(53319) 1999 JM 8

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Asteroid
(53319) 1999 JM 8
(53319) 1999 JM8
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type near-Earth asteroid, Apollo-type
Major semi-axis 2.707  AU
eccentricity 0.649
Perihelion - aphelion 0.949 AU - 4.465 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 13.84 °
Sidereal period 4.45 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.1 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 7 km
Rotation period 5 d , 16 h
Absolute brightness 15 likes
Spectral class X
history
Explorer LINEAR
Date of discovery May 13, 1999
Another name 1990 HD 1
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(53319) 1999 JM 8 was on 13 May 1999 under the LINEAR -Project with a telescope of the US Air Force discovered in New Mexico and happened from 1 to 9 August 1999, the Earth at a distance of only 8.5 million . km, which corresponds to 22 times the distance to the moon . As a so-called Near Earth Object , it is regularly observed by NASA .

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Commons : 1999 JM8  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Radar data (above), the 3-D model derived from it (below), and the expected radar echo calculated from the model (middle).