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
2025-10-29 06:09:36 C 02 21 54.371 +22 43 07.14 V 703
2025-10-29 06:12:51 C 02 21 54.022 +22 43 04.69 V 703
2025-10-29 06:16:05 C 02 21 53.672 +22 43 03.72 V 703
2025-10-29 06:19:20 C 02 21 53.305 +22 43 03.00 V 703
2025-10-30 06:06:21 C 02 19 16.129 +22 32 51.90 V 703
2025-10-30 06:09:40 C 02 19 15.708 +22 32 50.35 V 703
2025-10-30 06:13:00 C 02 19 15.298 +22 32 50.24 V 703
2025-10-30 06:16:20 C 02 19 15.013 +22 32 47.98 V 703
2025-10-30 07:42:33 C 02 19 05.852 +22 32 12.52 X F51
2025-10-30 07:57:28 C 02 19 04.167 +22 32 06.25 X F51
2025-10-30 08:27:21 C 02 19 00.777 +22 31 53.54 X F51
2025-10-31 11:16:22 C 02 16 03.655 +22 20 00.28 V T05
2025-10-31 11:20:56 C 02 16 03.096 +22 19 57.32 V T05
2025-10-31 11:30:47 C 02 16 01.994 +22 19 53.58 V T05
2025-10-31 11:54:35 C 02 15 59.304 +22 19 42.38 V T05
2025-11-08 10:16:14 C 01 56 03.586 +20 46 18.83 X F52
2025-11-08 10:34:51 C 01 56 01.685 +20 46 09.08 X F52
2025-11-08 10:53:31 C 01 55 59.779 +20 45 59.21 X F52
2025-11-08 11:12:08 C 01 55 57.889 +20 45 49.42 X F52
2025-11-08 22:17:47 C 01 54 53.167 +20 39 57.82 X B67
2025-11-08 22:21:01 C 01 54 52.853 +20 39 56.66 X B67
2025-11-08 22:24:16 C 01 54 52.514 +20 39 55.30 X B67
2025-11-09 14:24:01 C 01 53 19.86 +20 31 38.2 V D29
2025-11-09 14:44:23 C 01 53 17.95 +20 31 27.4 V D29
2025-11-09 15:04:45 C 01 53 15.82 +20 31 17.4 V D29
2025-11-11 06:26:12 C 01 49 34.240 +20 10 43.34 X F52
2025-11-11 06:29:05 C 01 49 33.964 +20 10 41.90 X F52
2025-11-11 06:41:17 C 01 49 32.802 +20 10 35.59 X F52
2025-11-11 06:44:13 C 01 49 32.523 +20 10 34.10 X F52
2025-11-11 06:56:28 C 01 49 31.351 +20 10 27.82 X F52
2025-11-11 06:59:22 C 01 49 31.074 +20 10 26.26 X F52
2025-11-11 07:11:31 C 01 49 29.913 +20 10 20.08 X F52
2025-11-11 07:14:22 C 01 49 29.640 +20 10 18.56 X F52
2025-11-11 09:28:46 C 01 49 16.776 +20 09 06.95 V T05
2025-11-11 09:33:25 C 01 49 16.310 +20 09 05.58 V T05
2025-11-11 09:43:57 C 01 49 15.379 +20 08 59.57 V T05
2025-11-11 09:58:48 C 01 49 13.872 +20 08 52.40 V T05
2025-11-11 10:37:04 C 01 49 11.29 +20 08 27.6 V D29
2025-11-11 10:57:26 C 01 49 09.40 +20 08 17.3 V D29
2025-11-11 11:17:48 C 01 49 07.48 +20 08 07.3 V D29
2025-11-15 05:02:23 C 01 41 17.948 +19 21 18.86 V G96
2025-11-15 05:09:48 C 01 41 17.326 +19 21 14.83 V G96
2025-11-15 05:17:14 C 01 41 16.688 +19 21 11.12 V G96
2025-11-15 05:24:40 C 01 41 16.040 +19 21 07.34 V G96
2025-11-15 12:59:52 C 01 40 39.04 +19 17 12.1 V D29
2025-11-15 13:20:14 C 01 40 37.30 +19 17 01.4 V D29
2025-11-15 13:40:36 C 01 40 35.59 +19 16 51.2 V D29
2025-11-16 12:43:20 C 01 38 45.23 +19 05 01.4 V D29
2025-11-16 13:03:42 C 01 38 43.56 +19 04 51.3 V D29
2025-11-16 13:34:30 C 01 38 41.02 +19 04 35.8 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)