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
1998-11-23 22:09:50 C 06 21 18.98 +33 40 55.4 19.0 a 561
1998-11-23 22:15:16 C 06 21 18.68 +33 40 58.9 a 561
1998-12-14 07:54:43 C 05 30 02.99 +36 00 39.2 18.8 a 704
1998-12-14 08:26:17 C 05 29 57.87 +36 00 44.1 18.9 a 704
1998-12-14 08:57:36 C 05 29 53.10 +36 00 44.0 18.8 a 704
1998-12-14 09:28:55 C 05 29 48.33 +36 00 46.9 18.1 a 704
1998-12-17 01:52:29 C 05 19 56.90 +36 04 52.8 18.6 a 704
1998-12-17 02:26:05 C 05 19 51.53 +36 04 53.9 18.9 a 704
1998-12-17 02:59:28 C 05 19 46.10 +36 04 54.7 19.0 a 704
1998-12-17 03:33:35 C 05 19 40.59 +36 04 56.2 17.7 a 704
1998-12-17 04:06:36 C 05 19 35.34 +36 04 58.0 18.0 a 704
1999-01-16 21:01:35 C 03 34 32.11 +30 47 14.2 118
1999-01-16 21:11:33 C 03 34 31.23 +30 47 07.3 118
1999-01-25 02:06:06 C 03 20 43.11 +28 43 45.1 z 711
1999-01-25 02:18:27 C 03 20 42.36 +28 43 37.7 z 711
1999-09-14 00:19:33 C 02 53 35.35 +20 52 58.4 557
1999-09-14 00:22:53 C 02 53 35.17 +20 52 58.6 557
1999-09-14 00:26:15 C 02 53 35.03 +20 52 58.9 557
1999-09-14 00:29:36 C 02 53 34.85 +20 52 59.5 557
1999-10-11 05:54:00 C 02 00 27.52 +19 23 37.0 19.5 a 704
1999-10-11 06:07:02 C 02 00 26.04 +19 23 31.7 19.4 a 704
1999-10-11 06:20:05 C 02 00 24.54 +19 23 27.1 19.5 a 704
1999-10-11 06:33:26 C 02 00 23.10 +19 23 21.5 19.8 a 704
1999-10-11 06:46:29 C 02 00 21.46 +19 23 17.1 19.5 a 704
1999-10-21 05:55:59 C 01 33 53.19 +17 33 12.1 18.6 a 704
1999-10-21 06:18:30 C 01 33 50.78 +17 33 01.2 19.1 a 704
1999-10-21 06:40:43 C 01 33 48.31 +17 32 48.3 18.6 a 704
1999-10-21 07:03:05 C 01 33 45.86 +17 32 36.2 18.7 a 704
2003-10-08 11:58:39 C 06 56 05.78 +28 00 15.3 c 673
2003-10-08 12:15:40 C 06 56 07.11 +28 00 15.7 c 673
2003-10-08 12:39:10 C 06 56 08.90 +28 00 16.4 c 673
2003-10-08 12:57:29 C 06 56 10.33 +28 00 17.2 c 673
2003-10-09 12:13:00 C 06 58 03.56 +28 00 56.8 c 673
2003-10-09 12:31:39 C 06 58 05.03 +28 00 57.2 c 673
2003-10-09 12:43:30 C 06 58 06.05 +28 00 57.8 c 673
2003-10-09 12:53:59 C 06 58 06.76 +28 00 58.3 c 673
2003-11-20 09:37:41 C 08 09 51.81 +28 48 17.7 19.5 c 704
2003-11-20 09:56:26 C 08 09 52.80 +28 48 19.8 20.3 c 704
2003-11-20 10:14:39 C 08 09 53.87 +28 48 21.6 19.7 c 704
2003-11-20 10:32:37 C 08 09 54.87 +28 48 24.1 19.6 c 704
2003-11-20 10:51:48 C 08 09 55.87 +28 48 25.7 19.4 c 704
2003-12-01 08:34:35 C 08 23 51.82 +29 32 31.8 d 703
2003-12-01 09:39:17 C 08 23 54.66 +29 32 48.6 d 703
2003-12-01 10:06:35 C 08 23 55.80 +29 32 54.1 d 703
2003-12-01 10:33:43 C 08 23 56.92 +29 32 59.5 d 703
2003-12-04 09:20:56 C 08 27 11.21 +29 50 11.1 18.7 c 704
2003-12-04 09:38:13 C 08 27 11.93 +29 50 15.9 19.3 c 704
2003-12-04 09:55:44 C 08 27 12.63 +29 50 19.9 19.6 c 704
2003-12-04 10:30:14 C 08 27 13.94 +29 50 28.7 19.7 c 704
2003-12-17 07:36:51 C 08 37 54.88 +31 44 28.6 d 703
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)