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Bennu will pass 0.005 au (750,000 km; 460,000 mi) from Earth on 23 September 2060, [1] while for comparison the Moon's average orbital distance (lunar distance) is 384,402 km (238,856 mi) and will only change to 384,404 km in 50 years time.
101955 Bennu: Orbiter/Sample Returner Successful 99942 Apophis: Orbiter/Regolith Disturber en route Successfully collected sample of Bennu on 20 October 2020 and returned the sample to Earth on 24 September 2023. For its extended mission called OSIRIS-APEX, the spacecraft is now en route to encounter Apophis on 8 April 2029. 13 Discovery 13 Lucy
Telescopic observations have helped define the orbit of 101955 Bennu, a near-Earth object (NEO) with a mean diameter in the range of 480 to 511 m (1,575 to 1,677 ft). [93] It completes an orbit of the Sun every 436.604 days (1.2 years). This orbit takes it close to the Earth every six years.
Pieces of Asteroid Bennu about to come to Earth as part of Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission. Andrew Griffin. September 22, 2023 at 9:07 AM ... which will fall to Earth over the weekend and could reveal ...
Landed; returned dust samples to Earth: First asteroid with returned samples, smallest asteroid visited by a spacecraft, first asteroid visited by a non-NASA spacecraft 162173 Ryugu: 1.0: May 10, 1999: Hayabusa2: 2018–2019: 0: 0: Multiple landers/rovers, sample return: First rovers on an asteroid 101955 Bennu: 0.492: September 11, 1999 ...
Well the simple answer is that the asteroid which was discovered in 1999 and is called 101955 Bennu could maybe actually strike earth.
A sample from asteroid Bennu contains organic compounds usually found at midocean ridges on Earth, suggesting Bennu may have been part of an ancient ocean world.
2002 MN is the provisional designation given to a 73-meter Apollo near-Earth asteroid that on 14 June 2002 passed Earth at a distance of ... 101955 Bennu: 2135-09-25: ...