Bennu asteroid

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This model of 101955 Bennu was created using imagery retrieved by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

Geometry based on the image sequence captured by the spacecraft orbiting 50 mi (80 km) from Bennu’s surface (25.11.18). Texture reverse projected from the equirectangular high-resolution mosaic described in this Science Direct article (19.04.19).

Animated states:

• orbital flight - emulates the asteroid’s rotation
• basemap projection - shows how the sphere > asteroid texture projection works

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Source data:

Credit: NASA