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
2005-09-14 17:49:30 C 03 43 16.88 -04 16 03.1 r 379
2005-09-14 17:50:41 C 03 43 17.60 -04 15 55.2 r 379
2005-09-14 17:57:32 C 03 43 21.83 -04 15 11.1 r 379
2005-09-14 17:59:57 C 03 43 23.31 -04 14 55.6 r 379
2005-09-14 18:01:09 C 03 43 24.06 -04 14 47.9 r 379
2005-09-17 09:25:00 C 04 31 15.50 +03 40 12.0 c 699
2005-09-17 10:15:30 C 04 31 55.78 +03 47 17.8 c 699
2005-09-17 10:54:47 C 04 32 26.99 +03 52 49.3 c 699
2005-09-17 22:55:49 C 04 42 53.90 +05 34 08.4 r 084
2005-09-17 22:56:25 C 04 42 54.41 +05 34 13.8 r 084
2005-09-17 22:57:00 C 04 42 54.92 +05 34 18.7 r 084
2005-09-23 01:13:25 C 06 44 04.18 +22 41 15.4 r 084
2005-09-23 01:14:01 C 06 44 04.75 +22 41 19.4 r 084
2005-09-23 01:16:59 C 06 44 07.73 +22 41 40.1 r 084
2005-09-23 01:17:43 C 06 44 08.41 +22 41 45.0 r 084
2005-09-23 01:18:54 C 06 44 09.62 +22 41 53.3 r 084
2006-02-02 12:06:06 C 14 49 02.23 -07 58 12.8 c 691
2006-02-02 12:24:04 C 14 49 03.18 -07 58 26.9 c 691
2006-02-02 12:42:03 C 14 49 04.13 -07 58 41.3 c 691
2006-03-24 09:41:28 C 14 56 39.58 -21 53 33.6 r 703
2006-03-24 09:47:45 C 14 56 39.08 -21 53 37.5 r 703
2006-03-24 09:54:07 C 14 56 38.58 -21 53 41.7 r 703
2006-03-24 10:00:32 C 14 56 37.96 -21 53 45.4 r 703
2006-04-21 06:55:19 C 13 39 01.53 -24 25 50.4 o 644
2006-04-21 07:27:13 C 13 38 57.26 -24 25 45.6 o 644
2006-04-21 07:57:35 C 13 38 53.26 -24 25 40.8 o 644
2006-04-29 14:06:25 C 13 16 22.98 -23 37 01.7 r E12
2006-04-29 14:19:20 C 13 16 21.54 -23 36 57.9 r E12
2006-04-29 14:32:16 C 13 16 20.24 -23 36 54.3 r E12
2006-04-29 14:45:15 C 13 16 18.80 -23 36 49.7 r E12
2006-04-30 04:40:46 C 13 14 57.69 -23 32 59.9 o 290
2006-04-30 04:48:05 C 13 14 56.93 -23 32 57.7 o 290
2006-04-30 05:33:17 C 13 14 52.19 -23 32 44.3 o 290
2006-04-30 06:36:44 C 13 14 45.51 -23 32 24.4 o 290
2006-05-22 05:55:45 C 12 46 10.95 -20 54 09.3 o 693
2006-05-22 06:03:03 C 12 46 10.83 -20 54 08.0 o 693
2006-05-22 06:10:21 C 12 46 10.68 -20 54 06.4 o 693
2006-05-22 06:17:38 C 12 46 10.55 -20 54 04.4 o 693
2006-05-22 06:24:55 C 12 46 10.43 -20 54 02.4 o 693
2006-05-26 04:25:25 C 12 45 26.16 -20 35 30.8 o 693
2006-05-26 04:32:43 C 12 45 26.08 -20 35 30.0 o 693
2006-05-26 04:40:01 C 12 45 26.02 -20 35 29.2 o 693
2006-05-26 04:47:19 C 12 45 25.97 -20 35 27.1 o 693
2011-08-13 03:53:55 C 02 20 52.93 -01 09 44.8 o 950
2011-08-13 03:55:28 C 02 20 53.23 -01 09 42.8 o 950
2011-08-13 03:57:02 C 02 20 53.52 -01 09 39.9 o 950
2011-08-13 03:59:10 C 02 20 53.90 -01 09 37.3 o 950
2011-08-13 04:00:21 C 02 20 54.12 -01 09 35.5 o 950
2011-08-13 04:01:24 C 02 20 54.30 -01 09 33.9 o 950
2011-08-13 04:02:28 C 02 20 54.53 -01 09 32.6 o 950
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)