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
2019-12-06 07:44:24 s 1 -122084.82 4 +355747.42 850.0 C57
2019-12-06 08:14:24 S 05 30 27.946 +35 17 07.40 V C57
2019-12-06 08:14:24 s 1 -122864.76 7 +354923.40 6750.0 C57
2019-12-06 12:14:24 S 05 29 56.021 +35 17 39.26 V C57
2019-12-06 12:14:24 s 1 -128994.69 2 +348020.24 7100.0 C57
2019-12-06 12:44:24 S 05 29 51.797 +35 17 47.44 V C57
2019-12-06 12:44:24 s 1 -129746.74 1 +347118.21 2650.0 C57
2019-12-07 05:14:24 S 05 27 39.187 +35 19 27.01 V C57
2019-12-07 05:14:24 s 1 -152507.38 6 +312317.62 3590.0 C57
2019-12-07 07:14:24 S 05 27 22.044 +35 19 41.20 V C57
2019-12-07 07:14:24 s 1 -154955.68 1 +307413.59 1480.0 C57
2019-12-07 08:44:24 S 05 27 10.380 +35 19 45.19 V C57
2019-12-07 08:44:24 s 1 -156741.18 0 +303634.53 1180.0 C57
2019-12-07 10:14:24 S 05 26 58.061 +35 19 59.63 V C57
2019-12-07 10:14:24 s 1 -158481.56 7 +299767.94 310.0 C57
2019-12-07 10:34:20 C 05 27 41.70 +35 11 21.0 V T05
2019-12-07 10:38:59 C 05 27 41.05 +35 11 21.9 V T05
2019-12-07 10:50:01 C 05 27 39.54 +35 11 23.2 V T05
2019-12-07 11:06:35 C 05 27 37.26 +35 11 26.0 V T05
2019-12-07 11:44:24 S 05 26 45.432 +35 20 04.70 V C57
2019-12-07 11:44:24 s 1 -160175.29 5 +295812.97 5230.0 C57
2019-12-07 12:14:24 S 05 26 42.053 +35 20 03.19 V C57
2019-12-07 12:14:24 s 1 -160729.22 6 +294474.86 5290.0 C57
2019-12-07 13:14:24 S 05 26 33.338 +35 20 09.31 V C57
2019-12-07 13:14:24 s 1 -161820.75 3 +291768.73 2180.0 C57
2019-12-07 13:44:24 S 05 26 29.616 +35 20 16.15 V C57
2019-12-07 13:44:24 s 1 -162358.22 3 +290400.65 8710.0 C57
2019-12-07 14:44:24 S 05 26 21.211 +35 20 12.66 V C57
2019-12-07 14:44:24 s 1 -163416.25 4 +287634.28 7190.0 C57
2019-12-07 15:44:24 S 05 26 13.337 +35 20 26.99 V C57
2019-12-07 15:44:24 s 1 -164451.29 9 +284827.39 8530.0 C57
2019-12-07 16:44:24 S 05 26 04.524 +35 20 23.28 V C57
2019-12-07 16:44:24 s 1 -165462.81 4 +281979.69 1450.0 C57
2019-12-07 17:14:24 S 05 26 00.562 +35 20 29.62 V C57
2019-12-07 17:14:24 s 1 -165959.57 4 +280540.44 4340.0 C57
2019-12-07 17:44:24 S 05 25 57.046 +35 20 28.97 V C57
2019-12-07 17:44:24 s 1 -166450.23 9 +279090.87 4630.0 C57
2019-12-07 19:14:24 S 05 25 44.340 +35 20 34.73 V C57
2019-12-07 19:14:24 s 1 -167884.93 4 +274679.87 8150.0 C57
2019-12-07 21:14:24 S 05 25 28.685 +35 20 43.26 V C57
2019-12-07 21:14:24 s 1 -169707.97 4 +268651.66 8960.0 C57
2019-12-07 22:44:24 S 05 25 15.847 +35 20 46.03 V C57
2019-12-07 22:44:24 s 1 -171005.04 1 +264018.89 5050.0 C57
2019-12-07 23:14:24 S 05 25 11.741 +35 20 49.70 V C57
2019-12-07 23:14:24 s 1 -171423.57 5 +262453.14 4690.0 C57
2019-12-08 01:44:24 S 05 24 51.766 +35 20 55.68 V C57
2019-12-08 01:44:24 s 1 -173408.60 0 +254461.19 5500.0 C57
2019-12-08 02:14:24 S 05 24 47.501 +35 20 54.64 V C57
2019-12-08 02:14:24 s 1 -173783.42 7 +252829.84 2640.0 C57
2019-12-08 10:16:45 C 05 24 32.08 +35 14 21.0 V T08
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)