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
2025-02-05 06:39:39 C 01 51 08.422 +35 04 45.73 V T05
2025-02-05 06:47:13 C 01 51 03.934 +35 04 08.00 V T08
2025-02-06 06:01:08 C 01 38 17.460 +33 06 55.98 V T08
2025-02-06 06:17:49 C 01 38 08.146 +33 05 27.53 V T08
2025-02-06 06:27:57 C 01 38 02.518 +33 04 33.46 V T08
2025-02-06 06:32:16 C 01 38 00.151 +33 04 10.74 V T08
2025-02-06 17:43:14 B 01 32 06.890 +32 05 42.54 V 160
2025-02-06 17:49:01 B 01 32 03.706 +32 05 11.72 V 160
2025-02-06 17:55:02 B 01 32 00.499 +32 04 39.76 V 160
2025-02-07 04:13:27 C 01 26 37.136 +31 10 20.78 V 703
2025-02-07 04:16:41 C 01 26 35.441 +31 10 03.07 V 703
2025-02-07 04:19:56 C 01 26 33.695 +31 09 45.22 V 703
2025-02-07 04:23:10 C 01 26 32.068 +31 09 28.12 V 703
2025-02-07 06:19:13 C 01 25 32.969 +30 59 37.54 V T05
2025-02-07 06:28:47 C 01 25 27.953 +30 58 45.62 V T05
2025-02-07 06:33:21 C 01 25 25.546 +30 58 20.53 V T05
2025-02-08 02:56:59 C 01 15 15.923 +29 08 46.72 V 703
2025-02-08 03:00:15 C 01 15 14.267 +29 08 29.15 V 703
2025-02-08 03:03:31 C 01 15 12.661 +29 08 10.86 V 703
2025-02-08 03:06:47 C 01 15 10.980 +29 07 53.26 V 703
2025-02-08 05:30:22 C 01 14 01.313 +28 55 17.51 V T05
2025-02-08 05:34:58 C 01 13 59.033 +28 54 52.06 V T05
2025-02-08 05:43:43 C 01 13 54.619 +28 54 03.46 V T05
2025-02-08 05:58:10 C 01 13 47.390 +28 52 43.25 V T05
2025-02-08 15:37:23 B 01 09 12.15 +27 59 49.8 X L76
2025-02-08 15:50:12 B 01 09 05.92 +27 58 39.5 X L76
2025-02-08 16:02:50 B 01 08 59.77 +27 57 29.7 X L76
2025-02-09 05:21:06 C 01 02 45.994 +26 45 29.20 V T08
2025-02-09 05:27:06 C 01 02 43.133 +26 44 55.61 V T08
2025-02-09 05:35:03 C 01 02 39.307 +26 44 10.72 V T08
2025-02-09 05:39:44 C 01 02 37.169 +26 43 44.62 V T08
2025-02-09 05:44:26 C 01 02 34.920 +26 43 18.59 V T08
2025-02-10 05:32:16 C 00 51 57.802 +24 33 04.57 V T08
2025-02-10 05:37:37 C 00 51 55.363 +24 32 34.44 V T08
2025-02-10 05:43:30 C 00 51 52.837 +24 32 00.16 X F52
2025-02-10 05:46:16 C 00 51 51.502 +24 31 45.91 V T08
2025-02-10 05:56:24 C 00 51 47.065 +24 30 47.94 X F52
2025-02-10 06:03:03 C 00 51 44.040 +24 30 12.49 V T08
2025-02-10 06:09:16 C 00 51 41.334 +24 29 35.95 X F52
2025-07-02 14:00:42 C 02 08 10.762 +12 48 35.86 X F52
2025-07-02 14:08:09 C 02 08 11.353 +12 48 39.91 X F52
2025-07-02 14:15:33 C 02 08 11.970 +12 48 44.06 X F52
2025-07-02 14:23:00 C 02 08 12.561 +12 48 48.17 X F52
2025-08-11 14:02:50 C 03 13 50.258 +19 59 06.55 X F52
2025-08-11 14:15:40 C 03 13 50.889 +19 59 11.20 X F52
2025-08-11 14:28:35 C 03 13 51.522 +19 59 15.94 X F52
2025-08-11 14:41:26 C 03 13 52.162 +19 59 20.45 X F52
2025-08-31 09:30:39 C 03 31 56.460 +22 25 40.58 V G96
2025-08-31 09:38:07 C 03 31 56.564 +22 25 43.75 V G96
2025-08-31 09:45:35 C 03 31 56.788 +22 25 45.62 V G96
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)