A Boulder on Bennu's Surface (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

A Boulder on Bennu's Surface

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This composite image of a boulder on Bennu's surface shows the cascading rim of one of the asteroid's ancient craters that originated while Bennu resided in the asteroid belt. The image combines photos from OSIRIS-REx and reconstructed shape models built from the OSIRIS-REx laser altimeter instrument. The overlaid colors highlight the topography of the boulder (warmer colors are higher elevation).

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University of Arizona/Johns Hopkins APL/York University

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