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
2011-08-13 04:03:30 C 02 20 54.69 -01 09 31.1 o 950
2011-08-13 04:04:37 C 02 20 54.91 -01 09 29.2 o 950
2011-08-13 04:05:33 C 02 20 55.12 -01 09 28.0 o 950
2011-08-13 04:06:30 C 02 20 55.26 -01 09 26.4 o 950
2011-08-13 04:07:50 C 02 20 55.51 -01 09 24.6 o 950
2011-08-13 04:09:53 C 02 20 55.91 -01 09 21.4 o 950
2011-08-13 04:25:01 C 02 20 58.71 -01 08 59.3 o 950
2011-08-13 04:26:18 C 02 20 58.95 -01 08 57.2 o 950
2011-08-13 04:27:14 C 02 20 59.13 -01 08 56.0 o 950
2011-08-13 04:28:11 C 02 20 59.28 -01 08 54.6 o 950
2011-08-13 04:30:19 C 02 20 59.71 -01 08 51.8 o 950
2011-08-13 04:31:16 C 02 20 59.86 -01 08 50.1 o 950
2011-08-13 04:32:13 C 02 21 00.06 -01 08 48.7 o 950
2011-08-13 04:33:23 C 02 21 00.26 -01 08 47.0 o 950
2011-08-13 04:34:20 C 02 21 00.45 -01 08 45.6 o 950
2011-08-13 04:35:17 C 02 21 00.60 -01 08 44.1 o 950
2011-08-13 04:36:35 C 02 21 00.87 -01 08 42.2 o 950
2011-08-13 04:37:32 C 02 21 01.03 -01 08 41.0 o 950
2011-08-13 04:38:28 C 02 21 01.19 -01 08 39.5 o 950
2011-08-13 04:39:33 C 02 21 01.39 -01 08 37.8 o 950
2011-08-13 04:40:30 C 02 21 01.58 -01 08 36.5 o 950
2011-08-13 04:41:27 C 02 21 01.74 -01 08 35.2 o 950
2011-08-13 04:42:34 C 02 21 01.97 -01 08 33.5 o 950
2011-08-13 04:43:31 C 02 21 02.14 -01 08 32.0 o 950
2011-08-13 04:44:28 C 02 21 02.31 -01 08 30.7 o 950
2011-08-13 04:45:33 C 02 21 02.50 -01 08 29.3 o 950
2011-08-30 01:17:57 C 03 55 23.62 +10 57 40.7 o 950
2011-08-30 01:24:05 C 03 55 25.33 +10 57 53.5 o 950
2011-08-30 01:31:47 C 03 55 27.46 +10 58 09.6 o 950
2011-08-30 01:39:37 C 03 55 29.61 +10 58 26.0 o 950
2011-08-30 01:48:19 C 03 55 31.98 +10 58 44.2 o 950
2011-08-30 01:56:54 C 03 55 34.33 +10 59 02.1 o 950
2011-08-30 02:06:29 C 03 55 36.94 +10 59 22.1 o 950
2011-08-30 02:14:08 C 03 55 39.04 +10 59 38.2 o 950
2011-08-30 02:21:40 C 03 55 41.08 +10 59 54.0 o 950
2011-08-30 02:29:37 C 03 55 43.24 +11 00 10.9 o 950
2011-08-30 02:36:25 C 03 55 45.11 +11 00 24.7 o 950
2011-08-30 02:44:06 C 03 55 47.20 +11 00 40.7 o 950
2011-08-30 02:52:43 C 03 55 49.52 +11 00 58.7 o 950
2011-08-30 02:59:21 C 03 55 51.31 +11 01 12.5 o 950
2011-08-30 03:06:26 C 03 55 53.24 +11 01 27.4 o 950
2011-08-30 03:13:54 C 03 55 55.24 +11 01 42.8 o 950
2011-08-30 03:19:34 C 03 55 56.76 +11 01 54.6 o 950
2011-08-30 03:29:38 C 03 55 59.51 +11 02 15.8 o 950
2011-08-30 03:35:38 C 03 56 01.12 +11 02 28.3 o 950
2011-08-30 03:42:14 C 03 56 02.91 +11 02 42.0 o 950
2011-08-30 03:48:49 C 03 56 04.69 +11 02 55.7 o 950
2011-08-30 03:56:36 C 03 56 06.77 +11 03 11.8 o 950
2011-08-30 04:02:15 C 03 56 08.29 +11 03 23.5 o 950
2011-08-30 04:08:51 C 03 56 10.05 +11 03 37.2 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)