Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36)

Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) is currently in the constellation of Capricornus. The current Right Ascension of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) is 20h 24m 41s and the Declination is -22° 16’ 08” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) is 22.71 (JPL).

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Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) Distance from Earth

The distance of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) from Earth is currently 330,429,524 kilometers, equivalent to 2.208785 Astronomical Units. Light takes 18 minutes and 22.1943 seconds to travel from Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

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Closest approach of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100, the closest approach of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) to Earth happens on Thu Sep 23 2060 at a distance of 0.005008 Astronomical Units, or 749,230 kilometers:

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) brightness

The current visual magnitude of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) is 22.71.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36), according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) rise and set times

Today's Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Visualization of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) Orbit

This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows the orbit of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets. The position of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration of the objects in the Solar System. This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!

Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2021 Jan 17	19h 58m 54s	-23° 44’ 39”	22.75	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 18	20h 02m 23s	-23° 33’ 41”	22.75	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 19	20h 05m 53s	-23° 22’ 23”	22.74	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 20	20h 09m 21s	-23° 10’ 47”	22.73	Capricornus
2021 Jan 21	20h 12m 50s	-22° 58’ 54”	22.73	Capricornus
2021 Jan 22	20h 16m 18s	-22° 46’ 42”	22.72	Capricornus
2021 Jan 23	20h 19m 46s	-22° 34’ 14”	22.72	Capricornus
2021 Jan 24	20h 23m 16s	-22° 21’ 25”	22.71	Capricornus
2021 Jan 25	20h 26m 44s	-22° 08’ 21”	22.71	Capricornus
2021 Jan 26	20h 30m 11s	-21° 54’ 59”	22.71	Capricornus
2021 Jan 27	20h 33m 39s	-21° 41’ 18”	22.70	Capricornus
2021 Jan 28	20h 37m 08s	-21° 27’ 20”	22.70	Capricornus
2021 Jan 29	20h 40m 35s	-21° 13’ 05”	22.70	Capricornus
2021 Jan 30	20h 44m 03s	-20° 58’ 32”	22.70	Capricornus