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(53319) 1999 JM₈ (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's.

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(53319) 1999 JM8 at AllExperts (142 words)
	(53319) 1999 JM, 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.
	Its shape is bizarre, and is vaguely reminiscent of a roast chicken.

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