page_title: (53319) 1999 JM8
hierarchical_section_title: (53319) 1999 JM8
caption_attribution_description: English: Radar image of the NEO - asteroid (53319) 1999 JM8, which has an apollo-type-orbit an had a "nearby-fly" of only 8.5 millon km
context_page_description: (53319) 1999 JM₈ is an asteroid, slow rotator and tumbler, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter, making it the largest PHA known to exist. The body's shape is bizarre, and is vaguely reminiscent of a "roast chicken". It was discovered on 13 May 1999, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico.
context_section_description: (53319) 1999 JM₈ is an asteroid, slow rotator and tumbler, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) of the Apollo group, approximately 7 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter, making it the largest PHA known to exist. The body's shape is bizarre, and is vaguely reminiscent of a "roast chicken". It was discovered on 13 May 1999, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico.
caption: Radar image of 1999 JM8 taken at Arecibo Observatory