(6063) Jason
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Asteroid (6063) Jason |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Apollo type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2124 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.7663 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 0.5170 AU - 3.9077 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.9200 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.29 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.99 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 1.4 km |
| Albedo | 0.21 |
| Absolute brightness | 15.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CS Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | May 27, 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 KB |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(6063) Jason is a near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo type , which was discovered on May 27, 1984 by the American astronomers Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory .
The celestial body is named after Jason , the leader of the Argonauts from Greek mythology .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Jason: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Jason in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6063) Jason in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).