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
2020-10-19 10:50:30 C 01 21 51.84 +16 15 58.7 V T08
2020-10-19 11:41:25 C 01 21 46.20 +16 15 31.0 V T08
2020-10-19 12:17:58 C 01 21 42.10 +16 15 10.7 V T08
2020-10-19 12:18:38 C 01 21 42.10 +16 15 10.9 V T08
2020-10-19 13:19:50 C 01 21 36.69 +16 14 34.3 q D29
2020-10-19 13:40:11 C 01 21 34.44 +16 14 23.6 q D29
2020-10-19 14:00:33 C 01 21 32.20 +16 14 13.0 q D29
2020-10-20 05:40:30 C 01 19 52.63 +16 05 44.6 V 703
2020-10-20 05:48:07 C 01 19 51.78 +16 05 40.4 V 703
2020-10-20 06:12:51 C 01 19 49.09 +16 05 26.9 V 703
2020-10-20 06:20:28 C 01 19 48.25 +16 05 23.2 V 703
2020-10-20 08:03:34 C 01 19 37.763 +16 04 29.63 U F51
2020-10-20 08:20:17 C 01 19 35.942 +16 04 20.70 U F51
2020-10-20 08:53:45 C 01 19 32.288 +16 04 02.68 U F51
2020-10-21 08:52:06 C 01 17 02.40 +15 50 58.7 V T05
2020-10-21 08:54:44 C 01 17 02.15 +15 50 57.3 V T05
2020-10-21 08:58:48 C 01 17 01.66 +15 50 55.6 V T05
2020-10-21 09:06:53 C 01 17 00.83 +15 50 51.2 V T05
2020-10-22 11:08:11 C 01 14 20.734 +15 36 35.29 U F52
2020-10-22 11:25:42 C 01 14 18.893 +15 36 25.52 U F52
2020-10-22 12:00:44 C 01 14 15.229 +15 36 06.00 U F52
2020-10-23 05:31:14 C 01 12 30.65 +15 26 26.8 V G96
2020-10-23 05:38:37 C 01 12 29.90 +15 26 22.7 V G96
2020-10-23 05:46:00 C 01 12 29.13 +15 26 18.7 V G96
2020-10-23 10:30:24 C 01 12 00.48 +15 23 45.7 V T08
2020-10-23 10:36:10 C 01 11 59.87 +15 23 42.3 V T08
2020-10-23 10:54:43 C 01 11 57.96 +15 23 32.1 V T08
2020-10-23 11:04:13 C 01 11 56.96 +15 23 26.8 V T08
2020-10-24 06:43:57 C 01 10 01.53 +15 12 33.7 V 703
2020-10-24 06:52:11 C 01 10 00.71 +15 12 31.0 V 703
2020-10-24 07:00:26 C 01 09 59.88 +15 12 26.2 V 703
2020-10-24 07:08:39 C 01 09 59.00 +15 12 22.9 V 703
2020-10-24 09:39:00 C 01 09 44.56 +15 11 02.8 V T05
2020-10-24 10:07:29 C 01 09 41.70 +15 10 46.5 V T05
2020-10-24 10:24:51 C 01 09 39.92 +15 10 37.2 V T05
2020-10-24 10:29:30 C 01 09 39.46 +15 10 35.1 V T05
2020-10-25 09:49:33 C 01 07 25.58 +14 57 47.8 V T05
2020-10-25 09:54:10 C 01 07 25.14 +14 57 44.4 V T05
2020-10-25 10:05:05 C 01 07 24.07 +14 57 38.7 V T05
2020-10-25 10:19:37 C 01 07 22.61 +14 57 30.9 V T05
2020-11-04 05:20:43 C 00 48 14.274 +12 55 31.22 U F51
2020-11-04 05:35:32 C 00 48 13.232 +12 55 24.28 U F51
2020-11-04 05:50:24 C 00 48 12.186 +12 55 17.27 U F51
2020-11-04 06:18:07 C 00 48 09.69 +12 55 02.4 V 703
2020-11-04 06:26:01 C 00 48 09.05 +12 54 57.9 V 703
2020-11-04 06:33:55 C 00 48 08.51 +12 54 55.4 V 703
2020-11-04 06:41:48 C 00 48 07.93 +12 54 50.2 V 703
2020-11-05 03:59:58 C 00 46 43.96 +12 44 48.8 V G96
2020-11-05 04:07:19 C 00 46 43.46 +12 44 45.5 V G96
2020-11-05 04:14:42 C 00 46 42.95 +12 44 42.1 V G96
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)