Planets and Moons  ID: 13707

Meteorites from Vesta Found on Asteroid Bennu

Released on September 21, 2020
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OSIRIS-REx made an unexpected discovery at asteroid Bennu - several boulders that originated from asteroid Vesta. The new result helps scientists better understand the origins of this "rubble pile" asteroid.

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In an interplanetary faux pas, it appears some pieces of asteroid Vesta ended up on asteroid Bennu, according to observations from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The new result sheds light on the intricate orbital dance of asteroids and on the violent origin of Bennu, which is a “rubble pile” asteroid that coalesced from the fragments of a massive collision.

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James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
Lead Producer
Lead Animator
Narrator
Lead Editor

William Steigerwald (NASA/GSFC):
Lead Writer

Daniella DellaGiustina (The University of Arizona/LPL):
Scientist

Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
Technical Support

Hannah Kaplan (NASA/GSFC):
Scientist

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
OSIRIS-REX

Keywords:
SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> OSIRIS-REx
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Meteor
SVS >> Vesta