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6239 Minos

6239 Minos

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6239 Minos (prov. designation: 1989 QF) 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 0.5 kilometers (0.3 miles) in diameter. It makes frequent close approaches to Mars, Earth, and Venus.[3]

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    "Minos". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
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    "6239 Minos". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 6239. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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    "(6239) Minos". NEODyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved 27 November 2015.


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