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
2010-09-01 09:53:04 C 23 34 56.87 -04 53 01.7 15.8 c 704
2010-09-02 00:28:48 C 23 31 35.79 -04 59 15.1 u 160
2010-09-02 00:30:33 C 23 31 35.37 -04 59 15.6 u 160
2010-09-02 00:32:14 C 23 31 34.98 -04 59 16.4 u 160
2010-09-02 07:18:59 C 23 30 03.48 -05 01 53.2 u H47
2010-09-02 07:24:05 C 23 30 02.28 -05 01 55.2 u H47
2010-09-02 07:28:32 C 23 30 01.23 -05 01 57.1 u H47
2010-09-02 08:35:26 C 23 29 46.28 -05 02 24.3 15.4 c 704
2010-09-02 08:52:13 C 23 29 42.32 -05 02 31.1 15.9 c 704
2010-09-02 09:08:57 C 23 29 38.42 -05 02 37.5 15.8 c 704
2010-09-02 09:25:44 C 23 29 34.49 -05 02 44.1 15.8 c 704
2010-09-02 09:42:27 C 23 29 30.61 -05 02 50.7 15.8 c 704
2010-09-02 22:23:32 C 23 26 48.35 -05 07 43.4 w J51
2010-09-02 22:37:40 C 23 26 45.20 -05 07 48.8 w J51
2010-09-02 22:51:44 C 23 26 42.05 -05 07 54.4 w J51
2010-09-03 07:07:57 C 23 24 55.17 -05 11 06.7 15.7 c 704
2010-09-03 07:24:34 C 23 24 51.47 -05 11 13.0 15.8 c 704
2010-09-03 07:41:10 C 23 24 47.82 -05 11 19.1 15.9 c 704
2010-09-03 07:57:47 C 23 24 44.09 -05 11 25.3 15.7 c 704
2010-09-03 08:14:25 C 23 24 40.44 -05 11 31.5 15.8 c 704
2010-09-04 07:37:24 C 23 19 55.71 -05 19 55.4 15.4 c 704
2010-09-04 07:56:02 C 23 19 51.80 -05 20 01.9 15.6 c 704
2010-09-04 08:14:55 C 23 19 47.86 -05 20 08.4 15.9 c 704
2010-09-04 08:34:10 C 23 19 43.85 -05 20 14.9 15.5 c 704
2010-09-04 08:52:52 C 23 19 39.95 -05 20 21.3 15.8 c 704
2010-09-04 23:12:22 C 23 16 55.20 -05 25 19.0 u 160
2010-09-04 23:14:01 C 23 16 54.86 -05 25 19.6 u 160
2010-09-04 23:15:26 C 23 16 54.59 -05 25 20.3 u 160
2010-09-05 04:23:01 C 23 15 57.61 -05 26 57.6 r H53
2010-09-05 04:27:02 C 23 15 56.83 -05 26 58.7 r H53
2010-09-05 04:31:03 C 23 15 56.06 -05 27 00.1 r H53
2010-09-05 04:35:04 C 23 15 55.26 -05 27 01.4 r H53
2010-09-05 04:39:05 C 23 15 54.48 -05 27 02.9 r H53
2010-09-05 04:43:05 C 23 15 53.71 -05 27 04.3 r H53
2010-09-05 06:57:22 C 23 15 27.98 -05 27 44.4 15.7 c 704
2010-09-05 07:14:11 C 23 15 24.66 -05 27 50.4 15.3 c 704
2010-09-05 07:30:58 C 23 15 21.34 -05 27 55.8 15.8 c 704
2010-09-05 07:47:47 C 23 15 18.03 -05 28 01.7 15.8 c 704
2010-09-05 08:04:35 C 23 15 14.73 -05 28 06.5 15.8 c 704
2010-09-06 07:07:33 C 23 11 06.55 -05 35 16.9 15.6 c 704
2010-09-06 07:24:16 C 23 11 03.46 -05 35 22.1 15.9 c 704
2010-09-06 07:41:02 C 23 11 00.35 -05 35 26.8 15.8 c 704
2010-09-06 07:57:50 C 23 10 57.23 -05 35 31.8 15.6 c 704
2010-09-06 08:14:37 C 23 10 54.14 -05 35 37.1 15.9 c 704
2010-09-07 04:14:04 C 23 07 32.40 -05 41 27.6 r H53
2010-09-07 04:18:03 C 23 07 31.72 -05 41 29.1 r H53
2010-09-07 04:22:03 C 23 07 31.00 -05 41 30.1 r H53
2010-09-07 04:26:04 C 23 07 30.27 -05 41 31.5 r H53
2010-09-07 04:30:04 C 23 07 29.58 -05 41 32.6 r H53
2010-09-07 04:34:03 C 23 07 28.93 -05 41 33.8 r H53
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)