Meet Bennu

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Just an asteroid

It completes an orbit around the Sun every 436.604 days (1.2 years) and every 6 years comes very close to Earth, within 0.002 AU. These close encounters give Bennu a high probability of impacting Earth in the late 22nd century.

Why Bennu? - OSIRIS-REx Mission
 
[1402.5573] Orbit and Bulk Density of the OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroid (101955) Bennu

Update on mission to asteroid Bennu | EarthSky.org

After the publication of the shape model and astrometry based on radar observations obtained in 1999, 2005, and 2011, it was possible to estimate the Yarkovsky acceleration and to revise the impact assessment. The current (as of 2014) best estimate of the impact probability is a cumulative probability of 0.037% in the interval 2175 to 2196. This corresponds to a score on the Palermo scale of −1.70.
 
The shape of Bennu is quite intriguing as is the obvious nipple headquarters
 
Topper said:
The shape of Bennu is quite intriguing as is the obvious nipple headquarters
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Welcome to Bennu!

Apparently water has been discovered in the rocks, not surprising since it is rather coold out there, but the main interest is the spectacular landscape that has to be chartered for a convenient cargo pickup point.



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Bennu water.webp
 
When I saw this topic title I thought it might be a reference to a former soap idol.

Meet Benny

 
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ORX behind trees (noise on waterfall shows sky vs. tree noise)

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Only 106 million km so its a nice signal at the moment

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Bennu is rotating faster than it should and has been ejecting rocks into space, some of which are orbiting with Osiris Rex.

Shortly after the discovery of the particle plumes on Jan. 6, the mission science team increased the frequency of observations, and subsequently detected additional particle plumes during the following two months. Although many of the particles were ejected clear of Bennu, the team tracked some particles that orbited Bennu as satellites before returning to the asteroid’s surface.

www.nasa.gov

NASA Mission Reveals Asteroid Has Big Surprises - NASA

A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth in 2023 made the first-ever close-up observations of particle plumes
www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov

The following statement has got the conspiracists chatting.

the asteroid's surface is older than expected, but shows evidence of more recent activity..... :pBennu.webp
 
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Those pesky Martians, (or are they Bennutians) ?

www.news.com.au

NASA baffled by doomsday asteroid

An enormous asteroid that could one day hit Earth in a devastating impact is mysteriously spitting out rocks.
www.news.com.au www.news.com.au
 
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