- 6063 Jason
Infobox Planet
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name = Jason
symbol =
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discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =Carolyn S. Shoemaker andEugene Merle Shoemaker
discovery_site = Palomar
discovered =May 27 ,1984
designations = yes
mp_name = 6063
alt_names = 1984 KB
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.914 AU
perihelion = .525 AU
semimajor = 2.220 AU
eccentricity = .763
period = 1207.768 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 4.858°
asc_node = 169.769°
mean_anomaly = 106.227°
arg_peri = 336.655°
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions =
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
axial_tilt =
pole_ecliptic_lat =
pole_ecliptic_lon =
albedo = 0.21
temperatures=
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max_temp_2 =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 15.36063 Jason (1984 KB) is an
Apollo asteroid discovered onMay 27 ,1984 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar. Its highly eccentric orbit crosses the orbits ofMars ,Earth , andVenus . From 1800 to 2200 it approached a planet within 30 Gm 69 times: Mercury 11, Venus 27, Earth 18, and Mars 13 times.External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=6063+Jason JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 6063 Jason]
* [http://chemistry.unina.it/~alvitagl/solex/ calculations by SOLEX ]
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