(53319) 1999 JM8

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=mp|(53319) 1999 JM|8
discoverer= LINEAR
discovered=May 13, 1999
alt_names=mp|1990 HD|1
mp_category=near Earth, Mars crosser
epoch=December 1, 2005 (JD 2453705.5)
semimajor=404.98 Gm (2.71 AU)
perihelion=142.03 Gm (0.95 AU)
aphelion=667.93 Gm (4.46 AU)
eccentricity=.65
period=1626.91 d (4.45 a)
inclination=13.83°
asc_node=133.90°
arg_peri=166.25°
mean_anomaly=151.84°
avg_speed=16.01 km/s
dimensions=3.5 km
mass=
density=
surface_grav=
escape_velocity=
rotation=136 h
spectral_type=X
abs_magnitude=15.1
albedo=
single_temperature=~ K

mp|(53319) 1999 JM|8 (also written (53319) 1999 JM8) is a near-Earth asteroid and Mars-crosser asteroid discovered by LINEAR. Radar imaging by Goldstone and Arecibo has revealed the asteroid to be 3.5 km in diameter. Like the asteroid 4179 Toutatis, its rotation speed is unusually slow and possibly chaotic. Its shape is bizarre, and is vaguely reminiscent of a roast chicken.

It passed closer than 30 Gm to the Earth five times in the last century (5 Gm in 1990), but its closest approach in the 21st century will be at 38.3 Gm, in 2075.

References

* [http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:1999JM8;main NeoDys]
* [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=53319 JPL neo page, including orbit diagrams]