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
2025-01-16 09:57:06 C 06 28 09.751 +46 10 58.04 V T05
2025-01-16 10:01:41 C 06 28 07.939 +46 11 03.08 V T05
2025-01-16 10:10:11 C 06 28 04.574 +46 11 12.37 V T05
2025-01-16 10:24:40 C 06 27 58.858 +46 11 27.96 V T05
2025-01-16 20:48:42 C 06 24 04.934 +46 22 39.76 X D77
2025-01-16 20:54:37 B 06 24 02.592 +46 22 45.88 V 160
2025-01-16 20:58:05 B 06 24 01.186 +46 22 50.38 V 160
2025-01-16 21:01:27 B 06 23 59.794 +46 22 53.80 V 160
2025-01-16 21:06:12 C 06 23 57.941 +46 22 59.30 X D77
2025-01-16 21:17:51 C 06 23 53.196 +46 23 12.80 X D77
2025-01-18 07:30:21 C 06 09 56.390 +46 58 27.84 V 703
2025-01-18 07:33:46 C 06 09 54.893 +46 58 31.01 V 703
2025-01-18 07:37:11 C 06 09 53.395 +46 58 33.64 V 703
2025-01-18 07:38:53 C 06 09 56.587 +46 58 51.31 V T08
2025-01-18 07:40:35 C 06 09 51.898 +46 58 36.80 V 703
2025-01-18 08:04:03 C 06 09 45.223 +46 59 16.19 V T08
2025-01-18 08:09:22 C 06 09 42.826 +46 59 21.37 V T08
2025-01-18 08:17:23 C 06 09 39.197 +46 59 29.26 V T08
2025-01-18 13:19:51 C 06 07 29.57 +47 03 58.5 V D29
2025-01-18 13:40:13 C 06 07 20.28 +47 04 18.0 V D29
2025-01-18 14:00:34 C 06 07 10.98 +47 04 37.3 V D29
2025-01-18 22:27:25 B 06 03 26.484 +47 11 53.99 X K35
2025-01-18 22:30:08 B 06 03 25.214 +47 11 56.54 X K35
2025-01-18 22:32:28 B 06 03 24.132 +47 11 58.42 X K35
2025-01-19 17:10:45 C 05 54 56.80 +47 27 05.1 Y 557
2025-01-19 18:10:28 C 05 54 28.03 +47 27 56.6 Y 557
2025-01-19 18:12:19 B 05 54 26.18 +47 28 02.8 X L99
2025-01-19 18:13:41 B 05 54 25.55 +47 28 03.2 X L99
2025-01-19 18:14:56 B 05 54 24.97 +47 28 04.9 X L99
2025-01-19 18:16:11 B 05 54 24.25 +47 28 04.9 X L99
2025-01-19 18:18:03 B 05 54 23.37 +47 28 07.4 X L99
2025-01-19 19:11:15 C 05 53 58.52 +47 28 47.0 Y 557
2025-01-19 20:09:29 C 05 53 30.00 +47 29 33.1 Y 557
2025-01-19 21:12:23 C 05 52 59.09 +47 30 20.4 Y 557
2025-01-19 22:11:04 C 05 52 30.18 +47 31 01.9 Y 557
2025-01-19 23:11:43 C 05 52 00.27 +47 31 42.6 Y 557
2025-01-20 00:10:24 C 05 51 31.45 +47 32 19.7 Y 557
2025-01-20 01:00:46 C 05 51 06.82 +47 32 50.1 Y 557
2025-01-20 13:14:20 C 05 45 13.80 +47 41 35.7 V D29
2025-01-20 13:35:58 C 05 45 02.57 +47 41 49.6 V D29
2025-01-20 13:57:36 C 05 44 51.32 +47 42 03.2 V D29
2025-01-21 23:27:37 B 05 27 27.91 +47 57 45.9 V 130
2025-01-21 23:29:39 B 05 27 26.80 +47 57 46.3 V 130
2025-01-21 23:32:01 B 05 27 25.49 +47 57 46.9 V 130
2025-01-21 23:34:02 B 05 27 24.36 +47 57 47.3 V 130
2025-01-22 10:49:26 C 05 21 13.908 +48 01 15.67 V T08
2025-01-22 10:57:49 C 05 21 09.122 +48 01 16.07 V T08
2025-01-22 11:05:49 C 05 21 04.546 +48 01 16.50 V T08
2025-01-22 11:15:26 C 05 20 59.052 +48 01 16.90 V T08
2025-01-24 08:01:19 C 04 55 04.510 +47 59 41.64 V T05
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)