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NASA Got an Up-Close Look at an Asteroid Crumbling Apart – Futurism
“To give you an idea, all of those 200 particles we observed during the first event after arrival would fit on a 4-inch x 4-inch tile.”
Falling Apart
For the first time, NASA was able to get an up-close look as an asteroid sailed past, leaving a trail of debris in its wake.
OSIRIS-REx, the NASA spacecraft that was sent to observe the asteroid Bennu, found that it sheds particles, rocks, and other pieces of itself on a regular basis, according to a series of papers published Wednesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Its the first ever close-up of asteroid ejection, and gives scientists an unprecedented view of …
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