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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | May 27, 1984 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6063 |
| Named after | Jason |
| Alternate name(s) | 1984 KB |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.914 AU |
| Perihelion | .525 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.220 AU |
| Eccentricity | .763 |
| Orbital period | 1207.768 d |
| Mean anomaly | 106.227° |
| Inclination | 4.858° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 169.769° |
| Argument of perihelion | 336.655° |
| Geometric albedo | 0.21 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.3 |
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.
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