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
2011-09-29 11:18:36 C 07 52 15.05 +28 36 04.9 o H01
2011-09-29 11:51:56 C 07 52 25.01 +28 36 16.4 o H01
2011-10-01 11:03:56 C 08 06 39.88 +28 46 35.5 o H01
2011-10-01 11:20:08 C 08 06 44.57 +28 46 38.8 o H01
2011-10-01 11:42:44 C 08 06 51.08 +28 46 43.3 o H01
2011-11-05 04:05:43 C 11 03 31.86 +20 59 56.9 o 950
2011-11-05 04:07:35 C 11 03 32.17 +20 59 55.3 o 950
2011-11-05 04:09:40 C 11 03 32.44 +20 59 53.3 o 950
2011-11-05 04:12:30 C 11 03 32.90 +20 59 50.9 o 950
2011-11-05 04:14:51 C 11 03 33.25 +20 59 48.8 o 950
2011-11-05 04:19:24 C 11 03 33.95 +20 59 45.0 o 950
2011-11-05 04:21:45 C 11 03 34.29 +20 59 42.6 o 950
2011-11-05 04:24:09 C 11 03 34.65 +20 59 40.7 o 950
2011-11-05 04:26:30 C 11 03 35.01 +20 59 38.5 o 950
2011-11-05 04:28:54 C 11 03 35.38 +20 59 36.4 o 950
2011-11-05 04:31:28 C 11 03 35.75 +20 59 34.2 o 950
2011-11-05 04:33:50 C 11 03 36.09 +20 59 31.9 o 950
2011-11-05 04:36:13 C 11 03 36.45 +20 59 30.0 o 950
2011-11-05 04:38:35 C 11 03 36.81 +20 59 27.8 o 950
2011-11-05 04:40:58 C 11 03 37.17 +20 59 25.6 o 950
2011-11-05 04:43:32 C 11 03 37.55 +20 59 23.5 o 950
2011-11-05 04:45:53 C 11 03 37.90 +20 59 21.5 o 950
2011-11-05 04:48:16 C 11 03 38.26 +20 59 19.2 o 950
2011-11-05 04:50:38 C 11 03 38.62 +20 59 17.0 o 950
2011-11-05 04:53:00 C 11 03 38.97 +20 59 15.4 o 950
2011-11-05 04:55:32 C 11 03 39.33 +20 59 12.7 o 950
2011-11-05 04:57:55 C 11 03 39.70 +20 59 10.7 o 950
2011-11-05 05:00:17 C 11 03 40.04 +20 59 08.4 o 950
2011-11-05 05:02:40 C 11 03 40.41 +20 59 06.6 o 950
2011-11-05 05:05:02 C 11 03 40.75 +20 59 04.4 o 950
2011-11-05 05:07:35 C 11 03 41.15 +20 59 01.9 o 950
2011-11-05 05:09:57 C 11 03 41.49 +20 59 00.2 o 950
2011-11-05 05:12:20 C 11 03 41.84 +20 58 57.9 o 950
2011-11-05 05:14:42 C 11 03 42.17 +20 58 56.2 o 950
2011-11-05 05:17:05 C 11 03 42.53 +20 58 53.7 o 950
2011-11-05 05:19:38 C 11 03 42.92 +20 58 51.4 o 950
2011-11-05 05:22:00 C 11 03 43.29 +20 58 49.4 o 950
2011-11-05 05:24:23 C 11 03 43.60 +20 58 47.4 o 950
2011-11-05 05:26:45 C 11 03 43.96 +20 58 45.1 o 950
2011-11-05 05:29:07 C 11 03 44.32 +20 58 43.0 o 950
2011-11-05 05:31:42 C 11 03 44.68 +20 58 40.8 o 950
2011-11-05 05:34:03 C 11 03 45.05 +20 58 38.7 o 950
2011-11-05 05:36:25 C 11 03 45.40 +20 58 36.6 o 950
2011-11-05 05:38:49 C 11 03 45.74 +20 58 34.4 o 950
2011-11-05 05:41:11 C 11 03 46.09 +20 58 32.5 o 950
2011-11-05 05:43:42 C 11 03 46.47 +20 58 30.1 o 950
2011-11-05 05:46:06 C 11 03 46.81 +20 58 28.3 o 950
2011-11-05 05:48:27 C 11 03 47.19 +20 58 25.8 o 950
2011-11-05 05:50:49 C 11 03 47.50 +20 58 23.5 o 950
2011-11-05 05:53:13 C 11 03 47.87 +20 58 21.7 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)