6063 Jason

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6063 Jason

Summary

6063 Jason is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 6063 Jason is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker[3].
  • 6063 Jason is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker[4].
  • 6063 Jason's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 6063 Jason's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object[6].
  • 6063 Jason's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[7].
  • Jason is named after 6063 Jason[8].
  • 6063 Jason's follows is recorded as Q541324[9].
  • 6063 Jason's followed by is recorded as 6064 Holašovice[10].
  • 6063 Jason's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[11].
  • 6063 Jason's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[12].
  • 6063 Jason's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 KB[13].
  • 6063 Jason's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1984-05-27T00:00:00Z[14].
  • 6063 Jason's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y4wr3[15].
  • 6063 Jason's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006063[16].
  • 6063 Jason's significant event is recorded as naming[17].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.763'}[18].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.7663516'}[19].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.7624603112925334'}[20].
  • 6063 Jason's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.9'}[21].
  • 6063 Jason's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.02'}[22].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.858'}[23].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.91959'}[24].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.961550212957301'}[25].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.29'}[26].
  • 6063 Jason's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1208.082628652495'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Carolyn S. Shoemaker[3], an astronomer[28], 1929–2021[29], of United States[30], awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal[31], specialised in astronomy[32] and Eugene Merle Shoemaker[4], an astronomer[33], 1928–1997[34], of United States[35], awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal[36], specialised in geology[37].

Why It Matters

6063 Jason has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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