6063 Jason
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 27 May 1984 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6063 |
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) |
| Aphelion | 3.9085 AU (584.70 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 0.51677 AU (77.308 Gm) |
| 2.2126 AU (331.00 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.76645 |
| 3.29 yr (1202.2 d) | |
| 223.847° | |
| 0° 17m 58.056s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.9212° |
| 169.443° | |
| 337.103° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0744625 AU (11.13943 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.14371 AU (171.097 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.186 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 1.4 km[1] |
Mean radius | 0.7 km |
| 51.7 h (2.15 d) | |
| 0.21[1] | |
| 15.9[1] | |
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6063 Jason (1984 KB) is an Apollo asteroid discovered on May 27, 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.
It may be associated with the Taurid Complex.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6063 Jason (1984 KB)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Babadzhanov, P. B. (2001). "Search for meteor showers associated with Near-Earth Asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 373 (1): 329–335. Bibcode:2001A&A...373..329B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010583.
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