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
2019-12-02 21:44:24 s 1 +27902.585 0 +379852.55 2160.0 C57
2019-12-02 22:14:24 S 05 40 58.171 +35 00 20.09 V C57
2019-12-02 22:14:24 s 1 +26948.388 0 +380378.17 6620.0 C57
2019-12-02 22:44:24 S 05 40 54.643 +35 00 34.24 V C57
2019-12-02 22:44:24 s 1 +25993.546 0 +380895.05 6980.0 C57
2019-12-03 03:14:24 S 05 40 21.874 +35 01 42.53 V C57
2019-12-03 03:14:24 s 1 +17374.813 0 +385156.86 6800.0 C57
2019-12-03 09:44:24 S 05 39 33.816 +35 03 25.16 V C57
2019-12-03 10:14:24 S 05 39 30.163 +35 03 33.84 V C57
2019-12-03 11:14:24 S 05 39 22.589 +35 03 51.91 V C57
2019-12-03 11:44:24 S 05 39 19.082 +35 03 57.02 V C57
2019-12-03 21:14:24 S 05 38 07.594 +35 06 18.40 V C57
2019-12-03 21:14:24 s 1 -17276.663 0 +395360.34 8690.0 C57
2019-12-03 22:44:24 S 05 37 56.354 +35 06 46.04 V C57
2019-12-03 22:44:24 s 1 -20157.439 0 +395727.18 7410.0 C57
2019-12-04 07:44:24 S 05 36 47.033 +35 08 35.70 V C57
2019-12-04 07:44:24 s 1 -37348.916 0 +396395.24 7020.0 C57
2019-12-04 11:14:24 S 05 36 21.005 +35 09 28.55 V C57
2019-12-04 11:14:24 s 1 -43975.644 0 +395949.33 7800.0 C57
2019-12-04 12:53:13 C 05 36 27.91 +34 59 34.3 V T08
2019-12-04 13:08:13 C 05 36 26.03 +34 59 36.8 V T08
2019-12-04 13:27:42 C 05 36 23.60 +34 59 40.2 V T08
2019-12-04 13:38:29 C 05 36 22.24 +34 59 42.2 V T08
2019-12-04 18:14:24 S 05 35 26.976 +35 10 49.19 V C57
2019-12-04 18:14:24 s 1 -57093.506 0 +393877.59 8790.0 C57
2019-12-04 20:14:24 S 05 35 11.626 +35 11 12.84 V C57
2019-12-04 20:14:24 s 1 -60802.433 0 +392996.99 8160.0 C57
2019-12-04 20:44:24 S 05 35 08.215 +35 11 23.35 V C57
2019-12-04 20:44:24 s 1 -61726.644 0 +392756.80 440.0 C57
2019-12-04 21:14:24 S 05 35 04.435 +35 11 29.29 V C57
2019-12-04 21:14:24 s 1 -62649.605 0 +392508.58 1590.0 C57
2019-12-04 21:44:24 S 05 35 00.444 +35 11 30.80 V C57
2019-12-04 21:44:24 s 1 -63571.298 0 +392252.33 1570.0 C57
2019-12-05 09:14:24 S 05 33 30.593 +35 13 37.45 V C57
2019-12-05 09:14:24 s 1 -84373.075 0 +384138.38 8170.0 C57
2019-12-05 11:44:24 S 05 33 10.445 +35 14 09.85 V C57
2019-12-05 11:44:24 s 1 -88780.194 0 +381808.65 4000.0 C57
2019-12-05 13:14:24 S 05 32 58.687 +35 14 24.40 V C57
2019-12-05 13:14:24 s 1 -91402.033 0 +380313.14 5500.0 C57
2019-12-05 20:14:24 S 05 32 03.528 +35 15 25.06 V C57
2019-12-05 20:14:24 s 1 -103394.46 0 +372358.81 5770.0 C57
2019-12-06 00:44:24 S 05 31 27.950 +35 16 09.01 V C57
2019-12-06 00:44:24 s 1 -110870.63 8 +366388.83 2660.0 C57
2019-12-06 01:14:24 S 05 31 23.503 +35 16 17.33 V C57
2019-12-06 01:14:24 s 1 -111689.02 4 +365683.70 5220.0 C57
2019-12-06 02:44:24 S 05 31 11.765 +35 16 31.84 V C57
2019-12-06 02:44:24 s 1 -114128.71 8 +363517.83 6710.0 C57
2019-12-06 05:14:24 S 05 30 51.842 +35 16 43.86 V C57
2019-12-06 05:14:24 s 1 -118141.62 7 +359739.02 4560.0 C57
2019-12-06 07:44:24 S 05 30 31.541 +35 17 10.97 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)