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Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples -
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Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples - https://universetoday.com/148434/success-osiris-rex-touches-asteroid-bennu-to-collect-samples/… by @Nancy_A
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In the meanwhile, Bennu:
Bennu: Full Rotation at a Distance of 50 Miles
This series of images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows Bennu in one full rotation from a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). The spacecraft’s PolyCam camera obtained the 36 2.2-millisecond frames over a period of four hours and 18 minutes.
Date Taken: Nov. 25, 2018
Instrument Used: OCAMS (PolyCam)
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
This series of images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows Bennu in one full rotation from a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). The spacecraft’s PolyCam camera obtained the 36 2.2-millisecond frames over a period of four hours and 18 minutes.
Date Taken: Nov. 25, 2018
Instrument Used: OCAMS (PolyCam)
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
