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
2019-12-18 16:14:24 s 1 -97033.847 0 +385429.24 1710.0 C57
2019-12-18 16:44:24 S 04 47 02.191 +35 16 47.14 V C57
2019-12-18 16:44:24 s 1 -97910.344 0 +384927.32 4420.0 C57
2019-12-18 17:14:24 S 04 46 57.185 +35 16 38.86 V C57
2019-12-18 17:14:24 s 1 -98784.741 0 +384417.47 5090.0 C57
2019-12-18 18:14:24 S 04 46 47.162 +35 16 25.36 V C57
2019-12-18 18:14:24 s 1 -100527.14 0 +383373.94 110.0 C57
2019-12-18 19:14:24 S 04 46 37.526 +35 16 10.92 V C57
2019-12-18 19:14:24 s 1 -102260.86 3 +382298.59 6370.0 C57
2019-12-18 20:14:24 S 04 46 27.218 +35 15 59.11 V C57
2019-12-18 20:14:24 s 1 -103985.72 4 +381191.39 3470.0 C57
2019-12-18 20:44:24 S 04 46 22.378 +35 15 49.82 V C57
2019-12-18 20:44:24 s 1 -104844.77 2 +380625.82 8450.0 C57
2019-12-18 21:44:24 S 04 46 12.926 +35 15 36.50 V C57
2019-12-18 21:44:24 s 1 -106555.98 8 +379470.73 1050.0 C57
2019-12-18 22:14:24 S 04 46 07.517 +35 15 28.51 V C57
2019-12-18 22:14:24 s 1 -107408.10 8 +378881.19 8560.0 C57
2019-12-18 22:44:24 S 04 46 02.849 +35 15 22.75 V C57
2019-12-18 22:44:24 s 1 -108257.86 9 +378283.65 3470.0 C57
2019-12-19 01:14:24 S 04 45 38.282 +35 14 52.33 V C57
2019-12-19 01:14:24 s 1 -112470.46 0 +375175.56 7250.0 C57
2019-12-19 01:44:24 S 04 45 33.900 +35 14 40.60 V C57
2019-12-19 01:44:24 s 1 -113305.56 2 +374529.82 5480.0 C57
2019-12-19 02:14:24 S 04 45 28.721 +35 14 26.12 V C57
2019-12-19 02:14:24 s 1 -114138.13 3 +373876.02 740.0 C57
2019-12-19 05:14:24 S 04 44 59.134 +35 13 45.95 V C57
2019-12-19 05:14:24 s 1 -119078.98 1 +369783.37 6930.0 C57
2019-12-19 05:44:24 S 04 44 54.864 +35 13 39.18 V C57
2019-12-19 05:44:24 s 1 -119893.11 6 +369072.87 9870.0 C57
2019-12-19 06:44:24 S 04 44 44.719 +35 13 17.83 V C57
2019-12-19 06:44:24 s 1 -121513.14 2 +367627.44 5480.0 C57
2019-12-19 07:44:24 S 04 44 35.297 +35 13 02.60 V C57
2019-12-19 07:44:24 s 1 -123121.99 5 +366149.38 6970.0 C57
2019-12-19 08:14:24 S 04 44 29.839 +35 13 00.80 V C57
2019-12-19 08:14:24 s 1 -123922.16 2 +365398.08 2280.0 C57
2019-12-19 08:42:17 C 04 45 26.29 +35 03 07.2 V T05
2019-12-19 08:49:23 C 04 45 25.12 +35 03 05.6 V T05
2019-12-19 09:10:20 C 04 45 21.69 +35 03 01.5 V T05
2019-12-19 09:44:24 S 04 44 16.049 +35 12 37.44 V C57
2019-12-19 09:44:24 s 1 -126305.29 7 +363094.99 5760.0 C57
2019-12-19 10:14:24 S 04 44 11.256 +35 12 30.46 V C57
2019-12-19 10:14:24 s 1 -127093.79 1 +362310.85 5900.0 C57
2019-12-19 13:44:24 S 04 43 36.826 +35 11 32.28 V C57
2019-12-19 13:44:24 s 1 -132527.89 4 +356590.44 2980.0 C57
2019-12-19 15:44:24 S 04 43 17.381 +35 11 03.08 V C57
2019-12-19 15:44:24 s 1 -135563.38 7 +353138.63 3390.0 C57
2019-12-19 18:44:24 S 04 42 47.990 +35 10 08.47 V C57
2019-12-19 18:44:24 s 1 -140016.25 1 +347708.94 3170.0 C57
2019-12-19 19:14:24 S 04 42 43.670 +35 10 00.01 V C57
2019-12-19 19:14:24 s 1 -140746.26 5 +346774.40 2490.0 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)