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
2019-12-17 11:44:24 s 1 -44292.173 0 +401011.60 20.0 C57
2019-12-17 12:14:24 S 04 51 42.710 +35 22 12.61 V C57
2019-12-17 12:14:24 s 1 -45253.782 0 +400958.71 7260.0 C57
2019-12-17 13:14:24 S 04 51 33.110 +35 22 03.86 V C57
2019-12-17 13:14:24 s 1 -47174.173 0 +400829.20 160.0 C57
2019-12-17 14:14:24 S 04 51 22.934 +35 21 51.59 V C57
2019-12-17 14:14:24 s 1 -49090.665 0 +400668.09 1230.0 C57
2019-12-17 19:44:24 S 04 50 28.721 +35 20 56.18 V C57
2019-12-17 19:44:24 s 1 -59554.725 0 +399218.08 5140.0 C57
2019-12-17 21:44:24 S 04 50 08.880 +35 20 39.55 V C57
2019-12-17 21:44:24 s 1 -63324.362 0 +398454.69 1470.0 C57
2019-12-17 22:44:24 S 04 49 59.326 +35 20 26.56 V C57
2019-12-17 22:44:24 s 1 -65201.419 0 +398025.83 1210.0 C57
2019-12-17 23:44:24 S 04 49 49.217 +35 20 11.47 V C57
2019-12-17 23:44:24 s 1 -67073.091 0 +397565.55 2480.0 C57
2019-12-18 00:14:24 S 04 49 43.920 +35 20 07.15 V C57
2019-12-18 00:14:24 s 1 -68006.858 0 +397323.63 1210.0 C57
2019-12-18 00:44:24 S 04 49 38.796 +35 19 57.47 V C57
2019-12-18 00:44:24 s 1 -68939.219 0 +397073.85 4390.0 C57
2019-12-18 04:14:24 S 04 49 05.525 +35 19 19.38 V C57
2019-12-18 04:14:24 s 1 -75424.700 0 +395105.46 8490.0 C57
2019-12-18 04:44:24 S 04 48 59.952 +35 19 15.96 V C57
2019-12-18 04:44:24 s 1 -76345.092 0 +394792.84 5950.0 C57
2019-12-18 05:44:24 S 04 48 50.141 +35 19 02.39 V C57
2019-12-18 05:44:24 s 1 -78181.093 0 +394144.01 8080.0 C57
2019-12-18 06:44:24 S 04 48 40.171 +35 18 50.58 V C57
2019-12-18 06:44:24 s 1 -80010.582 0 +393463.75 6180.0 C57
2019-12-18 07:44:24 S 04 48 30.242 +35 18 36.97 V C57
2019-12-18 07:44:24 s 1 -81833.393 0 +392752.02 9890.0 C57
2019-12-18 08:44:24 S 04 48 20.638 +35 18 26.28 V C57
2019-12-18 08:44:24 s 1 -83649.360 0 +392008.82 8840.0 C57
2019-12-18 09:44:24 S 04 48 11.076 +35 18 15.77 V C57
2019-12-18 09:44:24 s 1 -85458.316 0 +391234.13 2660.0 C57
2019-12-18 10:14:24 S 04 48 06.010 +35 18 05.65 V C57
2019-12-18 10:14:24 s 1 -86360.112 0 +390834.97 7530.0 C57
2019-12-18 10:44:24 S 04 48 00.900 +35 18 04.93 V C57
2019-12-18 10:44:24 s 1 -87260.092 0 +390427.92 980.0 C57
2019-12-18 11:14:24 S 04 47 55.678 +35 17 56.69 V C57
2019-12-18 11:14:24 s 1 -88158.234 0 +390012.99 2970.0 C57
2019-12-18 11:44:24 S 04 47 51.355 +35 17 49.60 V C57
2019-12-18 11:44:24 s 1 -89054.518 0 +389590.18 3440.0 C57
2019-12-18 12:44:24 S 04 47 40.944 +35 17 39.73 V C57
2019-12-18 12:44:24 s 1 -90841.423 0 +388720.87 9650.0 C57
2019-12-18 13:44:24 S 04 47 30.960 +35 17 21.66 V C57
2019-12-18 13:44:24 s 1 -92620.633 0 +387819.96 9230.0 C57
2019-12-18 14:44:24 S 04 47 21.710 +35 17 11.98 V C57
2019-12-18 14:44:24 s 1 -94391.975 0 +386887.43 1810.0 C57
2019-12-18 15:14:24 S 04 47 16.706 +35 17 11.26 V C57
2019-12-18 15:14:24 s 1 -95274.640 0 +386409.29 360.0 C57
2019-12-18 16:14:24 S 04 47 06.641 +35 16 48.25 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)