(53319) 1999 JM8
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1999 |
| Designations | |
| 1990 HD1 | |
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Apollo PHA[1] Mars crosser | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 1, 2005 (JD 2453705.5) | |
| Aphelion | 4.46 AU (667.93 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 0.95 AU (142.03 Gm) |
| 2.71 AU (404.98 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.65 |
| 4.45 a (1626.91 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.01 km/s |
| 151.84° | |
| Inclination | 13.83° |
| 133.90° | |
| 166.25° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.4 km [2] |
| 136 h [1] | |
Spectral type | X [1] |
| 15.2 [1] | |
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(53319) 1999 JM8 (also written (53319) 1999 JM8) is a Potentially hazardous asteroid, near-Earth asteroid and Mars-crosser asteroid discovered by LINEAR. Radar imaging by Goldstone and Arecibo has revealed the asteroid to have an effective diameter of 6.4 km.[2] Like the asteroid 4179 Toutatis, its rotation speed is unusually slow and possibly chaotic. It is the largest Potentially hazardous object known.
It passed closer than 0.20 AU to the Earth five times in the last century (0.033 AU in 1990), but its closest approach in the 21st century will be in 2075 at 0.256 AU.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 53319 (1999 JM8)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- 1 2 Brozovic, M.; Benner, L. A. M.; Nolan, M. C. (2012). "Shape Modeling of Near-Earth Asteroid (53319) 1999 JM8 from Goldstone and Arecibo Radar Images". Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012. Bibcode:2012LPICo1667.6183B.
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Radar images and computer models of 1999 JM₈
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