Asteroid Bennu Mosaic (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Asteroid Bennu Mosaic

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This image shows the near-Earth asteroid Bennu as seen from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. A new SwRI study suggests that Bennu experiences numerous impacts from sand-sized meteoroids orbiting the Sun.

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NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona

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