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
2025-01-24 08:05:54 C 04 55 01.601 +47 59 39.91 V T05
2025-01-24 08:21:57 C 04 54 51.427 +47 59 33.68 V T05
2025-01-24 08:29:52 C 04 54 46.404 +47 59 30.48 V T05
2025-01-24 17:44:36 C 04 49 10.906 +47 55 47.23 W M01
2025-01-24 17:47:06 C 04 49 09.300 +47 55 46.17 W M01
2025-01-24 17:49:36 C 04 49 07.695 +47 55 45.10 W M01
2025-01-24 18:44:11 C 04 48 32.527 +47 55 19.62 W M01
2025-01-24 18:46:41 C 04 48 30.915 +47 55 18.46 W M01
2025-01-24 18:49:10 C 04 48 29.302 +47 55 17.31 W M01
2025-01-24 19:52:21 C 04 47 48.643 +47 54 43.38 W M01
2025-01-24 19:54:51 C 04 47 47.040 +47 54 42.15 W M01
2025-01-24 19:57:21 C 04 47 45.438 +47 54 40.92 W M01
2025-01-25 00:43:33 C 04 44 52.23 +47 52 09.1 V W46
2025-01-25 01:08:00 C 04 44 36.39 +47 51 56.9 V W46
2025-01-25 01:30:58 C 04 44 21.36 +47 51 44.5 V W46
2025-01-25 14:32:17 C 04 36 11.85 +47 42 38.2 q 168
2025-01-25 15:11:37 C 04 35 46.18 +47 42 10.4 q 168
2025-01-25 15:55:35 C 04 35 17.45 +47 41 37.4 q 168
2025-01-25 16:40:35 C 04 34 48.01 +47 41 02.4 q 168
2025-01-25 17:20:41 C 04 34 21.80 +47 40 29.2 q 168
2025-01-25 18:03:36 C 04 33 53.70 +47 39 52.6 q 168
2025-01-25 18:31:39 C 04 33 35.36 +47 39 27.8 q 168
2025-01-27 16:54:38 C 04 03 18.94 +46 44 12.8 X G02
2025-01-27 16:59:51 C 04 03 15.34 +46 44 04.9 X G02
2025-01-27 17:04:49 C 04 03 11.92 +46 43 57.2 X G02
2025-01-29 16:56:23 C 03 30 57.182 +45 07 22.40 W M01
2025-01-29 16:58:53 C 03 30 55.397 +45 07 16.24 W M01
2025-01-29 17:01:23 C 03 30 53.613 +45 07 10.08 W M01
2025-01-29 19:09:13 C 03 29 23.871 +45 01 40.55 W M01
2025-01-29 19:09:33 C 03 29 23.643 +45 01 39.55 W M01
2025-01-29 19:11:43 C 03 29 22.142 +45 01 33.73 W M01
2025-01-29 19:12:03 C 03 29 21.909 +45 01 32.75 W M01
2025-01-29 19:14:13 C 03 29 20.413 +45 01 26.92 W M01
2025-01-29 19:14:33 C 03 29 20.176 +45 01 25.94 W M01
2025-01-30 16:21:07 C 03 15 13.80 +44 03 57.8 X G02
2025-01-30 16:26:04 C 03 15 10.35 +44 03 43.8 X G02
2025-01-30 16:30:51 C 03 15 07.05 +44 03 30.2 X G02
2025-01-30 17:45:35 C 03 14 14.93 +43 59 53.1 V M32
2025-01-30 17:47:00 C 03 14 13.95 +43 59 48.9 V M32
2025-01-30 17:48:26 C 03 14 12.98 +43 59 44.7 V M32
2025-01-30 17:49:51 C 03 14 11.96 +43 59 41.1 V M32
2025-01-30 17:51:18 C 03 14 10.98 +43 59 36.6 V M32
2025-01-30 18:05:15 B 03 14 00.74 +43 58 50.5 X L99
2025-01-30 18:08:45 B 03 13 58.35 +43 58 40.5 X L99
2025-01-30 18:12:15 B 03 13 55.89 +43 58 29.3 X L99
2025-01-30 21:11:47 C 03 11 54.432 +43 49 28.13 Z C23
2025-01-30 21:41:04 C 03 11 34.442 +43 47 56.62 Z C23
2025-01-30 22:30:38 C 03 11 00.576 +43 45 21.46 Z C23
2025-01-31 17:13:12 C 02 58 37.740 +42 46 31.52 W M01
2025-01-31 17:15:42 C 02 58 36.018 +42 46 22.83 W M01
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)