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Asteroid Bennu Particles
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Caption:
This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft: a short exposure image, which shows the asteroid clearly, and a long-exposure image (five seconds), which shows the particles clearly. Other image-processing techniques were also applied, such as cropping and adjusting the brightness and contrast of each layer.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | 101955 Bennu | |
| System | Main Belt | |
| Target Type | Asteroid | |
| Mission | ||
| Instrument Host | ||
| Host Type | ||
| Instrument | ||
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Color, Infrared | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2019-12-05 | |
| Date in Caption | 2019-01-06 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23554 | |
| Identifier | PIA23554 | |
