(6063) Jason Apollo
Discovered on 27 May 1984 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
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Where Jason is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jason is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6063 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 KB |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 1.40 km (#17,371 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Rotation period | 48.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.527 – 3.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.763 |
| Inclination | 4.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0763 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.