Highly Porous Rocks Responsible for Bennu's Surprisingly Craggy Surface

The asteroid Bennu
Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Using data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, a UArizona-led team of scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack fine-grain material on their surfaces.

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