Discovered by Max Wolf Alternative names 1918 EB Aphelion 3.4884 AU (521.86 Gm) Discovered 3 August 1918 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 3 August 1918 Observation arc 97.71 yr (35688 days) Perihelion 2.3242 AU (347.70 Gm) Absolute magnitude 10.14 Discoverer Max Wolf | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 528 Rezia, 509 Iolanda, 540 Rosamunde, 889 Erynia, 417 Suevia | ||
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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