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
2015-09-26 00:20:56 C 00 51 14.11 +10 48 49.3 c A24
2015-09-26 01:23:23 C 00 51 05.89 +10 48 13.7 c A24
2015-09-26 01:24:25 C 00 51 05.74 +10 48 13.1 c A24
2015-09-30 07:33:34 C 00 38 17.84 +09 49 33.0 u H21
2015-09-30 07:36:31 C 00 38 17.47 +09 49 31.1 u H21
2015-09-30 07:39:27 C 00 38 17.11 +09 49 29.4 u H21
2015-09-30 07:42:24 C 00 38 16.74 +09 49 27.8 u H21
2015-09-30 07:45:20 C 00 38 16.38 +09 49 26.2 u H21
2015-10-01 10:19:33 C 00 35 03.58 +09 33 55.0 q 703
2015-10-01 10:24:39 C 00 35 02.94 +09 33 52.8 q 703
2015-10-01 10:29:43 C 00 35 02.31 +09 33 49.3 q 703
2015-10-01 10:34:48 C 00 35 01.70 +09 33 45.9 q 703
2015-10-03 21:12:28 C 00 28 12.07 +08 59 25.3 q 160
2015-10-03 21:13:32 C 00 28 11.95 +08 59 24.6 q 160
2015-10-03 21:14:30 C 00 28 11.81 +08 59 24.0 q 160
2015-10-08 07:09:32 C 00 16 45.20 +07 58 44.8 q 703
2015-10-08 07:16:45 C 00 16 44.43 +07 58 41.1 q 703
2015-10-08 07:23:57 C 00 16 43.64 +07 58 36.9 q 703
2015-10-08 07:31:09 C 00 16 42.88 +07 58 33.0 q 703
2015-10-10 05:27:10 C 00 12 11.71 +07 33 14.4 R G45
2015-10-10 05:35:19 C 00 12 10.88 +07 33 10.0 R G45
2015-10-10 05:43:36 C 00 12 10.08 +07 33 05.5 R G45
2015-10-10 06:00:15 C 00 12 08.38 +07 32 56.6 R G45
2015-10-10 08:07:49 C 00 11 56.577 +07 31 50.92 L F51
2015-10-10 08:42:12 C 00 11 53.143 +07 31 32.45 L F51
2015-10-10 08:59:30 C 00 11 51.413 +07 31 23.10 L F51
2015-10-11 05:27:18 C 00 09 56.43 +07 20 21.5 R G45
2015-10-11 05:35:39 C 00 09 55.64 +07 20 17.0 R G45
2015-10-11 05:52:59 C 00 09 53.95 +07 20 07.6 R G45
2015-10-11 05:59:38 C 00 09 53.30 +07 20 04.1 R G45
2015-10-12 08:33:47 C 00 07 29.455 +07 06 10.98 L F51
2015-10-12 08:51:35 C 00 07 27.792 +07 06 01.80 L F51
2015-10-12 09:39:32 C 00 07 23.323 +07 05 36.90 L F51
2015-10-13 08:36:59 C 00 05 24.089 +06 53 51.71 L F51
2015-10-13 08:54:29 C 00 05 22.515 +06 53 42.79 L F51
2015-10-13 09:11:57 C 00 05 20.944 +06 53 33.95 L F51
2015-10-13 09:29:25 C 00 05 19.413 +06 53 25.02 L F51
2015-10-15 19:08:47 C 00 00 40.25 +06 25 05.3 t G36
2015-10-15 22:04:43 C 00 00 26.18 +06 23 42.7 t G36
2015-10-16 00:18:44 C 00 00 15.44 +06 22 40.3 t G36
2015-10-16 20:30:06 C 23 58 45.89 +06 13 17.1 t G36
2015-10-16 21:56:34 C 23 58 39.25 +06 12 37.6 t G36
2015-10-16 23:50:41 C 23 58 30.51 +06 11 45.5 t G36
2015-10-19 19:59:11 C 23 53 53.99 +05 42 08.2 t G36
2015-10-19 20:55:35 C 23 53 50.26 +05 41 45.1 t G36
2015-10-19 21:52:59 C 23 53 46.42 +05 41 21.7 t G36
2015-10-21 18:30:18 C 23 51 07.57 +05 23 39.1 t G36
2015-10-21 18:49:03 C 23 51 06.47 +05 23 31.6 t G36
2015-10-21 19:07:52 C 23 51 05.35 +05 23 24.8 t G36
2015-11-01 03:43:17 C 23 41 06.89 +04 09 19.0 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)