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Table 5

Orbital and physical parameters of asteroid (101955) Bennu.

Parameter Value Reference
Semimajor axis, a 1.1259963567892803 ± 1.718E−10 au NEOCC - Epoch 60000.0000 MJD
Eccentricity, e 0.203719194929926 ± 2.045E-8 NEOCC - Epoch 60000.0000 MJD
Semimajor axis drift, da/dt −284 ± 0.2 m yr−1 Farnocchia et al. (2021)

Absolute magnitude, H 20.21 ± 0.03 Hergenrother et al. (2019)
Radius, r 242.22 ± 0.15 m Daly et al. (2020)
Bulk density, ρ 1194 ± 3kgm−3 Daly et al. (2020)
Obliquity, γ 177.6 ± 0.11 degrees Lauretta et al. (2019)
Rotation period, P 4.2960015 ± 0.0000018 h Daly et al. (2020)
Albedo, pV 0.044 ± 0.002 Lauretta et al. (2019)
Emissivity, ϵ 0.984

Thermal inertia, Γ 310 ± 70 J m−2 K−1 s−1/2 Emery et al. (2014)
Thermal inertia, Γ 350 ± 20 J m−2 K−1 s−1/2 Dellagiustina et al. (2019)
Thermal inertia, Γ 300 ± 30 J m−2 K−1 s−1/2 Rozitis et al. (2020, OTES)
Thermal inertia, Γ 320 ± 30 J m−2 K−1 s−1/2 Rozitis et al. (2020, OVIRS)

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