NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to Asteroid Bennu: “You’ve got a little Vesta on you…”

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.


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Source: NASA Goddard Center