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
2015-11-01 03:49:40 C 23 41 06.72 +04 09 17.6 R G45
2015-11-01 03:50:39 C 23 41 06.66 +04 09 17.3 R G45
2015-11-01 03:57:23 C 23 41 06.50 +04 09 16.1 R G45
2015-11-01 03:58:13 C 23 41 06.46 +04 09 16.1 R G45
2015-11-01 03:58:19 C 23 41 06.47 +04 09 15.9 R G45
2015-11-01 04:05:32 C 23 41 06.27 +04 09 14.1 R G45
2015-11-01 04:05:38 C 23 41 06.24 +04 09 14.3 R G45
2015-11-01 04:12:51 C 23 41 06.01 +04 09 13.0 R G45
2015-11-02 03:05:24 C 23 40 34.12 +04 04 25.1 q 703
2015-11-02 03:12:44 C 23 40 33.88 +04 04 24.7 q 703
2015-11-02 03:20:02 C 23 40 33.71 +04 04 22.0 q 703
2015-11-02 03:27:24 C 23 40 33.49 +04 04 21.5 q 703
2015-11-03 12:28:40 C 23 39 53.02 +03 58 03.4 q D29
2015-11-03 12:53:01 C 23 39 52.58 +03 57 59.7 q D29
2015-11-07 03:44:33 C 23 38 39.80 +03 44 36.7 R G45
2015-11-07 03:51:50 C 23 38 39.70 +03 44 35.8 R G45
2015-11-07 03:59:06 C 23 38 39.62 +03 44 35.1 R G45
2015-11-07 04:13:36 C 23 38 39.42 +03 44 33.4 R G45
2015-11-07 05:04:37 C 23 38 39.420 +03 44 29.17 L F51
2015-11-07 05:20:56 C 23 38 39.219 +03 44 26.98 L F51
2015-11-07 05:37:14 C 23 38 39.013 +03 44 25.02 L F51
2015-11-07 05:53:32 C 23 38 38.812 +03 44 23.00 L F51
2015-11-08 18:15:42 C 23 38 22.59 +03 40 06.0 S G36
2015-11-08 20:15:05 C 23 38 21.60 +03 39 53.5 S G36
2015-11-08 23:22:07 C 23 38 20.11 +03 39 34.0 S G36
2015-11-10 18:13:58 C 23 38 12.49 +03 35 41.4 S G36
2015-11-10 20:01:56 C 23 38 12.09 +03 35 33.0 S G36
2015-11-10 23:09:57 C 23 38 11.42 +03 35 18.4 S G36
2015-11-12 17:52:46 C 23 38 14.93 +03 32 34.5 S G36
2015-11-12 19:57:25 C 23 38 15.01 +03 32 27.9 S G36
2015-11-12 23:02:18 C 23 38 15.15 +03 32 18.4 S G36
2015-11-17 18:13:46 C 23 39 11.95 +03 29 58.2 S G36
2015-11-17 20:05:06 C 23 39 13.11 +03 29 59.1 S G36
2015-11-17 22:24:14 C 23 39 14.58 +03 30 00.4 S G36
2015-11-29 05:01:08 C 23 45 12.786 +03 48 56.18 L F51
2015-11-29 05:39:57 C 23 45 13.837 +03 49 01.27 L F51
2015-11-30 05:08:22 C 23 45 57.317 +03 52 02.32 L F51
2015-11-30 05:46:29 C 23 45 58.434 +03 52 07.03 L F51
2015-11-30 06:05:38 C 23 45 58.994 +03 52 09.88 L F51
2015-12-02 05:09:01 C 23 47 31.431 +03 58 49.36 L F51
2015-12-02 05:26:48 C 23 47 32.002 +03 58 52.05 L F51
2015-12-02 05:44:32 C 23 47 32.553 +03 58 54.74 L F51
2015-12-02 06:02:13 C 23 47 33.110 +03 58 57.29 L F51
2015-12-31 05:10:23 C 00 20 50.905 +06 50 54.65 L F51
2015-12-31 05:27:44 C 00 20 51.886 +06 51 00.09 L F51
2015-12-31 05:45:04 C 00 20 52.887 +06 51 05.81 L F51
2015-12-31 06:02:19 C 00 20 53.869 +06 51 11.23 L F51
2019-11-29 04:44:24 S 05 50 53.520 +34 30 06.16 V C57
2019-11-29 04:44:24 s 1 +141401.50 4 +110585.43 6240.0 C57
2019-11-29 07:14:24 S 05 50 39.420 +34 30 59.44 V C57
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)