asteroid Bennu

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:asteroid
gptkbp:albedo 0.046
gptkbp:aphelion 1.356 AU
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 20.0
gptkbp:density ~1.19 g/cm³
gptkbp:diameter 490–510 meters
~492 meters
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:LINEAR_Project
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1999-09-11
gptkbp:discoverySite gptkb:Socorro,_New_Mexico,_USA
gptkbp:eccentricity 0.2037
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label asteroid Bennu
gptkbp:inclination 6.034 degrees
gptkbp:mass ~7.8×10^10 kg
gptkbp:minimumOrbitIntersectionDistance 0.003 AU
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Bennu_(Egyptian_mythological_bird)
gptkbp:NASAJPLSmallBodyDatabaseID 101955
gptkbp:nearestCity 2135
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:101955_Bennu
gptkbp:orbitalResonanceWithEarth 1:1 (quasi-resonant)
gptkbp:orbitType 1.2 years
gptkbp:OSIRIS-RExArrivalDate 2018-12-03
gptkbp:OSIRIS-RExSampleCollectionDate 2020-10-20
gptkbp:OSIRIS-RExSampleReturnToEarth 2023-09-24
gptkbp:parentBody gptkb:main_asteroid_belt
gptkbp:perihelion 0.897 AU
gptkbp:potentiallyHazardous true
gptkbp:provisionalDesignation gptkb:1999_RQ36
gptkbp:regolith present
gptkbp:returnDate 2023-09-24
gptkbp:riskListedBy gptkb:Sentry_Risk_Table
gptkbp:rotationPeriod retrograde
4.3 hours
gptkbp:sampleReturnedBy gptkb:OSIRIS-REx
gptkbp:semiMajorAxis 1.126 AU
gptkbp:shape spinning top
gptkbp:spectralType B-type
gptkbp:surface craters
boulders
carbonaceous material
regolith ponds
gptkbp:surfaceGravity ~0.0001 g
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:OSIRIS-REx_spacecraft
gptkbp:YarkovskyEffectObserved true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:OSIRIS-REx_mission
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5