OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

NASA and UArizona scientists were able to significantly reduce uncertainties about asteroid Bennu's orbit and determine the likelihood of the asteroid impacting Earth between now and the year 2300.

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Topic(s)

Asteroids, comets, meteors

Date

August 11, 2021

Presenter(s)

Lauretta, Dante

Object(s)

Bennu
Earth

Mission(s)/Instrument(s)

OSIRIS-REx