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101955 Bennu

(Bennu, 1999 RQ36)
(near-Earth asteroid that is the target of a sample-return mission)

101955 Bennu (provisional designation: 1999 RQ36) is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1999. 101955 Bennu's diameter is on the order of 500 meters and its orbit is sufficiently close to Earth's that a future impact is possible. The NASA mission, OSIRIS-REx visited it 2018-2021, collected samples, and is currently returning, to arrive at Earth in September 2023.


(asteroid,minor planet,near-Earth object)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/101955-bennu/in-depth/
https://www.spacereference.org/asteroid/101955-bennu-1999-rq36
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=101955%20Bennu
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=Bennu
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~0500000km~0lynearest101955 Bennu
~02.35AU~0lyfurthest101955 Bennu

Referenced by pages:
near-Earth object (NEO)
OSIRIS-REx

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