The Strange B meson is a meson composed of a bottom antiquark and a strange quark. Its antiparticle is the B s meson, composed of a bottom quark and a strange antiquark. Strange B mesons are noted for their ability to oscillate between matter and antimatter via a box-diagram with Delta ms = 17.77 ± 0.10 (...
Orbital elements:
2012 LE11 Earth MOID = 0.1713 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 331.79936 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21922246 Peri. 129.08434 +0.70136939 +0.71261512
a 2.7240350 Node 185.53756 -0.69469237 +0.67830598
e 0.5846670 Incl. 9.63152 -0.15963547 +0.17911084
P 4.50 H 17.9...
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