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
2010-09-09 20:39:03 C 22 57 45.98 -05 57 46.9 r J75
2010-09-09 20:56:16 C 22 57 43.46 -05 57 51.1 r J75
2010-09-09 21:13:28 C 22 57 40.93 -05 57 55.1 r J75
2010-09-11 06:17:23 C 22 53 16.36 -06 04 57.1 r 703
2010-09-11 06:26:29 C 22 53 15.14 -06 04 59.2 r 703
2010-09-11 06:35:35 C 22 53 13.88 -06 05 01.0 r 703
2010-09-11 06:44:45 C 22 53 12.62 -06 05 02.7 r 703
2010-09-11 07:07:10 C 22 53 09.43 -06 05 07.5 16.1 c 704
2010-09-11 07:08:17 C 22 53 09.14 -06 05 10.6 16.0 c 704
2010-09-11 07:24:39 C 22 53 07.05 -06 05 10.7 16.3 c 704
2010-09-11 07:25:46 C 22 53 06.88 -06 05 11.3 16.6 c 704
2010-09-11 07:42:07 C 22 53 04.70 -06 05 13.5 16.5 c 704
2010-09-11 07:43:14 C 22 53 04.50 -06 05 14.5 16.4 c 704
2010-09-11 08:00:43 C 22 53 02.00 -06 05 21.0 16.1 c 704
2010-09-11 08:18:10 C 22 52 59.77 -06 05 21.3 16.2 c 704
2010-09-11 21:01:18 C 22 51 27.03 -06 07 59.2 w J93
2010-09-11 21:04:21 C 22 51 26.70 -06 07 59.4 w J93
2010-09-11 21:13:29 C 22 51 25.55 -06 08 01.9 w J93
2010-09-13 05:28:05 C 22 47 39.32 -06 13 43.7 r H53
2010-09-13 05:33:05 C 22 47 38.70 -06 13 44.5 r H53
2010-09-13 05:38:05 C 22 47 38.08 -06 13 45.5 r H53
2010-09-13 05:43:42 C 22 47 37.42 -06 13 46.3 r H53
2010-09-13 05:50:07 C 22 47 36.67 -06 13 46.9 r H53
2010-09-13 05:55:07 C 22 47 36.06 -06 13 47.7 r H53
2010-09-13 17:20:50 C 22 46 22.16 -06 15 47.8 r 168
2010-09-13 17:22:10 C 22 46 21.99 -06 15 48.0 r 168
2010-09-13 17:23:30 C 22 46 21.82 -06 15 48.2 r 168
2010-09-13 17:24:50 C 22 46 21.67 -06 15 48.6 r 168
2010-09-13 18:51:50 C 22 46 11.88 -06 16 02.7 r 168
2010-09-13 18:53:10 C 22 46 11.73 -06 16 03.0 r 168
2010-09-13 18:55:54 C 22 46 11.44 -06 16 03.3 r 168
2010-09-13 18:57:20 C 22 46 11.26 -06 16 03.4 r 168
2010-09-13 20:20:15 C 22 46 01.95 -06 16 16.5 r 168
2010-09-13 20:21:26 C 22 46 01.80 -06 16 16.7 r 168
2010-09-13 20:23:20 C 22 46 01.59 -06 16 17.0 r 168
2010-09-13 20:25:00 C 22 46 01.42 -06 16 17.3 r 168
2010-09-13 20:26:20 C 22 46 01.24 -06 16 17.7 r 168
2010-09-13 20:41:01 C 22 46 01.35 -06 16 12.2 r J75
2010-09-13 20:58:18 C 22 45 59.39 -06 16 15.1 r J75
2010-09-13 21:15:35 C 22 45 57.43 -06 16 18.0 r J75
2010-09-14 02:37:26 C 22 45 23.62 -06 17 04.9 u H23
2010-09-14 02:58:19 C 22 45 21.29 -06 17 08.3 u H23
2010-09-14 03:19:17 C 22 45 18.93 -06 17 11.7 u H23
2010-09-14 22:08:00 C 22 43 23.96 -06 20 02.9 o I89
2010-09-14 22:10:24 C 22 43 23.71 -06 20 03.2 o I89
2010-09-14 22:12:48 C 22 43 23.46 -06 20 03.6 o I89
2010-09-14 22:15:12 C 22 43 23.20 -06 20 03.9 o I89
2010-09-14 22:17:36 C 22 43 22.94 -06 20 04.2 o I89
2010-09-16 02:15:14 C 22 40 44.55 -06 23 46.2 u H23
2010-09-16 02:36:10 C 22 40 42.50 -06 23 49.1 u H23
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)