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
2019-12-21 03:44:24 S 04 37 33.818 +34 59 30.66 V C57
2019-12-21 03:44:24 s 1 -178661.10 0 +266827.87 2490.0 C57
2019-12-21 04:14:24 S 04 37 29.194 +34 59 21.26 V C57
2019-12-21 04:14:24 s 1 -179059.62 3 +265282.90 1150.0 C57
2019-12-21 04:44:24 S 04 37 24.216 +34 59 12.41 V C57
2019-12-21 04:44:24 s 1 -179451.08 7 +263727.65 7390.0 C57
2019-12-21 06:14:24 S 04 37 10.183 +34 58 36.41 V C57
2019-12-21 06:14:24 s 1 -180582.27 4 +258999.79 9710.0 C57
2019-12-21 06:44:24 S 04 37 06.252 +34 58 32.05 V C57
2019-12-21 06:44:24 s 1 -180944.64 6 +257402.99 4430.0 C57
2019-12-21 10:44:24 S 04 36 28.807 +34 56 52.55 V C57
2019-12-21 10:44:24 s 1 -183565.97 2 +244247.20 5380.0 C57
2019-12-21 11:44:24 S 04 36 19.723 +34 56 35.09 V C57
2019-12-21 11:44:24 s 1 -184140.58 9 +240850.65 5100.0 C57
2019-12-21 12:14:24 S 04 36 14.796 +34 56 18.31 V C57
2019-12-21 12:14:24 s 1 -184415.22 1 +239135.98 1940.0 C57
2019-12-21 12:44:24 S 04 36 10.474 +34 56 13.42 V C57
2019-12-21 12:44:24 s 1 -184681.25 7 +237410.31 3120.0 C57
2019-12-21 13:14:24 S 04 36 05.892 +34 55 53.80 V C57
2019-12-21 13:14:24 s 1 -184938.58 4 +235673.60 8420.0 C57
2019-12-21 13:44:24 S 04 36 00.768 +34 55 50.84 V C57
2019-12-21 13:44:24 s 1 -185187.08 9 +233925.79 7580.0 C57
2019-12-21 14:14:24 S 04 35 56.431 +34 55 34.10 V C57
2019-12-21 14:14:24 s 1 -185426.65 4 +232166.83 370.0 C57
2019-12-21 14:44:24 S 04 35 52.265 +34 55 21.11 V C57
2019-12-21 14:44:24 s 1 -185657.16 0 +230396.68 6530.0 C57
2019-12-21 15:14:24 S 04 35 47.477 +34 55 11.35 V C57
2019-12-21 15:14:24 s 1 -185878.48 8 +228615.29 5810.0 C57
2019-12-21 15:44:24 S 04 35 43.061 +34 55 01.13 V C57
2019-12-21 15:44:24 s 1 -186090.51 2 +226822.59 7940.0 C57
2019-12-21 16:14:24 S 04 35 37.810 +34 54 46.40 V C57
2019-12-21 16:14:24 s 1 -186293.10 7 +225018.54 2670.0 C57
2019-12-21 16:44:24 S 04 35 33.418 +34 54 39.46 V C57
2019-12-21 16:44:24 s 1 -186486.14 4 +223203.08 9720.0 C57
2019-12-21 17:14:24 S 04 35 28.426 +34 54 23.36 V C57
2019-12-21 17:14:24 s 1 -186669.49 1 +221376.16 8800.0 C57
2019-12-21 17:44:24 S 04 35 24.557 +34 54 15.37 V C57
2019-12-21 17:44:24 s 1 -186843.01 5 +219537.73 9650.0 C57
2019-12-21 21:14:24 S 04 34 51.890 +34 52 47.96 V C57
2019-12-21 21:14:24 s 1 -187770.73 2 +206341.61 9580.0 C57
2019-12-21 23:14:24 S 04 34 33.907 +34 51 58.25 V C57
2019-12-21 23:14:24 s 1 -188062.03 2 +198538.86 7170.0 C57
2019-12-21 23:44:24 S 04 34 29.686 +34 51 52.20 V C57
2019-12-21 23:44:24 s 1 -188106.08 6 +196557.79 4520.0 C57
2019-12-22 08:44:24 S 04 33 09.413 +34 48 03.46 V C57
2019-12-22 08:44:24 s 1 -186675.59 9 +158736.38 7760.0 C57
2019-12-22 12:14:24 S 04 32 38.498 +34 46 32.66 V C57
2019-12-22 12:14:24 s 1 -184802.81 7 +142870.81 9750.0 C57
2019-12-22 14:14:24 S 04 32 20.731 +34 45 36.97 V C57
2019-12-22 14:14:24 s 1 -183340.51 2 +133499.26 6040.0 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)