| Minorplanet: | yes |
| Background: |
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| 6239 Minos | |
| Discovery Site: | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovered: | 31 August 1989 |
| Mpc Name: | (6239) Minos |
| Alt Names: | 1989 QF |
| Pronounced: | [1] |
| Named After: | Minos |
| Mp Category: | PHA |
| Orbit Ref: | [2] |
| Epoch: | 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) |
| Observation Arc: | 12039 days (32.96 yr) |
| Uncertainty: | 0 |
| Aphelion: | 1.6268abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Perihelion: | 0.6762AU |
| Semimajor: | 1.1515AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.41276 |
| Period: | 1.24 yr (451.32 d) |
| Inclination: | 3.9450° |
| Asc Node: | 344.618° |
| Mean Motion: | / day |
| Mean Anomaly: | 191.37° |
| Arg Peri: | 239.663° |
| Moid: | 0.0261927AU |
| Albedo: | 0.57 |
| Abs Magnitude: | 18.5 |
6239 Minos (prov. designation:) is a bright sub-kilometer near-Earth object, classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It was discovered on 31 August 1989, by American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The asteroid has a rotation period of 3.6 hours and measures approximately 0.5km (00.3miles) in diameter. It makes frequent close approaches to Mars, Earth, and Venus.