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Asteroid 101955 Bennu Rotating
Source:
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
Published:
March 19, 2019
Historical Date:
December 2, 2018
This rotating mosaic of asteroid Bennu is composed of 40 images captured by the PolyCam imager onboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft over a four-hour period on Dec. 2, 2018. During the observation period, the spacecraft’s range to the center of the asteroid decreased from about 15.3 to 14.6 miles (24.6 to 23.5 kilometers).