Bennu

Bennu — asteroid, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Bennu in a live 3D Solar System. Follow its calculated motion and inspect real astronomical data, distances and orbital facts.

A spinning-top rubble pile, mapped to centimeters by OSIRIS-REx before it grabbed a handful of the surface and flew it home. This is the real shape model from that mission.

Diameter

~490 m

Year

1.20 Earth years

Day

4 h 18 m

Visited

OSIRIS-REx — sampled 2020

Sample returned

24 Sep 2023

Note

One of the best-mapped objects in the solar system

Explore Bennu in 3D

Cosmoscope places Bennu in the Solar System using astronomical ephemeris or orbital elements, updated for the simulation time. Explore its calculated motion, distance and orbital facts in the interactive 3D view. Accuracy depends on the orbital model and its valid time range.