101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.2037021394 ± 1.43e-07
Semi-major axis (a)1.1260024860 AU ± 7.18e-10
Inclination (i)6.03213938° ± 1.73e-05
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)1.96888645° ± 1.52e-05
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)66.40871114° ± 2.96e-05
Mean Anomaly (M)267.46828697° ± 1.88e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.8249037010°/day ± 7.89e-10
Perihelion dist (q)0.89663337 AU ± 1.61e-07
Aphelion dist (Q)1.35537160 AU ± 1.61e-07
Orbital Period1.19483799 yr ± 1.14e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)20.21
G (slope)-0.03
Diameter0.484 km
Geometric Albedo0.044
Rotation Period4.296 h
SMASS II TypeB
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-08
RMS Residual10.733″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.003758 AU
Observations Used603
Radar Obs Used29
Oppositions4
Arc Total1999-2025
First Observation Used1999-09-11
Last Observation Used2025-04-28
Observations (603)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2011-11-05 05:55:45 C 11 03 48.25 +20 58 19.5 o 950
2011-11-05 05:58:09 C 11 03 48.59 +20 58 17.4 o 950
2011-11-05 06:00:31 C 11 03 48.94 +20 58 15.0 o 950
2011-11-05 06:02:52 C 11 03 49.29 +20 58 13.0 o 950
2011-11-05 06:05:16 C 11 03 49.64 +20 58 11.0 o 950
2011-11-23 11:22:56 C 12 03 35.65 +13 50 45.7 o H01
2011-11-23 11:30:56 C 12 03 36.64 +13 50 37.7 o H01
2011-11-23 11:43:41 C 12 03 38.20 +13 50 25.0 o H01
2011-11-23 11:53:27 C 12 03 39.37 +13 50 15.4 o H01
2011-11-27 11:35:25 C 12 15 26.34 +12 13 16.6 o H01
2011-11-27 11:54:30 C 12 15 28.57 +12 12 57.6 o H01
2011-11-27 12:05:23 C 12 15 29.85 +12 12 46.8 o H01
2011-11-27 12:17:49 C 12 15 31.31 +12 12 34.3 o H01
2012-01-29 11:57:46 C 14 50 47.33 -11 01 15.1 o H01
2012-01-29 12:09:19 C 14 50 48.25 -11 01 24.2 o H01
2012-01-29 12:27:50 C 14 50 49.75 -11 01 38.3 o H01
2012-01-29 12:41:51 C 14 50 50.88 -11 01 49.2 o H01
2012-01-30 11:22:20 C 14 52 46.01 -11 19 14.4 o H01
2012-01-30 11:42:37 C 14 52 47.64 -11 19 30.0 o H01
2012-01-30 12:22:02 C 14 52 50.80 -11 20 00.4 o H01
2012-01-30 12:35:44 C 14 52 51.90 -11 20 11.0 o H01
2012-02-25 11:35:18 C 15 37 19.47 -18 45 12.8 o H01
2012-02-25 11:58:07 C 15 37 20.62 -18 45 28.3 o H01
2012-02-25 12:08:39 C 15 37 21.15 -18 45 35.5 o H01
2012-02-25 12:31:40 C 15 37 22.30 -18 45 51.1 o H01
2012-03-05 09:42:48 C 15 47 25.57 -21 08 32.6 o H01
2012-03-05 09:53:32 C 15 47 25.93 -21 08 39.8 o H01
2012-03-05 10:21:45 C 15 47 26.90 -21 08 59.0 o H01
2012-03-05 10:31:32 C 15 47 27.23 -21 09 05.6 o H01
2012-03-15 10:30:25 C 15 53 58.66 -23 48 24.6 o H01
2012-03-15 10:55:49 C 15 53 58.89 -23 48 41.7 o H01
2012-03-15 11:20:45 C 15 53 59.11 -23 48 58.2 o H01
2012-03-15 11:45:02 C 15 53 59.33 -23 49 14.3 o H01
2012-03-17 11:20:26 C 15 54 32.19 -24 20 47.2 o H01
2012-03-17 11:32:59 C 15 54 32.22 -24 20 55.5 o H01
2012-03-17 11:43:22 C 15 54 32.25 -24 21 02.4 o H01
2012-03-17 12:02:24 C 15 54 32.30 -24 21 14.9 o H01
2012-03-22 10:02:00 C 15 54 38.06 -25 39 15.3 o H01
2012-03-22 10:44:09 C 15 54 37.50 -25 39 43.3 o H01
2012-03-22 11:12:14 C 15 54 37.22 -25 40 01.8 r G96
2012-03-22 11:23:14 C 15 54 37.04 -25 40 09.0 r G96
2012-03-22 11:45:06 C 15 54 36.75 -25 40 23.3 r G96
2012-03-22 11:52:45 C 15 54 36.57 -25 40 28.2 o H01
2012-03-23 10:05:50 C 15 54 24.91 -25 55 05.4 o H01
2012-03-23 10:56:04 C 15 54 24.152 -25 55 39.36 r 689
2012-03-23 11:01:03 C 15 54 24.062 -25 55 42.68 r 689
2012-03-23 11:05:44 C 15 54 23.979 -25 55 45.76 r 689
2012-03-23 11:06:06 C 15 54 23.89 -25 55 45.2 o H01
2012-03-23 11:09:31 C 15 54 23.912 -25 55 48.24 r 689
2012-03-23 11:14:00 C 15 54 23.844 -25 55 51.11 r 689
Radar Observations (29)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1999-09-21 09:00:00 135959 5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
1999-09-21 10:20:00 15418454 10 us 8560 -14 -14
1999-09-23 09:30:00 14820631 5 us 8560 -14 -14
1999-09-23 09:36:00 14800106.19 1 us 2380 -1 -1
1999-09-23 11:28:00 14846130.16 1 us 2380 -1 -1
1999-09-24 10:26:00 15838961.63 1 us 2380 -1 -1
1999-09-24 12:23:00 15955075.55 1 us 2380 -1 -1
1999-09-25 11:09:00 17634668.28 1 us 2380 -1 -1
1999-09-25 12:55:00 17785960.83 1 us 2380 -1 -1
1999-10-01 13:40:00 35441297 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2005-09-16 08:44:00 47170.7359 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-16 08:45:00 36658796.03 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-16 09:27:00 36609699.09 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-18 12:20:00 33873463 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2005-09-19 12:50:00 33215505.86 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2005-09-20 09:06:00 2631.7168 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-20 09:09:00 33024251.3 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-20 11:24:00 33024222.68 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-28 11:57:00 45550976.4 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-28 12:00:00 -73137.0697 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2005-09-28 13:35:00 45734943.4 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-10-02 12:55:00 57594268.2 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2005-10-02 14:10:00 57762582.67 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2011-09-27 11:39:00 197293588.79 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2011-09-27 11:39:00 -66400.2088 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2011-09-28 11:08:00 199711477.27 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2011-09-28 11:08:00 -68554.7858 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2011-09-29 11:55:00 202378520.04 2 us 2380 -1 -1
2011-09-29 11:55:00 -72841.0156 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)