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
2025-01-03 12:02:15 C 07 41 37.036 +39 47 36.91 X F51
2025-01-03 14:40:48 C 07 41 17.51 +39 50 28.1 V D29
2025-01-03 14:59:53 C 07 41 14.68 +39 50 51.0 V D29
2025-01-03 15:18:58 C 07 41 11.85 +39 51 13.7 V D29
2025-01-04 10:04:08 C 07 38 31.423 +40 13 09.16 V T05
2025-01-04 10:08:04 C 07 38 30.790 +40 13 13.84 V T05
2025-01-04 10:11:59 C 07 38 30.163 +40 13 18.62 V T05
2025-01-04 10:22:00 C 07 38 28.565 +40 13 30.61 V T05
2025-01-04 11:57:15 C 07 38 13.135 +40 15 22.93 V T08
2025-01-04 12:06:15 C 07 38 11.683 +40 15 33.26 V T08
2025-01-04 12:12:11 C 07 38 10.721 +40 15 40.03 V T08
2025-01-04 13:01:23 C 07 38 02.794 +40 16 35.94 V T08
2025-01-05 07:14:57 C 07 35 17.516 +40 38 07.40 V 703
2025-01-05 07:18:02 C 07 35 16.991 +40 38 11.11 V 703
2025-01-05 07:21:05 C 07 35 16.487 +40 38 14.78 V 703
2025-01-05 07:24:08 C 07 35 15.954 +40 38 18.38 V 703
2025-01-05 08:41:52 C 07 35 02.634 +40 39 51.23 V G96
2025-01-05 08:49:42 C 07 35 01.295 +40 40 00.48 V G96
2025-01-05 08:57:36 C 07 34 59.941 +40 40 09.77 V G96
2025-01-05 09:05:26 C 07 34 58.595 +40 40 18.91 V G96
2025-01-05 13:09:13 C 07 34 22.86 +40 45 03.7 V D29
2025-01-05 13:29:35 C 07 34 19.40 +40 45 29.7 V D29
2025-01-05 13:49:57 C 07 34 15.93 +40 45 55.6 V D29
2025-01-06 07:06:48 C 07 31 24.530 +41 06 56.84 V T08
2025-01-06 08:01:19 C 07 31 14.664 +41 08 08.09 V T08
2025-01-06 08:18:15 C 07 31 11.549 +41 08 29.94 V T08
2025-01-06 10:02:36 C 07 30 52.210 +41 10 41.66 V T05
2025-01-06 10:47:56 C 07 30 43.704 +41 11 37.72 V T05
2025-01-06 11:24:50 C 07 30 36.742 +41 12 22.75 V T05
2025-01-06 11:30:07 C 07 30 35.748 +41 12 29.12 V T05
2025-01-06 13:59:26 C 07 30 12.24 +41 15 19.3 V D29
2025-01-06 14:19:48 C 07 30 08.45 +41 15 45.5 V D29
2025-01-06 14:59:18 C 07 30 01.11 +41 16 35.5 V D29
2025-01-07 04:07:42 C 07 27 41.011 +41 32 42.18 V 703
2025-01-07 04:10:46 C 07 27 40.406 +41 32 46.10 V 703
2025-01-07 04:13:50 C 07 27 39.848 +41 32 50.39 V 703
2025-01-07 04:16:55 C 07 27 39.244 +41 32 54.28 V 703
2025-01-07 09:13:00 C 07 26 43.384 +41 39 17.81 X F52
2025-01-07 09:29:35 C 07 26 40.045 +41 39 39.19 X F52
2025-01-07 09:46:12 C 07 26 36.693 +41 40 00.40 X F52
2025-01-07 09:55:58 C 07 26 34.733 +41 40 13.04 V T05
2025-01-07 10:00:32 C 07 26 33.799 +41 40 18.80 V T05
2025-01-07 10:03:49 C 07 26 33.132 +41 40 22.91 V T05
2025-01-07 10:06:25 C 07 26 32.599 +41 40 26.22 V T05
2025-01-07 10:08:22 C 07 26 32.215 +41 40 28.70 V T05
2025-01-07 10:11:00 C 07 26 31.673 +41 40 31.94 V T05
2025-01-07 10:45:40 C 07 26 24.636 +41 41 15.43 V T05
2025-01-07 10:59:25 C 07 26 21.850 +41 41 32.50 V T05
2025-01-07 21:18:24 B 07 24 25.296 +41 54 02.45 V G34
2025-01-07 21:22:09 B 07 24 24.533 +41 54 07.06 V G34
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)