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
2010-09-16 02:57:08 C 22 40 40.42 -06 23 52.0 u H23
2010-09-16 06:28:26 C 22 40 20.495 -06 24 18.76 u 695
2010-09-16 08:04:50 C 22 40 11.110 -06 24 30.52 u 695
2010-09-16 23:37:54 C 22 38 50.22 -06 26 28.8 w J93
2010-09-16 23:44:04 C 22 38 49.66 -06 26 29.0 w J93
2010-09-16 23:46:26 C 22 38 49.42 -06 26 29.4 w J93
2010-09-25 07:36:26 C 22 26 20.203 -06 39 21.13 u 695
2010-09-25 07:39:06 C 22 26 20.076 -06 39 21.23 u 695
2010-09-25 07:41:45 C 22 26 19.946 -06 39 21.25 u 695
2010-09-26 07:23:26 C 22 25 22.357 -06 39 45.16 u 695
2010-09-26 07:26:04 C 22 25 22.242 -06 39 45.16 u 695
2010-09-26 07:28:44 C 22 25 22.124 -06 39 45.17 u 695
2010-09-29 02:13:06 C 22 23 10.06 -06 39 43.3 u H23
2010-09-29 02:36:23 C 22 23 09.27 -06 39 43.1 u H23
2010-09-29 02:59:36 C 22 23 08.49 -06 39 42.9 u H23
2010-09-29 07:00:25 C 22 23 02.038 -06 39 35.91 L F51
2010-09-29 07:19:28 C 22 23 01.397 -06 39 35.78 L F51
2010-09-29 07:36:16 C 22 22 59.808 -06 39 39.19 u 695
2010-09-29 07:39:06 C 22 22 59.719 -06 39 39.15 u 695
2010-09-29 07:39:30 C 22 23 00.718 -06 39 35.26 L F51
2010-09-29 07:41:45 C 22 22 59.631 -06 39 39.12 u 695
2010-09-30 07:19:18 C 22 22 23.302 -06 39 12.88 u 695
2010-09-30 07:21:58 C 22 22 23.214 -06 39 12.79 u 695
2010-09-30 07:24:38 C 22 22 23.141 -06 39 12.70 u 695
2010-10-02 05:23:54 C 22 21 25.92 -06 37 48.8 18.2 c 704
2010-10-02 05:43:04 C 22 21 25.50 -06 37 47.7 18.4 c 704
2010-10-02 06:02:09 C 22 21 25.05 -06 37 47.3 18.3 c 704
2010-10-02 06:40:08 C 22 21 24.19 -06 37 46.0 18.0 c 704
2010-10-02 06:58:54 C 22 21 23.865 -06 37 45.23 u 695
2010-10-02 07:01:35 C 22 21 23.804 -06 37 45.08 u 695
2010-10-02 07:04:14 C 22 21 23.743 -06 37 44.96 u 695
2010-10-03 06:37:28 C 22 21 01.012 -06 36 44.70 u 695
2010-10-03 06:40:16 C 22 21 00.958 -06 36 44.60 u 695
2010-10-03 06:42:57 C 22 21 00.905 -06 36 44.46 u 695
2010-11-05 02:43:36 C 22 36 01.54 -04 34 28.4 r G96
2010-11-05 02:51:57 C 22 36 01.83 -04 34 26.5 r G96
2010-11-05 03:00:23 C 22 36 02.19 -04 34 24.7 r G96
2010-11-05 03:08:41 C 22 36 02.52 -04 34 22.8 r G96
2013-10-12 11:13:39 C 08 32 44.63 +23 11 04.0 q G96
2013-10-12 11:22:56 C 08 32 45.74 +23 11 00.4 q G96
2013-10-12 11:32:09 C 08 32 46.86 +23 10 57.4 q G96
2013-10-12 11:41:19 C 08 32 48.00 +23 10 54.0 q G96
2013-12-30 12:17:47 C 14 04 49.94 -09 52 57.4 q G96
2013-12-30 12:28:33 C 14 04 52.68 -09 53 15.3 q G96
2013-12-30 12:39:17 C 14 04 55.42 -09 53 33.6 q G96
2013-12-30 12:50:00 C 14 04 58.19 -09 53 52.2 q G96
2014-01-02 15:13:20 C 14 24 30.640 -11 58 33.05 L F51
2014-01-02 15:20:16 C 14 24 32.477 -11 58 44.59 L F51
2014-01-02 15:27:14 C 14 24 34.296 -11 58 55.77 L F51
2014-01-02 15:34:12 C 14 24 36.126 -11 59 07.51 L F51
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)