6239 Minos

Summary

6239 Minos is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #25 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 6239 Minos is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 6239 Minos is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 6239 Minos's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 6239 Minos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 6239 Minos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 6239 Minos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Minos is named after 6239 Minos^[9].
• 6239 Minos's follows is recorded as 6238 Septimaclark^[10].
• 6239 Minos's followed by is recorded as Q544213^[11].
• 6239 Minos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 6239 Minos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 6239 Minos's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 QF^[14].
• 6239 Minos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-08-31T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6239 Minos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7h7z^[16].
• 6239 Minos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006239^[17].
• 6239 Minos's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6239 Minos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.41284'}^[19].
• 6239 Minos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4127379'}^[20].
• 6239 Minos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.412469459033552'}^[21].
• 6239 Minos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.5'}^[22].
• 6239 Minos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.59'}^[23].
• 6239 Minos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.94247'}^[24].
• 6239 Minos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.941695071021104'}^[25].
• 6239 Minos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.24'}^[26].
• 6239 Minos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+451.0270944759817'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Minos is named after 6239 Minos^[9].

Why It Matters

6239 Minos draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #25 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]