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
2015-09-12 17:46:54 C 01 31 58.67 +13 18 22.4 q D29
2015-09-12 18:08:58 C 01 31 55.91 +13 18 14.0 q D29
2015-09-12 18:31:01 C 01 31 53.13 +13 18 06.0 q D29
2015-09-13 08:21:03 C 01 30 12.83 +13 13 11.5 R G45
2015-09-13 08:29:09 C 01 30 11.79 +13 13 08.6 R G45
2015-09-13 08:36:55 C 01 30 10.80 +13 13 05.4 R G45
2015-09-13 08:44:29 C 01 30 09.84 +13 13 02.9 R G45
2015-09-13 08:51:25 C 01 30 08.96 +13 13 00.2 R G45
2015-09-13 08:52:32 C 01 30 08.84 +13 13 00.1 R G45
2015-09-13 09:00:15 C 01 30 07.84 +13 12 56.8 R G45
2015-09-13 09:07:46 C 01 30 06.90 +13 12 54.6 R G45
2015-09-13 09:23:09 C 01 30 04.92 +13 12 48.7 R G45
2015-09-16 08:54:49 C 01 21 10.57 +12 44 43.4 u H15
2015-09-16 09:10:16 C 01 21 08.52 +12 44 36.8 u H15
2015-09-16 09:24:38 C 01 21 06.64 +12 44 30.9 u H15
2015-09-18 09:23:37 C 01 14 58.25 +12 23 20.1 q 703
2015-09-18 09:30:50 C 01 14 57.30 +12 23 16.7 q 703
2015-09-18 09:38:03 C 01 14 56.33 +12 23 13.3 q 703
2015-09-18 09:45:15 C 01 14 55.35 +12 23 10.1 q 703
2015-09-18 23:57:01 C 01 13 05.73 +12 16 27.8 c A24
2015-09-18 23:58:03 C 01 13 05.63 +12 16 28.9 c A24
2015-09-19 00:58:20 C 01 12 57.61 +12 16 00.8 c A24
2015-09-19 00:59:23 C 01 12 57.45 +12 16 00.1 c A24
2015-09-21 01:20:51 C 01 06 40.21 +11 52 26.5 c A24
2015-09-21 01:21:54 C 01 06 40.07 +11 52 26.2 c A24
2015-09-21 09:36:00 C 01 05 35.47 +11 48 19.7 R G45
2015-09-21 09:43:20 C 01 05 34.49 +11 48 15.4 R G45
2015-09-21 09:43:26 C 01 05 34.47 +11 48 15.9 R G45
2015-09-21 09:52:44 C 01 05 33.21 +11 48 11.1 R G45
2015-09-21 10:02:02 C 01 05 31.96 +11 48 06.3 R G45
2015-09-21 10:02:08 C 01 05 31.94 +11 48 06.5 R G45
2015-09-22 00:24:05 C 01 03 40.15 +11 40 41.0 q 160
2015-09-22 00:27:00 C 01 03 39.75 +11 40 40.8 q 160
2015-09-22 00:29:38 C 01 03 39.37 +11 40 38.4 q 160
2015-09-23 08:58:28 C 00 59 25.31 +11 23 37.1 R G45
2015-09-23 09:07:20 C 00 59 24.13 +11 23 32.8 R G45
2015-09-23 09:16:05 C 00 59 22.95 +11 23 27.9 R G45
2015-09-23 09:39:24 C 00 59 19.80 +11 23 15.6 R G45
2015-09-23 09:48:05 C 00 59 18.61 +11 23 10.7 R G45
2015-09-23 09:57:16 C 00 59 17.38 +11 23 05.8 R G45
2015-09-23 10:06:05 C 00 59 16.20 +11 23 01.1 R G45
2015-09-24 06:31:32 C 00 56 38.29 +11 12 00.4 q 703
2015-09-24 06:32:15 C 00 56 38.14 +11 12 00.5 q 703
2015-09-24 06:40:33 C 00 56 37.04 +11 11 55.6 q 703
2015-09-24 06:41:17 C 00 56 36.90 +11 11 55.5 q 703
2015-09-24 06:49:33 C 00 56 35.85 +11 11 51.0 q 703
2015-09-24 06:50:16 C 00 56 35.68 +11 11 49.6 q 703
2015-09-24 06:58:33 C 00 56 34.63 +11 11 43.5 q 703
2015-09-24 06:59:17 C 00 56 34.52 +11 11 44.1 q 703
2015-09-26 00:19:54 C 00 51 14.24 +10 48 50.2 c A24
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)