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
2019-12-16 08:14:24 S 04 56 19.162 +35 25 38.96 V C57
2019-12-16 08:44:24 S 04 56 14.938 +35 25 36.73 V C57
2019-12-16 09:14:24 S 04 56 09.878 +35 25 32.20 V C57
2019-12-16 09:44:24 S 04 56 05.035 +35 25 29.53 V C57
2019-12-16 10:14:24 S 04 56 00.017 +35 25 26.94 V C57
2019-12-16 10:44:24 S 04 55 54.958 +35 25 18.88 V C57
2019-12-16 11:14:24 S 04 55 50.218 +35 25 16.21 V C57
2019-12-16 13:03:34 C 04 55 58.54 +35 14 30.7 V T08
2019-12-16 13:08:13 C 04 55 57.79 +35 14 30.0 V T08
2019-12-16 13:22:44 C 04 55 55.48 +35 14 27.7 V T08
2019-12-16 13:32:36 C 04 55 53.91 +35 14 26.1 V T08
2019-12-16 14:14:24 S 04 55 20.470 +35 24 58.93 V C57
2019-12-16 14:44:24 S 04 55 15.727 +35 24 56.20 V C57
2019-12-16 19:14:24 S 04 54 30.883 +35 24 29.88 V C57
2019-12-16 19:14:24 s 1 -12162.156 0 +398279.60 1490.0 C57
2019-12-16 19:44:24 S 04 54 25.522 +35 24 24.80 V C57
2019-12-16 19:44:24 s 1 -13143.623 0 +398491.39 2030.0 C57
2019-12-16 20:14:24 S 04 54 21.185 +35 24 24.59 V C57
2019-12-16 20:14:24 s 1 -14124.809 0 +398695.02 520.0 C57
2019-12-16 20:44:24 S 04 54 16.337 +35 24 23.04 V C57
2019-12-16 20:44:24 s 1 -15105.694 0 +398890.50 7000.0 C57
2019-12-16 21:14:24 S 04 54 11.105 +35 24 18.50 V C57
2019-12-16 21:14:24 s 1 -16086.256 0 +399077.86 1530.0 C57
2019-12-16 21:44:24 S 04 54 06.511 +35 24 11.88 V C57
2019-12-16 21:44:24 s 1 -17066.477 0 +399257.09 4150.0 C57
2019-12-16 23:14:24 S 04 53 51.144 +35 23 56.00 V C57
2019-12-16 23:14:24 s 1 -20004.879 0 +399746.13 1000.0 C57
2019-12-17 00:44:24 S 04 53 36.655 +35 23 52.04 V C57
2019-12-17 00:44:24 s 1 -22939.468 0 +400162.40 2360.0 C57
2019-12-17 01:44:24 S 04 53 26.940 +35 23 37.18 V C57
2019-12-17 01:44:24 s 1 -24893.474 0 +400399.60 1950.0 C57
2019-12-17 02:44:24 S 04 53 16.414 +35 23 37.28 V C57
2019-12-17 02:44:24 s 1 -26845.384 0 +400604.62 5570.0 C57
2019-12-17 03:14:24 S 04 53 12.046 +35 23 22.96 V C57
2019-12-17 03:14:24 s 1 -27820.503 0 +400695.09 260.0 C57
2019-12-17 04:14:24 S 04 53 02.158 +35 23 22.27 V C57
2019-12-17 04:14:24 s 1 -29768.971 0 +400851.97 5640.0 C57
2019-12-17 04:44:24 S 04 52 57.372 +35 23 16.08 V C57
2019-12-17 04:44:24 s 1 -30742.279 0 +400918.41 6410.0 C57
2019-12-17 05:14:24 S 04 52 52.130 +35 23 13.27 V C57
2019-12-17 05:14:24 s 1 -31714.945 0 +400976.84 5970.0 C57
2019-12-17 07:31:37 C 04 53 07.28 +35 11 59.9 V G96
2019-12-17 07:39:04 C 04 53 06.08 +35 11 58.8 V G96
2019-12-17 07:46:31 C 04 53 04.87 +35 11 57.6 V G96
2019-12-17 07:53:57 C 04 53 03.67 +35 11 56.4 V G96
2019-12-17 08:44:24 S 04 52 17.580 +35 22 42.53 V C57
2019-12-17 08:44:24 s 1 -38503.954 0 +401162.50 2610.0 C57
2019-12-17 09:14:24 S 04 52 12.473 +35 22 35.44 V C57
2019-12-17 09:14:24 s 1 -39470.770 0 +401157.18 4060.0 C57
2019-12-17 11:44:24 S 04 51 47.304 +35 22 11.46 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)