Asteroid Bennu has little pieces of Vesta on it

Asteroid Bennu has little pieces of Vesta on it
By Andy Tomaswick

The asteroid belt is a chaotic place.  Things smash into each other, get thrown into completely different orbital planes, and are occasionally visited by small electronic spacecraft launched by humans.  All three things seem to have happened to the asteroid Bennu, which is currently being orbited by OSIRIS-REx, a mission launched by NASA in 2016. …

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September 23, 2020 at 09:12PM
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