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Motion of dust ejected from the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Heliyon"

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05275

Abstract: From Jan. 6, 2019 to Feb. 18, 2019, OSIRIS-REx observed asteroid (101955) Bennu ejecting 11 plumes of dust, of which part is escaping and another part is re-captured by the asteroid. The relative magnitudes of… read more here.

Keywords: motion dust; dust grains; 101955 bennu; bennu ... See more keywords

Assessing stereophotoclinometry by modeling a physical wall representing asteroid Bennu

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Planetary and Space Science"

DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.105077

Abstract: Abstract The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission is characterizing the surface and orbital environment of the primitive asteroid (101955) Bennu to enable the collection and return of pristine samples of… read more here.

Keywords: stereophotoclinometry modeling; osiris rex; bennu; wall ... See more keywords

Life’s Building Blocks Found in Bennu Samples

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Eos"

DOI: 10.1029/2025eo250046

Abstract: The discovery of amino acids, abundant ammonia, and the bases of DNA and RNA on asteroid Bennu suggest that materials essential to life might be widespread throughout the solar system. read more here.

Keywords: life building; building blocks; life; blocks found ... See more keywords

Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Nature Astronomy"

DOI: 10.1038/s41550-020-1195-z

Abstract: When rubble-pile asteroid 2008 TC 3 impacted Earth on 7 October 2008, the recovered rock fragments indicated that such asteroids can contain exogenic material 1 , 2 . However, spacecraft missions to date have only… read more here.

Keywords: exogenic basalt; basalt asteroid; bennu; rubble pile ... See more keywords

Origin of asteroid (101955) Bennu and its connection to the New Polana family

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Scientific Reports"

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66237-0

Abstract: The asteroid (142) Polana is classified as a B-type asteroid located in the inner Main Belt. This asteroid is the parent of the New Polana family, which has been proposed to be the likely source… read more here.

Keywords: asteroid 101955; polana family; new polana; bennu ... See more keywords

A Novel Graph-Guided Global Bundle Block Adjustment of OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter Data for Topographic Mapping of Asteroid Bennu

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing"

DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2024.3510383

Abstract: During the Orbital B Phase mission of the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) instrument scanned asteroid Bennu and obtained hundreds of point cloud frames, making a… read more here.

Keywords: point; osiris rex; asteroid bennu; global bundle ... See more keywords

Bennu ejects material from its surface

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Science"

DOI: 10.1126/science.366.6470.1209-k

Abstract: Asteroids Most asteroids appear inert, but remote observations show that a small number experience mass loss from their surfaces. Lauretta and Hergenrother et al. describe close-range observations of mass loss on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu… read more here.

Keywords: ejects material; science; material surface; surface ... See more keywords

Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Science"

DOI: 10.1126/science.abm1018

Abstract: Carbonaceous asteroids, such as (101955) Bennu, preserve material from the early Solar System, including volatile compounds and organic molecules. We report spacecraft imaging and spectral data collected during and after retrieval of a sample from… read more here.

Keywords: spacecraft; sample; bennu; earth ... See more keywords