# 1999 RQ36 asteroid

A 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/1999-rq36-asteroid/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/1999-rq36-asteroid/1999%20RQ36%20asteroid.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/1999-rq36-asteroid/1999%20RQ36%20asteroid.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

Scientists on NASA’s asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with such accuracy they were able to directly measure the drift resulting from a subtle but important force called the Yarkovsky effect – the slight push created when the \[…\]