Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Aug 24 2018, 06:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
Begins Operations |
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Apr 15 2019, 10:17 PM
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"Benben" - largest boulder on Bennu: https://www.asteroidmission.org/20190307-polycam-benben/
(I found in reliable Wikipedia: "Benben was the mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu upon which the creator deity Atum settled in the creation myth of the Heliopolitan form of ancient Egyptian religion. The Benben stone (also known as a pyramidion) is the top stone of the pyramid. It is also related to the Obelisk." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benben And for fun, and for scale - a brave future astronaut exploring this huge rock with pickax |
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