Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
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NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
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Or maybe Bennu is a body reassembled from fragments scattered after a relatively recent breakdown by impact and it is still undergoing a rearrangement of its surface (creation of the equatorial ridge) under the influence of its own gravity. Such small surface movements could throw small particles into space (?)
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