Meteorites from Vesta Found on Asteroid Bennu
OSIRIS-REx made an unexpected discovery at asteroid Bennu - several boulders that originated from asteroid Vesta. The new result helps scientists better understand the origins of this "rubble pile" asteroid.
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In an interplanetary faux pas, it appears some pieces of asteroid Vesta ended up on asteroid Bennu, according to observations from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The new result sheds light on the intricate orbital dance of asteroids and on the violent origin of Bennu, which is a “rubble pile” asteroid that coalesced from the fragments of a massive collision.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Animator
- James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Narrator
- James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Editor
- James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Writer
- William Steigerwald (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Daniella DellaGiustina (The University of Arizona/LPL)
- Hannah Kaplan (NASA/GSFC)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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This page was originally published on Monday, September 21, 2020.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:44 PM EDT.