Oct 16, 2020 · Bennu is a carbonaceous asteroid that hasn’t undergone drastic, composition-altering change, meaning that on and below its deeper-than-pitch-black surface are chemicals …

Jul 7, 2022 · During this event the spacecraft’s arm sank far deeper into the asteroid than expected, confirming that Bennu’s surface is loosely bound. Now, scientists have used data …

On 6 March 2020 the IAU announced the first official names for 12 Bennu surface features, including regiones (broad geographic regions), craters, dorsa (ridges), fossae (grooves or …

Feb 10, 2025 · Surface. Bennu surprised scientists in December 2018 when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived to take a sample of the asteroid. The mission team found a surface littered …

Mar 19, 2020 · This global map of asteroid Bennu’s surface is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft between Mar. 7 and Apr. 19, 2019. A total of 2,155 PolyCam …

Feb 9, 2023 · These are some of the 3D models that were used to create several SVS Bennu data visualizations, including Tour of Asteroid Bennu, Detailed Global Views of Asteroid …

Jul 13, 2022 · Near-Earth asteroid Bennu is a rubble pile of rocks and boulders left over from the formation of the solar system. On October 20, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly …

Mar 19, 2019 · Bennu is a low-albedo B-type asteroid 2 that has been linked to organic-rich hydrated carbonaceous chondrites 3. Such meteorites are altered by ejection from their parent …

Bennu is a low-albedo B-type asteroid2 that has been linked to organic-rich hydrated carbonaceous chondrites3. Such meteorites are altered by ejection from their parent body and …

Sep 21, 2020 · Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material like a sandy beach, but instead OSIRIS-REx was greeted by a rugged world littered with boulders – …