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
2025-01-07 21:30:47 B 07 24 22.781 +41 54 18.07 V G34
2025-01-07 21:38:25 B 07 24 21.211 +41 54 28.22 V G34
2025-01-08 04:45:44 B 07 22 56.65 +42 03 38.3 Z W45
2025-01-08 05:02:17 B 07 22 53.14 +42 03 59.2 Z W45
2025-01-08 05:18:23 B 07 22 49.70 +42 04 19.6 Z W45
2025-01-08 09:51:45 C 07 21 55.601 +42 10 16.21 V T05
2025-01-08 09:57:53 C 07 21 54.264 +42 10 24.02 V T05
2025-01-08 10:39:50 C 07 21 45.091 +42 11 17.56 V T05
2025-01-08 21:40:25 C 07 19 28.952 +42 25 08.74 W M01
2025-01-08 21:42:55 C 07 19 28.398 +42 25 11.90 W M01
2025-01-08 21:45:25 C 07 19 27.844 +42 25 15.06 W M01
2025-01-08 22:53:28 C 07 19 12.479 +42 26 40.40 W M01
2025-01-08 22:55:58 C 07 19 11.915 +42 26 43.42 W M01
2025-01-08 22:58:28 C 07 19 11.350 +42 26 46.45 W M01
2025-01-09 00:01:32 C 07 18 57.139 +42 28 03.74 W M01
2025-01-09 00:04:02 C 07 18 56.582 +42 28 06.68 W M01
2025-01-09 00:06:32 C 07 18 56.026 +42 28 09.61 W M01
2025-01-09 20:30:50 C 07 14 31.973 +42 53 56.98 Z C23
2025-01-09 20:39:58 C 07 14 29.786 +42 54 08.68 Z C23
2025-01-09 20:52:59 C 07 14 26.758 +42 54 26.60 Z C23
2025-01-09 20:57:12 C 07 14 25.766 +42 54 32.08 Z C23
2025-01-10 18:47:37 C 07 09 18.914 +43 22 27.88 Z C23
2025-01-10 18:56:19 C 07 09 16.788 +43 22 39.32 Z C23
2025-01-10 19:30:07 C 07 09 08.388 +43 23 25.91 Z C23
2025-01-13 19:44:28 C 06 49 19.051 +44 55 45.19 Z C23
2025-01-13 19:54:33 C 06 49 15.929 +44 55 58.19 Z C23
2025-01-14 18:56:00 C 06 41 56.261 +45 24 30.46 X M26
2025-01-14 19:02:54 C 06 41 53.866 +45 24 39.06 X M26
2025-01-14 19:07:03 C 06 41 52.406 +45 24 44.78 X M26
2025-01-14 19:12:35 C 06 41 50.551 +45 24 51.88 X M26
2025-01-14 22:34:41 C 06 40 40.402 +45 29 06.86 X D77
2025-01-14 22:52:08 C 06 40 34.298 +45 29 27.74 X D77
2025-01-14 23:03:44 C 06 40 30.252 +45 29 41.64 X D77
2025-01-15 00:26:31 B 06 40 01.75 +45 31 17.2 Z R69
2025-01-15 00:34:04 B 06 39 59.22 +45 31 26.7 Z R69
2025-01-15 00:40:06 B 06 39 57.16 +45 31 32.4 Z R69
2025-01-15 00:46:09 B 06 39 55.10 +45 31 37.9 Z R69
2025-01-15 02:18:35 C 06 39 22.51 +45 33 26.5 q D99
2025-01-15 02:22:18 C 06 39 21.16 +45 33 31.5 q D99
2025-01-15 02:26:00 C 06 39 19.79 +45 33 36.4 q D99
2025-01-15 17:25:19 B 06 34 14.969 +45 51 13.61 W 204
2025-01-15 18:42:08 B 06 33 47.155 +45 52 51.82 W 204
2025-01-15 18:43:14 C 06 33 47.13 +45 52 51.1 q D99
2025-01-15 18:46:56 C 06 33 45.76 +45 52 55.9 q D99
2025-01-15 18:50:38 C 06 33 44.41 +45 53 00.6 q D99
2025-01-15 19:55:39 B 06 33 20.126 +45 54 23.87 W 204
2025-01-15 20:46:22 B 06 33 01.229 +45 55 26.15 W 204
2025-01-15 22:36:34 B 06 32 19.831 +45 57 36.18 W 204
2025-01-16 00:25:29 B 06 31 38.825 +45 59 37.79 W 204
2025-01-16 02:31:34 B 06 30 51.662 +46 01 51.24 W 204
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)