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
2008-12-03 10:11:46 C 10 17 36.47 +18 41 25.3 19.6 c 704
2008-12-03 10:29:53 C 10 17 39.12 +18 41 13.1 19.8 c 704
2009-07-30 11:02:32 C 03 19 19.60 +20 14 41.7 o 691
2009-07-30 11:20:49 C 03 19 20.88 +20 14 47.8 o 691
2009-10-19 20:31:13 C 04 05 35.55 +28 27 37.9 r B67
2009-10-19 20:52:58 C 04 05 34.13 +28 27 40.0 r B67
2009-10-24 08:34:59 C 03 57 43.63 +28 32 53.1 r 703
2009-10-24 08:50:47 C 03 57 42.30 +28 32 53.3 r 703
2009-10-24 09:06:36 C 03 57 41.07 +28 32 54.2 r 703
2009-10-24 09:22:39 C 03 57 39.67 +28 32 54.0 r 703
2009-10-26 06:22:06 C 03 53 57.15 +28 33 00.3 r 703
2009-10-26 06:35:18 C 03 53 56.00 +28 33 01.2 r 703
2009-10-26 06:48:27 C 03 53 54.78 +28 32 59.9 r 703
2009-10-26 07:01:39 C 03 53 53.70 +28 33 00.5 r 703
2009-11-10 06:34:06 C 03 16 53.32 +27 40 00.4 r G96
2009-11-10 06:45:46 C 03 16 51.99 +27 39 56.0 r G96
2009-11-10 06:57:29 C 03 16 50.52 +27 39 53.6 r G96
2009-11-10 07:09:23 C 03 16 49.15 +27 39 50.1 r G96
2009-11-10 07:20:44 C 03 16 47.78 +27 39 46.8 r G96
2009-11-10 07:21:34 C 03 16 47.67 +27 39 46.6 r G96
2009-11-10 07:22:22 C 03 16 47.60 +27 39 46.3 r G96
2009-11-10 07:23:24 C 03 16 47.46 +27 39 45.9 r G96
2009-11-10 08:32:15 C 03 16 39.36 +27 39 26.7 r 703
2009-11-10 08:42:33 C 03 16 38.06 +27 39 23.2 r 703
2009-11-10 08:53:03 C 03 16 36.91 +27 39 19.8 r 703
2009-11-10 09:03:29 C 03 16 35.61 +27 39 16.0 r 703
2009-11-10 09:25:24 C 03 16 33.02 +27 39 09.2 r G96
2009-11-10 09:26:45 C 03 16 32.88 +27 39 08.7 r G96
2009-11-10 09:28:16 C 03 16 32.66 +27 39 08.5 r G96
2009-11-10 09:29:33 C 03 16 32.52 +27 39 08.1 r G96
2009-11-10 22:48:48 C 03 15 01.46 +27 35 05.6 w J28
2009-11-10 22:55:12 C 03 15 00.69 +27 35 03.9 w J28
2009-11-10 23:01:36 C 03 14 59.93 +27 35 02.2 w J28
2009-11-11 04:35:09 C 03 14 21.53 +27 33 18.1 o H26
2009-11-11 04:38:38 C 03 14 21.12 +27 33 16.9 o H26
2009-11-11 04:41:59 C 03 14 20.72 +27 33 15.3 o H26
2009-11-11 04:45:21 C 03 14 20.27 +27 33 14.8 o H26
2009-11-11 04:48:44 C 03 14 19.87 +27 33 13.3 o H26
2009-11-11 04:52:07 C 03 14 19.47 +27 33 11.7 o H26
2009-11-11 08:33:12 C 03 13 53.54 +27 32 05.2 r G96
2009-11-11 08:41:15 C 03 13 52.60 +27 32 02.7 r G96
2009-11-11 08:49:24 C 03 13 51.56 +27 31 59.9 r G96
2009-11-11 08:57:31 C 03 13 50.66 +27 31 57.3 r G96
2009-11-11 09:31:21 C 03 13 46.57 +27 31 46.7 o 291
2009-11-11 09:38:23 C 03 13 45.72 +27 31 44.3 o 291
2009-11-11 09:44:23 C 03 13 45.03 +27 31 42.4 o 291
2009-11-16 06:01:33 C 03 00 20.92 +26 49 49.3 19.4 c 704
2009-11-16 06:19:11 C 03 00 18.89 +26 49 42.9 19.9 c 704
2009-11-16 06:36:52 C 03 00 16.85 +26 49 35.1 19.3 c 704
2009-11-19 23:06:04 C 02 50 18.09 +26 11 34.0 w 160
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)