Ryugu and Bennu (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Ryugu and Bennu

Caption

SwRI scientists reviewed spectral data of sample material taken from near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu (pictured above) and compared them with spectral data of main belt asteroid Polana from the James Webb Space Telescope and found that they closely match.

Credit

NASA

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License

Public Domain

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