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
2012-03-23 11:17:43 C 15 54 23.768 -25 55 53.57 r 689
2012-03-23 11:21:25 C 15 54 23.714 -25 55 55.97 r 689
2012-03-23 11:25:02 C 15 54 23.646 -25 55 58.37 r 689
2012-03-23 11:28:39 C 15 54 23.594 -25 56 00.69 r 689
2012-03-23 11:56:30 C 15 54 23.03 -25 56 18.1 o H01
2012-03-24 10:00:52 C 15 54 06.87 -26 10 47.3 o H01
2012-03-24 10:36:56 C 15 54 06.212 -26 11 11.82 r 689
2012-03-24 10:40:30 C 15 54 06.142 -26 11 14.24 r 689
2012-03-24 10:44:04 C 15 54 06.074 -26 11 16.53 r 689
2012-03-24 11:22:47 C 15 54 05.19 -26 11 41.0 o H01
2012-03-24 12:07:29 C 15 54 04.27 -26 12 10.0 o H01
2012-03-25 09:59:16 C 15 53 43.63 -26 26 28.4 o H01
2012-03-25 10:58:11 C 15 53 42.21 -26 27 07.1 o H01
2012-03-25 11:18:22 C 15 53 41.825 -26 27 21.09 r 689
2012-03-25 11:21:55 C 15 53 41.713 -26 27 23.14 r 689
2012-03-25 11:53:38 C 15 53 40.86 -26 27 43.0 o H01
2012-03-27 09:44:02 C 15 52 41.69 -26 57 31.3 o H01
2012-03-27 10:30:58 C 15 52 40.22 -26 58 01.9 o H01
2012-03-27 11:58:50 C 15 52 37.42 -26 58 58.1 o H01
2012-03-28 09:05:28 C 15 52 03.76 -27 12 35.4 o H01
2012-03-28 10:02:08 C 15 52 01.77 -27 13 12.4 o H01
2012-03-28 11:57:47 C 15 51 57.63 -27 14 26.4 o H01
2012-03-29 09:27:12 C 15 51 18.23 -27 28 13.2 o H01
2012-03-29 10:16:57 C 15 51 16.26 -27 28 45.4 o H01
2012-03-29 10:56:32 C 15 51 14.70 -27 29 10.7 o H01
2012-04-18 07:06:50 C 15 16 06.10 -31 40 31.8 o H01
2012-04-18 07:57:59 C 15 15 59.96 -31 40 49.8 o H01
2012-04-18 09:07:46 C 15 15 51.54 -31 41 13.2 o H01
2012-04-18 10:14:50 C 15 15 43.48 -31 41 34.5 o H01
2012-04-21 07:08:38 C 15 07 39.63 -32 01 31.8 o H01
2012-04-21 07:12:00 C 15 07 38.84 -32 01 34.6 u H36
2012-04-21 07:22:47 C 15 07 37.42 -32 01 36.9 u H36
2012-04-21 08:04:35 C 15 07 32.41 -32 01 46.0 o H01
2012-04-21 08:06:06 C 15 07 31.92 -32 01 47.1 u H36
2012-04-21 09:05:53 C 15 07 24.49 -32 02 00.7 o H01
2012-04-21 10:07:40 C 15 07 16.54 -32 02 14.6 o H01
2012-04-22 07:09:59 C 15 04 42.70 -32 07 04.1 u H36
2012-04-22 07:16:58 C 15 04 41.85 -32 07 05.4 u H36
2012-04-22 07:29:12 C 15 04 40.54 -32 07 06.8 o H01
2012-04-22 08:40:09 C 15 04 31.22 -32 07 21.9 o H01
2012-04-22 09:21:12 C 15 04 25.83 -32 07 30.0 o H01
2012-04-22 09:55:40 C 15 04 21.32 -32 07 36.6 o H01
2012-04-23 07:27:04 C 15 01 41.13 -32 11 48.2 o H06
2012-04-23 07:32:49 C 15 01 40.44 -32 11 50.0 o H06
2012-04-29 16:34:37 C 14 41 49.36 -32 22 15.5 r E12
2012-04-29 17:01:14 C 14 41 45.70 -32 22 14.1 r E12
2012-05-03 02:42:24 C 14 31 09.06 -32 14 33.7 u 821
2012-05-03 02:46:36 C 14 31 08.49 -32 14 32.8 u 821
2012-05-03 02:52:56 C 14 31 07.63 -32 14 32.1 u 821
2012-06-14 04:34:26 C 13 30 13.04 -26 14 54.1 o H01
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)