Bennu's Rough Surface (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Bennu's Rough Surface

Caption

A SwRI-led study found that the rocky fragments dominating the surface asteroid Bennu are weakly bound, exhibiting near-zero cohesion, probably due to size and low gravity of the small body.

Credit

NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

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License

Public Domain

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