Asteroid Bennu Particles
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 |
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System |
Main Belt |
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Target Type |
Asteroid |
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Mission |
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Instrument Host |
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Host Type |
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Instrument |
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Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Color, Infrared |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2019-12-05 |
Date in Caption |
2019-01-06 |
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Image Credit |
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23554 |
Identifier |
PIA23554 |