6239 Minos (1989 QF)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.4124694074 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)1.1509844968 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)3.94168879° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)344.48490617° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)239.78458592° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)183.78149740° ± 1.47e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.7981932765°/day ± 3.12e+00
Perihelion dist (q)0.67623860 AU ± 2.90e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)1.62573039 AU ± 4.82e+00
Orbital Period1.23482158 yr ± 4.83e+00
NGA Modelr2
A22.96674393e-06 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)18.59
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-26
RMS Residual0.219″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.025985 AU
Observations Used1930
Radar Obs Used3
Gaia Obs Used71
Oppositions6
Arc Total1983-2015
First Observation Used1983-01-09
Last Observation Used2026-01-10
Observations (2285)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
1983-01-09 08:57:59 09 02 26.28 +39 07 18.5 q 261
1983-01-09 09:17:59 09 02 25.87 +39 07 53.4 q 261
1983-01-14 07:00:59 09 00 38.96 +43 16 37.8 675
1983-01-14 07:39:59 09 00 36.89 +43 18 24.8 675
1989-08-31 09:43:14 A 00 17 02.97 +00 33 09.2 17.0 675
1989-09-01 08:47:29 A 00 11 40.25 +00 17 31.6 675
1989-09-04 08:51:44 23 55 57.23 -00 28 52.8 675
1989-09-04 09:49:14 23 55 44.76 -00 29 28.4 675
1989-09-05 07:16:59 A 23 51 25.66 -00 42 32.9 16.0 675
1989-09-05 10:11:45 A 23 50 49.21 -00 44 12.9 675
1989-09-07 15:35:00 A 23 40 44.34 -01 14 08.7 413
1989-09-07 15:40:00 A 23 40 43.34 -01 14 11.9 413
1989-09-07 15:45:00 A 23 40 42.42 -01 14 13.9 413
1989-09-08 07:14:30 A 23 37 58.30 -01 23 20.4 15.5 675
1989-09-08 07:53:44 A 23 37 51.01 -01 23 42.5 675
1989-09-08 16:50:00 A 23 36 17.15 -01 28 27.5 17.0 372
1989-09-08 17:06:00 A 23 36 13.92 -01 28 36.8 372
1989-09-23 13:06:36 A 22 53 00.56 -03 42 30.1 413
1989-09-27 05:41:29 A 22 46 57.02 -04 01 40.8 675
1989-09-27 05:59:29 A 22 46 55.53 -04 01 46.3 675
1989-10-21 09:39:29 A 22 36 19.93 -04 19 02.3 413
1994-01-13 02:24:35 C 02 41 45.83 +24 14 26.6 a 691
1994-01-13 02:54:00 C 02 41 45.49 +24 14 17.8 a 691
1994-01-13 03:24:57 C 02 41 45.14 +24 14 08.8 a 691
1994-07-25 18:54:19 C 02 31 47.53 +12 44 08.5 413
1994-07-25 18:59:45 C 02 31 47.58 +12 44 10.6 413
1994-07-26 19:24:59 C 02 32 04.24 +12 52 14.2 413
1994-07-26 19:30:09 C 02 32 04.29 +12 52 15.5 413
1994-08-15 18:44:37 C 02 30 17.01 +14 58 52.1 413
1994-08-15 18:55:12 C 02 30 16.69 +14 58 53.7 413
1994-09-01 10:03:42 C 02 11 33.21 +15 31 24.5 z 658
1994-09-01 10:08:37 C 02 11 32.84 +15 31 24.2 z 658
1994-09-01 10:12:52 C 02 11 32.53 +15 31 24.2 z 658
1994-09-02 08:07:49 C 02 09 55.40 +15 30 20.3 z 658
1994-09-02 08:11:36 C 02 09 55.11 +15 30 20.4 z 658
1994-09-02 08:19:35 C 02 09 54.50 +15 30 20.0 z 658
1994-09-17 17:08:22 C 01 33 25.53 +14 13 55.0 413
1994-09-17 17:11:54 C 01 33 25.06 +14 13 53.6 413
1994-09-18 16:30:31 C 01 30 39.25 +14 05 09.1 413
1994-09-18 16:33:46 C 01 30 38.83 +14 05 07.6 413
1994-10-03 09:00:04 C 00 47 18.02 +11 08 31.4 z 658
1994-10-03 09:03:35 C 00 47 17.60 +11 08 29.2 z 658
1994-10-03 09:08:04 C 00 47 17.02 +11 08 26.8 z 658
1994-10-04 08:30:03 C 00 44 32.29 +10 54 58.1 z 658
1994-10-04 08:33:04 C 00 44 31.91 +10 54 56.5 z 658
1994-10-04 08:35:32 C 00 44 31.65 +10 54 54.8 z 658
1998-11-11 11:46:48 C 06 31 24.30 +32 00 46.9 658
1998-11-11 11:52:03 C 06 31 24.20 +32 00 48.3 658
1998-11-15 09:19:05 C 06 29 41.67 +32 30 24.4 z 711
1998-11-16 09:35:17 C 06 29 02.79 +32 38 23.7 z 711
Radar Observations (6)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2004-01-30 08:20:00 60958830.8 20 us 8560 -14 -14
2004-01-30.347222 6095883080 20000 us 8560 253 253
2004-01-31 06:50:00 58833514 2 us 8560 -14 -14
2004-01-31.284722 5883351400 2000 us 8560 253 253
2004-02-05 19:30:00 59513403.24 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-02-05.812500 5951340324 1000 us 2380 251 251
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)