(101955) Bennu

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:asteroid
gptkbp:albedo 0.046
gptkbp:aphelion 1.357 AU
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 20.9
gptkbp:ascendingNodeLongitude 2.060°
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Minor_Planet_Center
gptkbp:density ~1.19 g/cm³
gptkbp:diameter ~490 meters
490–500 meters
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:LINEAR
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1999-09-11
gptkbp:discoverySite gptkb:Socorro,_New_Mexico
gptkbp:eccentricity 0.2037
gptkbp:epoch 2023-09-13 (JD 2460200.5)
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:futureCloseApproachYear 2135
gptkbp:hasMoon 0
gptkbp:hazardScale Torino Scale 1 (past), now 0
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label (101955) Bennu
gptkbp:inclination 6.034 degrees
gptkbp:mass ~250 grams
7.329×10^10 kg
gptkbp:meanAnomaly 101.703°
gptkbp:minorPlanetNumber 101955
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Bennu_(Egyptian_myth)
gptkbp:NASAJPLSmallBodyDatabaseID 101955
gptkbp:nearestCity 0.002 AU
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Apollo
1.20 years
gptkbp:parentBody gptkb:OSIRIS-REx_sample
gptkb:OSIRIS-REx_sample_capsule
gptkbp:perihelion 0.897 AU
66.223°
gptkbp:potentiallyHazardousAsteroid true
gptkbp:provisionalDesignation gptkb:1999_RQ36
gptkbp:regolithPresent true
gptkbp:returnDate 2023-09-24
gptkbp:riskOfEarthImpact notable
gptkbp:rotationPeriod retrograde
4.297 hours
gptkbp:sampleReturnedBy gptkb:OSIRIS-REx
gptkbp:semiMajorAxis 1.126 AU
gptkbp:shape spinning top
gptkbp:spectralType B-type
gptkbp:surface carbonaceous
gptkbp:surfaceGravity ~0.0001 g
gptkbp:temperature ~300 K
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:OSIRIS-REx
gptkbp:YarkovskyEffectObserved true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:near-Earth_objects
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6