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Evidence of water, particle plumes found on asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission discovers evidence of water, particle plumes on asteroid Bennu among numerous other findings. Asteroid Bennu Bennu is only slightly wider than the height of the Empire State Building and it is expected to contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system. Bennu has a more rugged surface than expected. ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Asteroid Bennu • NASA • OSIRIS-Rex mission • Potentially hazardous object

2002 AJ129: Asteroid

2002 AJ129 is a Mercury-crossing asteroid. It has the ninth-smallest perihelion of all numbered asteroids, after asteroids such as 2000 BD19, 2004 UL, and 2008 XM. It makes close approaches to all of the inner planets and asteroid 4 Vesta. The asteroid is estimated to be between 0.5–1.2 kilometers (0.3–0.7 mi) across. In January 2018, there was much media hype about this asteroid ..

Topics: Asteroid • Astronomical objects • Aten asteroids • Planetary science • Potentially hazardous object • Solar System • TN1