899 Jokaste
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jokaste |
| Designation | 1918 EB |
| Discovery | |
| Discoverer | Max Wolf |
| Discovery date | August 3, 1918 |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Orbital elements | |
| Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5) | |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.199 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 2.911 AU |
| Perihelion (q) | 2.333 AU |
| Aphelion (Q) | 3.489 AU |
| Orbital period (P) | 4.967 a |
| Inclination (i) | 12.432° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 252.824° |
| Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 126.098° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 157.349° |
899 Jokaste is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope. Not to be confused with Iocaste, a moon of Jupiter.
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