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
2024-12-22 14:02:51 C 08 05 31.433 +35 13 39.61 V T05
2024-12-23 09:41:21 C 08 04 41.011 +35 29 01.25 V T05
2024-12-23 09:45:28 C 08 04 40.783 +35 29 04.52 V T05
2024-12-23 09:50:04 C 08 04 40.550 +35 29 08.23 V T05
2024-12-23 09:57:27 C 08 04 40.152 +35 29 14.46 V T05
2024-12-24 11:03:19 C 08 03 24.264 +35 49 39.97 V T08
2024-12-24 11:40:55 C 08 03 21.912 +35 50 11.90 V T08
2024-12-24 11:43:33 C 08 03 21.744 +35 50 13.96 V T08
2024-12-24 11:48:09 C 08 03 21.432 +35 50 17.99 V T08
2024-12-25 10:51:21 C 08 02 04.265 +36 09 43.52 V T05
2024-12-25 10:53:57 C 08 02 04.092 +36 09 45.68 V T05
2024-12-25 11:01:19 C 08 02 03.574 +36 09 52.27 V T05
2024-12-25 11:09:11 C 08 02 03.048 +36 09 59.18 V T05
2024-12-26 11:26:41 C 08 00 31.702 +36 31 14.52 V T05
2024-12-26 11:29:18 C 08 00 31.478 +36 31 16.97 V T05
2024-12-26 11:33:51 C 08 00 31.152 +36 31 21.04 V T05
2024-12-26 11:41:07 C 08 00 30.578 +36 31 27.70 V T05
2024-12-26 13:52:41 C 08 00 20.545 +36 33 23.18 X F51
2024-12-26 14:09:46 C 08 00 19.253 +36 33 37.90 X F51
2024-12-26 14:26:56 C 08 00 17.962 +36 33 52.52 X F51
2024-12-26 22:47:57 C 07 59 46.27 +36 41 11.8 Z D66
2024-12-26 22:54:20 C 07 59 45.80 +36 41 17.9 Z D66
2024-12-26 23:00:42 C 07 59 45.34 +36 41 23.7 Z D66
2024-12-27 00:47:23 B 07 59 37.24 +36 43 02.7 X K19
2024-12-27 00:52:43 B 07 59 36.82 +36 43 07.8 X K19
2024-12-27 00:58:12 B 07 59 36.39 +36 43 12.8 X K19
2024-12-28 04:57:43 B 07 57 30.716 +37 09 06.83 Z Y89
2024-12-28 05:18:17 B 07 57 28.968 +37 09 25.10 Z Y89
2024-12-28 05:38:52 B 07 57 27.250 +37 09 43.70 Z Y89
2024-12-28 19:57:20 C 07 56 21.231 +37 23 16.93 V G33
2024-12-28 20:00:42 C 07 56 20.925 +37 23 20.15 V G33
2024-12-28 20:04:04 C 07 56 20.665 +37 23 23.56 V G33
2024-12-28 20:49:03 B 07 56 16.818 +37 24 09.84 X B72
2024-12-28 20:53:12 B 07 56 16.457 +37 24 14.16 X B72
2024-12-28 20:57:20 B 07 56 16.097 +37 24 18.22 X B72
2024-12-29 10:28:53 C 07 55 06.065 +37 37 52.79 V T05
2024-12-29 10:32:09 C 07 55 05.741 +37 37 56.10 V T05
2024-12-29 10:36:43 C 07 55 05.292 +37 38 00.64 V T05
2024-12-29 11:08:02 C 07 55 02.186 +37 38 32.21 V T05
2024-12-29 14:51:39 C 07 54 44.06 +37 42 02.2 O40
2024-12-29 16:09:04 C 07 54 35.78 +37 43 22.7 V D29
2024-12-29 16:29:25 C 07 54 33.75 +37 43 43.4 V D29
2024-12-29 16:49:47 C 07 54 31.70 +37 44 03.9 V D29
2024-12-29 18:11:46 C 07 54 24.25 +37 45 27.5 O40
2024-12-29 20:42:25 C 07 54 12.403 +37 47 41.68 X Z55
2024-12-29 20:44:02 C 07 54 12.252 +37 47 43.33 X Z55
2024-12-29 20:45:38 C 07 54 12.094 +37 47 45.35 X Z55
2024-12-29 20:47:16 C 07 54 11.926 +37 47 46.72 X Z55
2024-12-29 20:48:52 C 07 54 11.748 +37 47 48.59 X Z55
2024-12-29 20:50:28 C 07 54 11.652 +37 47 50.17 X Z55
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)