(85990) 1999 JV6

(85990) 1999 JV₆

Radar images of 1999 JV6 taken by the Goldstone Radar on 12 January 2015
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered by	LINEAR
Discovery site	Lincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date	13 May 1999
Designations
MPC designation	1999 JV6
Minor planet category	Apollo · NEO · PHA
Orbital characteristics[1][2]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	20.76 yr (7,582 days)
Aphelion	1.3219 AU
Perihelion	0.6946 AU
Semi-major axis	1.0082 AU
Eccentricity	0.31110
Orbital period (sidereal)	1.01 yr
Mean anomaly	194.713°
Mean motion	0° 58m 24.915s / day
Inclination	5.359°
Longitude of ascending node	124.318°
Argument of perihelion	235.531°
Earth MOID	0.03152 AU
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	0.451±0.026 km[1]
Synodic rotation period	6.538 h[1]
Geometric albedo	0.095±0.023[1]
Spectral type	Xk (SMASS)[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)	20.2[1][2]

(85990) 1999 JV₆ (provisional designation 1999 JV₆) is a sub-kilometer near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object of the Apollo group. It was discovered by astronomers of the LINEAR program at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico. 1999 JV₆ is a contact binary object consisting of two distinct lobes, as seen in radar images from various observatories including Arecibo and Goldstone in January 2015.