Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p (66391) 1999 KW4 (also written (66391) 1999 KW4) is an Aten and Mercury-crosser asteroid discovered by LINEAR in 1999.1999 KW4 has a moon orbiting it. The moon, designated S/2001 (66391) 1 or "1999 KW4 Beta", is ~360 m in diameter, and orbits 1999 KW4 'Alpha' in 0.758 d (16 hours) at a distance of 2.6 km. The presence of a companion was suggested by photometric observations made June 19–27, 2000 by Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory) and was confirmed by radar observations from Arecibo Observatory from May 21-23, 2001 by Lance A. M. Benner, Steven J. Ostro, Jon D. Giorgini, Raymond F. Jurgens, Jean-Luc Margot and Michael C. Nolan, announced on May 23, 2001.The shapes of the two bodies and their dynamics are complex. Among other bizarre properties, the equatorial regions of Alpha are very close to breakup: raising a particle a meter above the surface would put it into orbit around the object.On May 25, 2036 it will pass 0.0155 AU (2,320,000 km; 1,440,000 mi) from Earth.. }
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- (66391)_1999_KW4 abstract "(66391) 1999 KW4 (also written (66391) 1999 KW4) is an Aten and Mercury-crosser asteroid discovered by LINEAR in 1999.1999 KW4 has a moon orbiting it. The moon, designated S/2001 (66391) 1 or "1999 KW4 Beta", is ~360 m in diameter, and orbits 1999 KW4 'Alpha' in 0.758 d (16 hours) at a distance of 2.6 km. The presence of a companion was suggested by photometric observations made June 19–27, 2000 by Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory) and was confirmed by radar observations from Arecibo Observatory from May 21-23, 2001 by Lance A. M. Benner, Steven J. Ostro, Jon D. Giorgini, Raymond F. Jurgens, Jean-Luc Margot and Michael C. Nolan, announced on May 23, 2001.The shapes of the two bodies and their dynamics are complex. Among other bizarre properties, the equatorial regions of Alpha are very close to breakup: raising a particle a meter above the surface would put it into orbit around the object.On May 25, 2036 it will pass 0.0155 AU (2,320,000 km; 1,440,000 mi) from Earth.".