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
2025-08-31 09:53:02 C 03 31 56.939 +22 25 47.64 V G96
2025-09-08 12:18:52 C 03 34 51.519 +23 14 11.89 X F51
2025-09-08 12:38:22 C 03 34 51.621 +23 14 16.46 X F51
2025-09-08 12:57:54 C 03 34 51.702 +23 14 21.18 X F51
2025-09-25 10:59:50 C 03 29 06.483 +24 27 08.18 X F52
2025-09-25 11:19:02 C 03 29 05.707 +24 27 10.58 X F52
2025-09-25 11:38:11 C 03 29 04.938 +24 27 13.08 X F52
2025-09-25 11:57:24 C 03 29 04.156 +24 27 15.36 X F52
2025-10-02 10:45:18 C 03 21 04.176 +24 40 25.42 X F52
2025-10-02 11:03:51 C 03 21 03.029 +24 40 26.27 X F52
2025-10-02 11:22:22 C 03 21 01.883 +24 40 27.19 X F52
2025-10-02 11:40:55 C 03 21 00.732 +24 40 28.08 X F52
2025-10-19 08:22:19 C 02 47 37.093 +24 02 58.56 V 703
2025-10-19 08:28:51 C 02 47 36.452 +24 02 56.54 V 703
2025-10-19 08:32:04 C 02 47 36.053 +24 02 54.64 V 703
2025-10-19 11:26:00 C 02 47 18.199 +24 02 15.18 V T05
2025-10-19 12:13:34 C 02 47 13.169 +24 02 04.60 V T05
2025-10-19 12:18:00 C 02 47 12.667 +24 02 02.62 V T05
2025-10-19 12:26:30 C 02 47 11.676 +24 02 00.31 V T05
2025-10-20 10:31:03 C 02 44 54.092 +23 56 18.17 V V00
2025-10-20 10:31:56 C 02 44 53.992 +23 56 17.81 V V00
2025-10-20 10:32:50 C 02 44 53.898 +23 56 17.63 V V00
2025-10-20 10:33:44 C 02 44 53.801 +23 56 17.41 V V00
2025-10-21 07:35:10 C 02 42 41.803 +23 50 33.83 V 703
2025-10-21 07:41:43 C 02 42 41.069 +23 50 30.88 V 703
2025-10-21 07:45:01 C 02 42 40.763 +23 50 31.52 V 703
2025-10-21 17:37:39 C 02 41 37.62 +23 47 41.1 V D29
2025-10-21 17:58:01 C 02 41 35.39 +23 47 34.9 V D29
2025-10-21 18:18:23 C 02 41 33.15 +23 47 28.9 V D29
2025-10-26 06:07:09 C 02 29 51.580 +23 11 41.68 V G96
2025-10-26 06:16:29 C 02 29 50.532 +23 11 38.40 V G96
2025-10-26 06:32:40 C 02 29 48.685 +23 11 32.42 V G96
2025-10-26 08:19:26 C 02 29 36.431 +23 10 52.82 V 703
2025-10-26 08:25:58 C 02 29 35.761 +23 10 50.02 V 703
2025-10-26 08:29:13 C 02 29 35.261 +23 10 48.32 V 703
2025-10-26 16:46:01 C 02 28 40.75 +23 07 41.7 V D29
2025-10-26 17:06:23 C 02 28 38.43 +23 07 34.1 V D29
2025-10-26 17:26:45 C 02 28 36.14 +23 07 26.3 V D29
2025-10-27 05:22:33 C 02 27 17.788 +23 02 50.32 V 703
2025-10-27 05:29:02 C 02 27 17.136 +23 02 48.77 V 703
2025-10-27 05:32:17 C 02 27 16.715 +23 02 46.46 V 703
2025-10-27 13:03:11 C 02 26 27.12 +22 59 50.1 V D29
2025-10-27 13:43:55 C 02 26 22.54 +22 59 34.1 V D29
2025-10-28 08:16:40 C 02 24 18.868 +22 52 09.77 V 703
2025-10-28 08:20:06 C 02 24 18.468 +22 52 07.32 V 703
2025-10-28 08:23:33 C 02 24 18.104 +22 52 06.46 V 703
2025-10-28 08:28:45 C 02 24 17.525 +22 52 04.55 V 703
2025-10-28 14:10:49 C 02 23 40.41 +22 49 44.5 V D29
2025-10-28 14:31:11 C 02 23 38.10 +22 49 36.4 V D29
2025-10-28 14:51:33 C 02 23 35.77 +22 49 28.1 V D29
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)