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
2015-01-24 02:54:39 C 02 38 12.08 +22 38 15.4 R G45
2015-01-24 03:03:49 C 02 38 12.24 +22 38 14.2 R G45
2015-01-24 03:09:47 C 02 38 12.42 +22 38 13.2 R G45
2015-01-24 03:15:40 C 02 38 12.55 +22 38 12.8 R G45
2015-01-25 02:19:52 C 02 38 49.07 +22 35 44.0 R G45
2015-01-25 02:30:27 C 02 38 49.29 +22 35 42.7 R G45
2015-01-25 02:36:19 C 02 38 49.45 +22 35 42.0 R G45
2015-01-25 02:48:09 C 02 38 49.70 +22 35 39.9 R G45
2015-01-25 02:54:22 C 02 38 49.85 +22 35 40.7 R G45
2015-01-25 03:03:41 C 02 38 50.10 +22 35 39.7 R G45
2015-01-25 03:09:38 C 02 38 50.22 +22 35 37.8 R G45
2015-02-08 03:04:07 C 02 52 21.99 +22 23 20.6 q 703
2015-02-08 03:09:53 C 02 52 22.31 +22 23 20.4 q 703
2015-02-08 03:21:27 C 02 52 22.92 +22 23 19.6 q 703
2015-02-09 11:06:44 C 02 54 03.84 +22 24 04.4 q D29
2015-02-09 12:00:04 C 02 54 06.63 +22 24 04.4 q D29
2015-02-13 02:21:32 C 02 58 59.92 +22 27 19.9 R G45
2015-02-13 02:27:24 C 02 59 00.32 +22 27 20.5 R G45
2015-02-13 02:33:22 C 02 59 00.62 +22 27 21.6 R G45
2015-02-13 02:39:14 C 02 59 01.07 +22 27 22.0 R G45
2015-02-13 02:52:44 C 02 59 01.60 +22 27 22.3 R G45
2015-02-13 02:58:48 C 02 59 02.10 +22 27 21.7 R G45
2015-02-13 03:04:45 C 02 59 02.37 +22 27 21.8 R G45
2015-02-14 02:12:23 C 03 00 25.56 +22 28 32.8 R G45
2015-02-14 02:18:16 C 03 00 25.91 +22 28 32.4 R G45
2015-02-14 02:24:08 C 03 00 26.22 +22 28 32.2 R G45
2015-02-14 02:30:06 C 03 00 26.52 +22 28 32.5 R G45
2015-02-14 02:35:58 C 03 00 26.95 +22 28 33.1 R G45
2015-02-14 02:49:27 C 03 00 27.71 +22 28 33.5 R G45
2015-02-14 02:55:32 C 03 00 28.03 +22 28 33.9 R G45
2015-02-14 03:01:29 C 03 00 28.43 +22 28 34.0 R G45
2015-02-14 03:09:24 C 03 00 28.80 +22 28 34.5 R G45
2015-02-14 03:21:14 C 03 00 29.53 +22 28 35.2 R G45
2015-03-13 11:22:18 C 03 50 34.88 +23 22 44.9 q D29
2015-03-13 12:02:56 C 03 50 38.46 +23 22 46.7 q D29
2015-04-09 02:48:05 C 04 51 13.99 +23 21 34.6 q G96
2015-04-09 02:54:00 C 04 51 14.58 +23 21 34.4 q G96
2015-04-09 02:59:54 C 04 51 15.12 +23 21 33.6 q G96
2015-04-09 03:05:50 C 04 51 15.67 +23 21 32.5 q G96
2015-08-12 10:29:13 C 02 28 35.87 +13 57 11.1 R G45
2015-08-12 10:38:57 C 02 28 35.54 +13 57 13.1 R G45
2015-08-12 10:48:29 C 02 28 35.22 +13 57 14.7 R G45
2015-08-12 10:57:04 C 02 28 34.92 +13 57 15.9 R G45
2015-08-12 11:07:12 C 02 28 34.56 +13 57 17.9 R G45
2015-08-12 11:17:50 C 02 28 34.19 +13 57 19.8 R G45
2015-08-14 10:38:16 C 02 27 01.56 +14 05 11.5 R G45
2015-08-14 10:46:40 C 02 27 01.22 +14 05 12.6 R G45
2015-08-14 10:55:15 C 02 27 00.87 +14 05 14.2 R G45
2015-08-14 11:03:41 C 02 27 00.53 +14 05 15.8 R G45
2015-08-14 19:32:07 C 02 26 42.61 +14 06 33.9 q D29
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)