§
This study linear model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry4.30–5.56§
*

Volume-equivalent diameter.

Mean equatorial diameter.

Area-equivalent diameter of a projected ellipse.

§

Rotation-averaged area-equivalent diameter.

Table 3.

Comparison of Phaethon’s diameters.

D
ReferencesMethodsShape(km)
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlysphere6.2*
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlytop-shape5.5*
Taylor et al. (2019)Range-Doppler6.25
Hanuš et al. (2016, 2018)TPMconvex shape5.1 ± 0.2*
Masiero, Wright, and Mainzer (2019)TPMsphere|$4.6^{+0.2}_{-0.3}$|*
MacLennan, Marshall, and Granvik (2022)TPMnon-convex shape5.4 ± 0.1*
Devogèle et al. (2020)Occultationconvex shape5.2 ± 0.1*
Yoshida et al. (2023)Occultationellipse5.03 ± 0.07
This study HG model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry5.22–6.74§
This study linear model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry4.30–5.56§
D
ReferencesMethodsShape(km)
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlysphere6.2*
Taylor et al. (2019)Doppler-onlytop-shape5.5*
Taylor et al. (2019)Range-Doppler6.25
Hanuš et al. (2016, 2018)TPMconvex shape5.1 ± 0.2*
Masiero, Wright, and Mainzer (2019)TPMsphere|$4.6^{+0.2}_{-0.3}$|*
MacLennan, Marshall, and Granvik (2022)TPMnon-convex shape5.4 ± 0.1*
Devogèle et al. (2020)Occultationconvex shape5.2 ± 0.1*
Yoshida et al. (2023)Occultationellipse5.03 ± 0.07
This study HG model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry5.22–6.74§
This study linear model + Geem et al. (2022)Photometry and polarimetry4.30–5.56§
*

Volume-equivalent diameter.

Mean equatorial diameter.

Area-equivalent diameter of a projected ellipse.

§

Rotation-averaged area-equivalent diameter.

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