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
2019-11-29 07:14:24 s 1 +142538.87 5 +124706.26 7640.0 C57
2019-11-29 13:44:24 S 05 50 01.402 +34 33 35.28 V C57
2019-11-29 13:44:24 s 1 +142753.87 1 +158919.00 1240.0 C57
2019-11-29 19:44:24 S 05 49 25.034 +34 35 54.74 V C57
2019-11-29 19:44:24 s 1 +140239.28 0 +187544.84 340.0 C57
2019-11-30 02:14:24 S 05 48 43.860 +34 38 23.89 V C57
2019-11-30 02:14:24 s 1 +135340.60 6 +215675.49 2720.0 C57
2019-11-30 05:44:24 S 05 48 21.161 +34 39 43.81 V C57
2019-11-30 05:44:24 s 1 +131960.51 8 +229683.36 1430.0 C57
2019-11-30 08:14:24 S 05 48 05.654 +34 40 36.98 V C57
2019-11-30 08:14:24 s 1 +129277.95 8 +239230.43 260.0 C57
2019-11-30 08:44:24 S 05 48 02.832 +34 40 49.76 V C57
2019-11-30 08:44:24 s 1 +128716.80 7 +241095.40 6430.0 C57
2019-11-30 10:14:24 S 05 47 52.747 +34 41 24.79 V C57
2019-11-30 10:14:24 s 1 +126986.81 4 +246603.23 20.0 C57
2019-11-30 17:44:24 S 05 47 04.109 +34 44 02.18 V C57
2019-11-30 17:44:24 s 1 +117402.88 0 +272263.05 5580.0 C57
2019-11-30 20:14:24 S 05 46 47.794 +34 44 59.86 V C57
2019-11-30 20:14:24 s 1 +113906.81 8 +280153.03 2280.0 C57
2019-12-01 00:44:24 S 05 46 17.220 +34 46 24.85 V C57
2019-12-01 00:44:24 s 1 +107293.88 6 +293565.54 2940.0 C57
2019-12-01 04:44:24 S 05 45 50.220 +34 47 48.59 V C57
2019-12-01 04:44:24 s 1 +101111.01 0 +304668.85 1040.0 C57
2019-12-01 05:44:24 S 05 45 43.870 +34 48 15.48 V C57
2019-12-01 05:44:24 s 1 +99525.105 0 +307328.12 8890.0 C57
2019-12-01 09:44:24 S 05 45 16.589 +34 49 27.26 V C57
2019-12-01 09:44:24 s 1 +93036.307 0 +317512.33 1510.0 C57
2019-12-01 10:14:24 S 05 45 13.418 +34 49 37.27 V C57
2019-12-01 10:14:24 s 1 +92209.862 0 +318735.27 7890.0 C57
2019-12-01 18:44:24 S 05 44 14.664 +34 52 26.98 V C57
2019-12-01 18:44:24 s 1 +77709.747 0 +337885.05 6210.0 C57
2019-12-01 19:14:24 S 05 44 11.107 +34 52 31.80 V C57
2019-12-01 19:14:24 s 1 +76833.060 0 +338917.49 1090.0 C57
2019-12-01 19:44:24 S 05 44 07.603 +34 52 39.94 V C57
2019-12-01 19:44:24 s 1 +75954.021 0 +339939.75 6680.0 C57
2019-12-01 22:44:24 S 05 43 46.898 +34 53 35.27 V C57
2019-12-01 22:44:24 s 1 +70632.712 0 +345861.37 2310.0 C57
2019-12-02 00:44:24 S 05 43 32.381 +34 54 12.10 V C57
2019-12-02 00:44:24 s 1 +67043.260 0 +349609.92 9390.0 C57
2019-12-02 07:32:26 C 05 42 38.91 +34 47 54.8 V G96
2019-12-02 07:39:59 C 05 42 38.03 +34 47 56.6 V G96
2019-12-02 07:44:24 S 05 42 42.578 +34 56 15.90 V C57
2019-12-02 07:44:24 s 1 +54253.276 0 +361508.09 7040.0 C57
2019-12-02 07:47:34 C 05 42 37.16 +34 47 58.4 V G96
2019-12-02 07:55:08 C 05 42 36.28 +34 48 00.3 V G96
2019-12-02 10:44:24 S 05 42 21.850 +34 57 00.83 V C57
2019-12-02 10:44:24 s 1 +48680.021 0 +366039.77 1160.0 C57
2019-12-02 14:14:24 S 05 41 56.186 +34 58 10.42 V C57
2019-12-02 14:14:24 s 1 +42120.968 0 +370907.34 1490.0 C57
2019-12-02 21:44:24 S 05 41 02.076 +35 00 13.10 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)