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Astronomy Picture of the Day - 3D Bennu
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod ^ | 11 Mar, 2023 | Image Credit: NASA, GSFC, U. Arizona - Stereo Image Copyright: Patrick Vantuyne

Posted on 03/11/2023 2:02:06 PM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to asteroid 101955 Bennu. Shaped like a spinning toy top with boulders littering its rough surface, the tiny Solar System world is about one Empire State Building (less than 500 meters) across. Frames used to construct this 3D anaglyph were taken by PolyCam on the OSIRIS_REx spacecraft on December 3, 2018 from a distance of about 80 kilometers. With a sample from the asteroid's rocky surface on board, OSIRIS_REx departed Bennu's vicinity in May of 2021 and is now enroute to planet Earth. The robotic spacecraft is scheduled to return the sample to Earth this September.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; asteroids; bennu; nasa
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For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.

1 posted on 03/11/2023 2:02:06 PM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 03/11/2023 2:02:23 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 03/11/2023 2:03:05 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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It looks like a charcoal briquet! :-)


4 posted on 03/11/2023 2:05:55 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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A rubble pile with barely enough gravity to hold it together. We should blow it up and see what happens.


5 posted on 03/11/2023 2:48:27 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: AFB-XYZ

bttt


6 posted on 03/11/2023 3:41:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: MtnClimber

Gee...


7 posted on 03/11/2023 3:43:43 PM PST by sit-rep ( )
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You should have seen the Cochon de Lait!!! It was huge!!!


8 posted on 03/11/2023 5:23:24 PM PST by DannyTN
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