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
2019-12-22 14:44:24 S 04 32 16.942 +34 45 25.31 V C57
2019-12-22 14:44:24 s 1 -182926.85 2 +131120.99 6180.0 C57
2019-12-22 16:14:24 S 04 32 03.814 +34 44 40.88 V C57
2019-12-22 16:14:24 s 1 -181564.17 0 +123900.23 1300.0 C57
2019-12-22 18:14:24 S 04 31 46.956 +34 43 45.26 V C57
2019-12-22 18:14:24 s 1 -179447.16 6 +114069.83 6700.0 C57
2019-12-22 18:44:24 S 04 31 42.350 +34 43 30.68 V C57
2019-12-22 18:44:24 s 1 -178861.23 3 +111575.67 7580.0 C57
2019-12-23 21:51:40 C 04 28 23.93 +34 31 27.3 V 160
2019-12-23 21:54:33 C 04 28 23.52 +34 31 27.1 V 160
2019-12-23 21:57:27 C 04 28 23.09 +34 31 26.6 V 160
2019-12-24 10:32:40 C 04 26 26.48 +34 26 56.2 V T08
2019-12-24 10:38:09 C 04 26 25.59 +34 26 54.1 V T08
2019-12-24 11:08:37 C 04 26 20.77 +34 26 41.8 V T08
2019-12-24 22:11:19 C 04 24 40.41 +34 22 22.2 V C95
2019-12-24 22:14:49 C 04 24 39.91 +34 22 20.9 V C95
2019-12-24 22:18:19 C 04 24 39.34 +34 22 19.5 V C95
2019-12-25 22:33:37 C 04 20 58.98 +34 12 33.1 V 160
2019-12-25 22:36:31 C 04 20 58.55 +34 12 31.4 V 160
2019-12-25 22:39:13 C 04 20 58.14 +34 12 30.0 V 160
2019-12-27 16:39:06 C 04 14 45.88 +33 54 10.9 q C97
2019-12-27 16:41:16 C 04 14 45.56 +33 54 09.0 q C97
2019-12-27 16:43:27 C 04 14 45.26 +33 54 07.3 q C97
2019-12-27 16:45:38 C 04 14 44.81 +33 54 07.8 q C97
2019-12-29 08:54:42 C 04 08 58.39 +33 34 52.6 V T08
2019-12-29 08:59:03 C 04 08 57.73 +33 34 50.6 V T08
2019-12-29 09:08:36 C 04 08 56.35 +33 34 45.7 V T08
2019-12-30 20:43:22 C 04 04 01.53 +33 16 24.4 q Z45
2019-12-30 20:59:08 C 04 03 59.30 +33 16 16.0 q Z45
2019-12-30 21:15:39 C 04 03 56.85 +33 16 07.3 q Z45
2020-01-02 05:40:56 C 03 56 30.86 +32 45 18.5 V 703
2020-01-02 05:49:16 C 03 56 29.78 +32 45 13.4 V 703
2020-01-02 05:57:35 C 03 56 28.65 +32 45 08.7 V 703
2020-01-02 06:05:53 C 03 56 27.60 +32 45 04.2 V 703
2020-01-03 05:00:29 C 03 53 35.84 +32 32 01.4 V G96
2020-01-03 05:07:59 C 03 53 34.87 +32 31 57.0 V G96
2020-01-03 05:15:29 C 03 53 33.90 +32 31 52.6 V G96
2020-01-03 05:22:57 C 03 53 32.94 +32 31 48.3 V G96
2020-01-09 02:10:37 C 03 37 57.69 +31 07 40.5 u H21
2020-01-09 02:12:58 C 03 37 57.43 +31 07 39.0 u H21
2020-01-09 02:15:54 C 03 37 57.13 +31 07 37.3 u H21
2020-01-09 02:18:50 C 03 37 56.80 +31 07 35.4 u H21
2020-01-09 02:21:46 C 03 37 56.49 +31 07 34.1 u H21
2020-01-09 02:24:07 C 03 37 56.28 +31 07 32.6 u H21
2020-01-14 04:19:05 C 03 27 21.47 +29 53 53.2 V 703
2020-01-14 04:27:34 C 03 27 20.73 +29 53 47.8 V 703
2020-01-14 04:36:02 C 03 27 20.11 +29 53 43.1 V 703
2020-01-14 04:44:26 C 03 27 19.39 +29 53 37.8 V 703
2020-01-20 02:28:51 C 03 18 22.72 +28 32 31.7 V 703
2020-01-20 02:35:54 C 03 18 22.23 +28 32 29.0 V 703
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)