But the probe didn't land on Bennu's surface;
Thus Bennu is similar to a celestial time capsule.
The plan to dodge a killer asteroid-
even good ol' Bennu.
The good news, she continues, is that Bennu seems to have mixed its materials pretty homogeneously.
It will spend the next few months learning about Bennu's size, shape, surface features, and surroundings.
The report states that the asteroid, named'Bennu', has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting Earth.
NASA has finally
selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu after the arrival of OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in December 2018.
OSIRIS-REx orbits less than one kilometer from Bennu- News of June 18,
2019- The solar system continues to reveal its secrets.
In the case of Bennu, scientists have deemed HAMMER“inadequate” as it would
be unable to nudge the massive asteroid off course.
The plan is for OSIRIS-REx to approach Bennu's surface in July 2020,
but the spacecraft will only make contact for about five seconds.
The study of the surface of the Bennu asteroid with the help of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft discovered
interesting features of this small celestial body.
Study of the surface of the asteroid Bennu with the help of the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx revealed some interesting
features of this small celestial body.
The plan is for OSIRIS-REx to approach the surface of Bennu in July 2020,
but the spacecraft will only make contact for about five seconds.
The study of the surface of the asteroid Bennu with the help of the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx revealed some interesting
features of this small celestial body.
OSIRIS-REx has been swooping around Bennu since late 2018, and
in 2020, it will swoop down, collect a sample, and return that sample to Earth in 2023.
Scientists are eager to
study the material of carbon rich asteroids such as Bennu, which is proof of the initial construction of our Solar
System 4.5 billion years ago.
He noticed that the Bennu asteroid- currently being examined by the NASZrys-REx space probe NASA-
has a very low chance of hitting Earth in a few hundred years.
While Earth isn't at risk of a collision with Bennu any time soon,
there's a 1 in 2,700 chance it will slam into our planet sometime next century.
Scientists are eager to study material from a carbon-rich asteroid like Bennu, which could hold evidence dating back
to the beginning of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
He noted that the asteroid Bennu- currently under scrutiny by NASA's Osiris-REx space probe-
has a very small chance of hitting Earth a couple of hundred years from now.