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101955 Bennu (provisional designation 1999 RQ 36) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999. It is a potentially hazardous object that is listed on the Sentry Risk Table and has the highest cumulative rating on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale. [9]
Meteorites that fall to Earth are quickly contaminated from the second they make contact with our atmosphere. This means Bennu can give us an unspoiled glimpse into the past.
"First Plutonian anniversary" of Pluto's discovery, given its orbit is just under 248 Earth years. 2178 January 28 2182 September 24 With an estimated probability of 0.04%, asteroid 101955 Bennu could hit Earth. 2185 Triple conjunction Mars–Saturn [56] 2186 July 16 The longest total solar eclipse of the century. [57]
This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024 [update] , all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors .
The good news is that scientists have a better handle on the asteroid’s whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth ...
Using data collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, this animation shows the trajectories of rocky particles after being ejected from asteroid (101955) Bennu's surface. The animation emphasizes the four largest particle-ejection events detected at Bennu between December 2018 and September 2019.
The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than previously thought. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
A spacecraft carrying samples of the asteroid is approaching Earth to deposit them for research. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...