(3200) Phaethon

1983 TB. Discovered 1983 October 11 with Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS).

This object associated with the Geminid meteor stream has the smallest known perihelion distance for a body in a short-period orbit and is named for the son of Helios, who operated the solar chariot for a day, lost control of it and almost set fire to the Earth (MPC 9771)

Observation Proposal of Dust Trail of a Dead Comet Phaethon = Source of Geminids Meteor Shower! No tail and dust were found on 2004 dec 19:

COD 147
CON S. Foglia, C.Gariboldi 11, I-28100 Novara Veveri, Italy 
CON [s.foglia@libero.it]
OBS D. Crespi, S. Foglia, S. Minuto
MEA S. Foglia
TEL 0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD
NET USNO-A2.0
03200         C2004 12 19.01751 02 25 32.49 +29 11 15.0          15.6 R      147

COD 147
CON S. Foglia, C.Gariboldi 11, I-28100 Novara Veveri, Italy 
CON [s.foglia@libero.it]
OBS D. Crespi, S. Foglia, S. Minuto
MEA S. Foglia
TEL 0.40-m f/4 reflector + CCD
NET USNO-A2.0
03200         C2004 12 19.01384 02 25 33.54 +29 11 24.0          15.7 R      147
03200         C2004 12 19.01561 02 25 33.05 +29 11 19.7          15.6 R      147
03200         C2004 12 19.01738 02 25 32.55 +29 11 15.5          15.6 R      147
03200         C2004 12 19.01915 02 25 32.02 +29 11 11.0          15.6 R      147
03200         C2004 12 19.02118 02 25 31.45 +29 11 06.3          15.5 R      147