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
2025-11-17 10:04:55 C 01 37 05.427 +18 54 13.53 X F51
2025-11-17 10:22:36 C 01 37 04.025 +18 54 04.38 X F51
2025-11-17 10:40:30 C 01 37 02.607 +18 53 55.22 X F51
2025-11-19 10:35:19 C 01 33 33.29 +18 30 00.5 V D29
2025-11-19 10:55:41 C 01 33 31.82 +18 29 50.7 V D29
2025-11-19 11:16:03 C 01 33 30.32 +18 29 41.0 V D29
2025-11-23 05:12:39 C 01 27 41.528 +17 47 11.18 X F52
2025-11-23 05:27:47 C 01 27 40.591 +17 47 04.50 X F52
2025-11-23 05:42:39 C 01 27 39.673 +17 46 57.82 X F52
2025-11-23 05:57:31 C 01 27 38.748 +17 46 51.25 X F52
2025-11-24 12:18:03 C 01 25 54.73 +17 33 16.6 V D29
2025-11-24 12:38:25 C 01 25 53.49 +17 33 06.8 V D29
2025-11-24 12:58:47 C 01 25 52.34 +17 32 58.6 V D29
2025-12-07 07:59:45 C 01 14 38.057 +15 44 15.52 X F52
2025-12-07 08:17:32 C 01 14 37.677 +15 44 10.69 X F52
2025-12-07 08:53:14 C 01 14 36.900 +15 44 01.09 X F52
2025-12-08 07:59:27 C 01 14 12.417 +15 38 05.31 X F52
2025-12-08 08:16:28 C 01 14 12.092 +15 38 00.75 X F52
2025-12-08 08:33:25 C 01 14 11.765 +15 37 56.56 X F52
2025-12-08 08:50:20 C 01 14 11.438 +15 37 52.16 X F52
2025-12-10 05:31:34 C 01 13 33.568 +15 27 15.98 V G96
2025-12-10 05:39:38 C 01 13 33.481 +15 27 14.15 V G96
2025-12-10 05:47:44 C 01 13 33.341 +15 27 12.38 V G96
2025-12-10 05:55:49 C 01 13 33.236 +15 27 10.55 V G96
2025-12-10 14:03:39 C 01 13 27.70 +15 25 23.2 V D29
2025-12-10 14:24:01 C 01 13 27.54 +15 25 18.5 V D29
2025-12-10 14:44:23 C 01 13 27.17 +15 25 14.2 V D29
2025-12-17 10:32:12 C 01 12 57.60 +14 57 20.8 V D29
2025-12-17 10:52:34 C 01 12 57.62 +14 57 18.5 V D29
2025-12-17 11:12:56 C 01 12 57.65 +14 57 15.9 V D29
2026-01-08 11:59:02 C 01 25 48.53 +14 59 56.2 V D29
2026-01-08 12:19:24 C 01 25 49.33 +14 59 58.6 V D29
2026-01-10 05:50:08 C 01 27 34.341 +15 05 02.68 X F52
2026-01-10 06:11:00 C 01 27 35.202 +15 05 05.39 X F52
2026-01-10 06:31:52 C 01 27 36.049 +15 05 07.91 X F52
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)