# 101955 Bennu

> near-Earth asteroid of highest impact hazard

**Wikidata**: [Q11558](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11558)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/101955-bennu


## References

1. [Minor Planet Center database](https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=Bennu)
2. [Sentry](https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/)
3. [JPL Small-Body Database](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=20101955)
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
5. JPL Small-Body Database
6. Asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36: Spectroscopy from 0.4 to 2.4μm and meteorite analogs
7. Lightcurve, Color and Phase Function Photometry of the OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroid (101955) Bennu
8. Unusual polarimetric properties of (101955) Bennu: similarities with F-class asteroids and cometary bodies
9. [Source](https://www.universetoday.com/97198/students-asteroid-1999-rq36-needs-a-new-name/)
10. [Source](https://www.space.com/20923-nine-year-old-names-asteroid.html)
11. The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations
12. Hemispherical differences in the shape and topography of asteroid (101955) Bennu
13. The unexpected surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu
14. [Source](https://www.asteroidmission.org/updated-bennu-shape-model-3d-files/)