Astronomy:6063 Jason
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| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 27 May 1984 |
| Designations | |
| (6063) Jason | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒeɪsən/[2] |
| Named after | Jason |
| 1984 KB | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 20042 days (54.87 yr) |
| Earliest precovery date | 22 October 1960 |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.9085 astronomical unit|AU (584.70 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 0.51677 AU (77.308 Gm) |
| 2.2126 AU (331.00 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.76645 |
| Orbital period | 3.29 yr (1202.2 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 223.847° |
| Mean motion | 0° 17m 58.056s / day |
| Inclination | 4.9212° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 169.443° |
| 337.103° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0744625 AU (11.13943 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean diameter | 1.4 km[1] |
| Rotation period | 51.7 h (2.15 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.21[1] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.9[1] |
6063 Jason (prov. designation: 1984 KB) is an Apollo asteroid discovered on 27 May 1984, by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar. Its highly eccentric orbit crosses the orbits of Mars, Earth, and Venus. From 1800 to 2200 it approached a planet within 30 Gm 69 times: Mercury 11, Venus 27, Earth 18, and Mars 13 times.
Jason has an Earth minimum orbit intersection distance of 0.074 astronomical unit|AU (11.1 million km) and is associated with the Beta Taurids and Northern and Southern Taurids (Taurid Complex).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6063 Jason (1984 KB)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=6063;cad=1.
- ↑ "Jason". Jason. Oxford University Press. http://www.lexico.com/definition/Jason.
- ↑ Babadzhanov, P. B. (2001). "Search for meteor showers associated with Near-Earth Asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics 373 (1): 329–335. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010583. Bibcode: 2001A&A...373..329B.
External links
- calculations by SOLEX
- 6063 Jason at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Obs prediction · Orbital info · MOID · Proper elements · Obs info · Close · Physical info · NEOCC
- 6063 Jason at ESA–space situational awareness
- 6063 Jason at the JPL Small-Body Database
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