Bennu | CosmoVerse

⚠ Potentially Hazardous Object

Small-Body Overview

A carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid studied by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, which collected a sample and returned it to Earth in 2023.

Orbital & Physical Data

490 m

Diameter

1.2 years

Orbital Period

B-type (carbonaceous)

Spectral Type

September 11, 1999

Discovered

Potentially Hazardous

Hazard Class

Discovery & Classification

DiscoverySeptember 11, 1999

Mission History

Collected a sample from asteroid Bennu and returned it to Earth in September 2023.

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