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
2014-10-05 11:48:08 C 05 11 05.81 +28 48 44.4 q G96
2014-10-05 11:56:59 C 05 11 05.93 +28 48 46.5 q G96
2014-10-05 12:05:49 C 05 11 06.05 +28 48 48.7 q G96
2014-10-05 12:14:40 C 05 11 06.19 +28 48 50.5 q G96
2014-11-19 06:38:46 C 04 22 18.67 +31 45 20.7 q 703
2014-11-19 07:00:44 C 04 22 16.02 +31 45 19.6 q 703
2014-11-24 07:33:51 C 04 07 40.76 +31 30 28.8 q G96
2014-11-24 07:42:40 C 04 07 39.63 +31 30 27.1 q G96
2014-11-24 07:51:29 C 04 07 38.48 +31 30 25.5 q G96
2014-11-24 08:00:18 C 04 07 37.34 +31 30 23.8 q G96
2014-11-24 09:14:57 C 04 07 27.72 +31 30 09.5 q G96
2014-11-24 09:16:10 C 04 07 27.56 +31 30 09.3 q G96
2014-11-24 09:17:23 C 04 07 27.39 +31 30 09.0 q G96
2014-11-24 09:18:37 C 04 07 27.24 +31 30 08.8 q G96
2014-11-27 08:16:09 C 03 58 29.868 +31 14 47.18 L F51
2014-11-27 08:56:04 C 03 58 24.602 +31 14 37.59 L F51
2014-11-27 09:16:03 C 03 58 21.953 +31 14 32.68 L F51
2014-11-28 08:24:29 C 03 55 24.20 +31 08 23.2 q G96
2014-11-28 08:29:49 C 03 55 23.50 +31 08 21.8 q G96
2014-11-28 08:40:31 C 03 55 22.09 +31 08 18.6 q G96
2014-11-29 07:47:41 C 03 52 25.06 +31 01 42.9 q 703
2014-11-29 08:00:00 C 03 52 23.43 +31 01 39.9 q 703
2014-11-29 08:12:19 C 03 52 21.81 +31 01 35.8 q 703
2014-11-29 08:24:37 C 03 52 20.18 +31 01 31.9 q 703
2014-12-09 10:32:09 C 03 22 34.725 +29 26 09.41 L F51
2014-12-09 10:49:54 C 03 22 32.625 +29 26 00.70 L F51
2014-12-09 11:07:49 C 03 22 30.506 +29 25 51.91 L F51
2014-12-09 11:25:38 C 03 22 28.405 +29 25 43.04 L F51
2014-12-15 05:40:37 C 03 07 47.60 +28 16 47.2 q 703
2014-12-15 05:47:07 C 03 07 46.91 +28 16 43.6 q 703
2014-12-15 05:53:37 C 03 07 46.21 +28 16 40.8 q 703
2014-12-15 06:00:06 C 03 07 45.62 +28 16 36.9 q 703
2014-12-20 09:14:05 C 02 56 48.193 +27 12 52.92 L F51
2014-12-20 09:31:37 C 02 56 46.724 +27 12 43.70 L F51
2014-12-20 09:49:02 C 02 56 45.270 +27 12 34.49 L F51
2014-12-20 10:06:29 C 02 56 43.814 +27 12 25.18 L F51
2014-12-27 07:50:19 C 02 45 36.378 +25 50 49.54 L F51
2014-12-27 08:07:03 C 02 45 35.400 +25 50 41.61 L F51
2014-12-27 08:23:47 C 02 45 34.429 +25 50 33.72 L F51
2015-01-08 04:58:27 C 02 35 51.563 +23 58 49.53 L F51
2015-01-08 05:07:29 C 02 35 51.404 +23 58 46.87 L F51
2015-01-12 06:55:54 C 02 34 56.702 +23 30 39.23 L F51
2015-01-12 07:14:12 C 02 34 56.573 +23 30 34.30 L F51
2015-01-12 07:32:16 C 02 34 56.450 +23 30 29.47 L F51
2015-01-12 07:50:25 C 02 34 56.333 +23 30 24.59 L F51
2015-01-18 02:42:06 C 02 35 31.81 +22 59 36.4 R G45
2015-01-18 02:53:56 C 02 35 31.91 +22 59 34.5 R G45
2015-01-18 03:09:57 C 02 35 32.09 +22 59 31.2 R G45
2015-01-18 03:21:26 C 02 35 32.13 +22 59 29.1 R G45
2015-01-18 03:28:08 C 02 35 32.20 +22 59 27.9 R G45
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)