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
2004-01-22 22:30:21 C 07 11 57.18 +55 47 01.6 d 557
2004-01-22 23:00:05 C 07 11 38.16 +55 49 06.3 d 557
2004-01-22 23:28:41 C 07 11 19.84 +55 51 05.4 d 557
2004-01-22 23:59:37 C 07 10 59.98 +55 53 13.6 d 557
2004-01-23 00:30:06 C 07 10 40.40 +55 55 19.3 d 557
2004-01-23 01:00:16 C 07 10 20.99 +55 57 23.0 d 557
2004-01-23 01:29:48 C 07 10 02.01 +55 59 23.6 d 557
2004-01-23 02:00:14 C 07 09 42.48 +56 01 27.3 d 557
2004-01-23 02:29:48 C 07 09 23.54 +56 03 27.1 d 557
2004-01-23 02:59:35 C 07 09 04.49 +56 05 27.6 d 557
2004-01-23 03:30:02 C 07 08 45.05 +56 07 30.6 d 557
2004-01-23 03:59:48 C 07 08 26.11 +56 09 30.7 d 557
2004-01-23 04:32:05 C 07 08 05.60 +56 11 41.2 d 557
2004-01-23 05:00:05 C 07 07 47.88 +56 13 34.3 d 557
2004-01-23 19:02:17 C 06 58 28.68 +57 14 58.8 o A16
2004-01-23 22:30:53 C 06 55 46.71 +57 29 59.7 o 084
2004-01-24 02:50:10 C 06 52 36.81 +57 49 48.4 14.6 d H72
2004-01-24 02:50:40 C 06 52 36.35 +57 49 50.6 14.5 d H72
2004-01-24 02:51:08 C 06 52 36.02 +57 49 53.0 14.5 d H72
2004-01-24 02:51:38 C 06 52 35.63 +57 49 55.0 14.5 d H72
2004-01-24 03:54:00 C 06 51 44.05 +57 54 32.1 14.7 d H72
2004-01-24 03:54:31 C 06 51 43.61 +57 54 34.6 14.2 d H72
2004-01-24 03:54:59 C 06 51 43.26 +57 54 36.5 14.1 d H72
2004-01-24 03:55:28 C 06 51 42.82 +57 54 38.5 14.6 d H72
2004-01-24 05:23:39 C 06 50 29.14 +58 01 00.4 14.2 d H72
2004-01-24 05:24:08 C 06 50 28.79 +58 01 02.5 13.9 d H72
2004-01-24 05:24:38 C 06 50 28.32 +58 01 04.4 14.0 d H72
2004-01-24 05:25:08 C 06 50 27.93 +58 01 06.4 14.1 d H72
2004-01-24 12:31:08 C 06 44 46.53 +58 32 02.6 m 379
2004-01-24 12:32:48 C 06 44 45.06 +58 32 10.1 m 379
2004-01-24 12:34:26 C 06 44 43.64 +58 32 16.9 m 379
2004-01-24 12:37:45 C 06 44 40.70 +58 32 31.9 m 379
2004-01-24 12:54:04 C 06 44 26.21 +58 33 44.2 m 379
2004-01-24 23:11:32 C 06 35 13.50 +59 17 44.6 o 084
2004-01-25 05:19:00 C 06 29 22.34 +59 44 51.3 c 932
2004-01-25 05:30:00 C 06 29 11.12 +59 45 37.1 c 932
2004-01-25 05:39:00 C 06 29 01.95 +59 46 14.0 c 932
2004-01-25 11:30:12 C 06 23 18.63 +60 11 40.0 o 379
2004-01-25 11:31:31 C 06 23 17.16 +60 11 46.0 o 379
2004-01-25 11:36:47 C 06 23 11.41 +60 12 09.0 o 379
2004-01-25 17:27:04 C 06 17 03.11 +60 35 54.0 r 185
2004-01-25 17:28:58 C 06 17 00.97 +60 36 02.5 r 185
2004-01-25 17:36:06 C 06 16 53.05 +60 36 34.1 r 185
2004-01-25 17:37:07 C 06 16 51.89 +60 36 38.9 r 185
2004-01-25 18:09:38 C 06 16 15.42 +60 39 03.3 o A16
2004-01-25 18:10:45 C 06 16 14.10 +60 39 07.1 r 185
2004-01-25 18:12:30 C 06 16 12.10 +60 39 14.8 r 185
2004-01-25 18:16:35 C 06 16 07.48 +60 39 33.2 o A16
2004-01-25 18:23:31 C 06 15 59.67 +60 40 03.9 o A16
2004-01-25 18:30:29 C 06 15 51.74 +60 40 34.4 o A16
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)