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
2020-01-20 02:42:57 C 03 18 21.94 +28 32 24.3 V 703
2020-01-20 02:50:00 C 03 18 21.47 +28 32 21.1 V 703
2020-01-21 06:48:30 C 03 16 59.16 +28 17 20.2 V T08
2020-01-21 06:52:36 C 03 16 58.92 +28 17 17.9 V T08
2020-01-21 07:04:03 C 03 16 58.34 +28 17 11.7 V T08
2020-01-21 07:30:36 C 03 16 56.94 +28 16 57.4 V T08
2020-01-23 03:44:25 C 03 15 03.16 +27 53 48.0 V G96
2020-01-23 03:52:37 C 03 15 02.80 +27 53 43.7 V G96
2020-01-23 04:00:51 C 03 15 02.43 +27 53 39.5 V G96
2020-01-23 04:09:04 C 03 15 02.07 +27 53 35.1 V G96
2020-01-23 07:24:25 C 03 14 54.265 +27 51 59.06 U F52
2020-01-23 07:40:34 C 03 14 53.552 +27 51 50.50 U F52
2020-01-25 08:11:08 C 03 13 10.54 +27 27 41.1 V T08
2020-01-25 08:15:51 C 03 13 10.35 +27 27 39.5 V T08
2020-01-25 08:24:47 C 03 13 10.06 +27 27 35.6 V T08
2020-01-25 08:52:47 C 03 13 09.07 +27 27 19.8 V T08
2020-01-25 19:16:51 C 03 12 50.61 +27 22 13.7 V A16
2020-01-25 19:37:56 C 03 12 49.89 +27 22 02.8 V A16
2020-01-25 20:20:07 C 03 12 48.50 +27 21 42.4 V A16
2020-01-25 20:41:14 C 03 12 47.75 +27 21 31.8 V A16
2020-01-26 04:13:01 C 03 12 34.37 +27 18 01.3 V 703
2020-01-26 04:21:12 C 03 12 34.16 +27 17 56.8 V 703
2020-01-26 04:29:21 C 03 12 33.83 +27 17 53.4 V 703
2020-01-26 04:37:31 C 03 12 33.66 +27 17 49.4 V 703
2020-01-29 04:27:02 C 03 10 50.29 +26 45 00.1 V 703
2020-01-29 04:35:19 C 03 10 50.04 +26 44 55.8 V 703
2020-01-29 04:43:34 C 03 10 49.88 +26 44 51.5 V 703
2020-01-29 04:51:49 C 03 10 49.62 +26 44 47.4 V 703
2020-02-22 05:16:12 C 03 15 00.33 +23 35 46.1 V T08
2020-02-22 05:22:25 C 03 15 00.27 +23 35 42.0 V T08
2020-02-22 05:24:27 C 03 15 00.42 +23 35 42.7 V T08
2020-02-22 05:37:14 C 03 15 00.69 +23 35 39.2 V T08
2020-02-22 05:40:00 C 03 15 00.77 +23 35 40.0 V T08
2020-03-18 11:28:45 C 03 24 59.80 +20 11 19.9 q D29
2020-03-18 11:49:06 C 03 24 59.50 +20 11 08.4 q D29
2020-07-02 13:50:48 C 02 00 37.406 +10 30 41.53 U F51
2020-07-02 13:59:13 C 02 00 37.959 +10 30 46.20 U F51
2020-07-02 14:07:35 C 02 00 38.486 +10 30 50.71 U F51
2020-07-02 14:15:57 C 02 00 39.031 +10 30 55.36 U F51
2020-08-14 19:44:15 C 02 51 44.32 +17 54 13.1 q D29
2020-08-14 20:04:37 C 02 51 44.77 +17 54 19.3 q D29
2020-08-14 20:24:59 C 02 51 45.11 +17 54 26.1 q D29
2020-08-24 13:25:13 C 02 54 42.085 +18 57 58.01 U F52
2020-08-24 13:43:20 C 02 54 42.070 +18 58 02.36 U F52
2020-08-24 14:22:22 C 02 54 42.027 +18 58 11.83 U F52
2020-08-27 09:26:24 C 02 54 38.41 +19 13 25.4 V G96
2020-08-27 09:33:51 C 02 54 38.36 +19 13 27.1 V G96
2020-08-27 09:41:17 C 02 54 38.32 +19 13 28.6 V G96
2020-08-27 09:48:45 C 02 54 38.27 +19 13 30.6 V G96
2020-09-11 23:17:13 C 02 45 17.04 +20 07 34.1 V K88
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)