The plane has a mission to land briefly and collect small samples. However, it failed after knowing the surface Determine more like a large ball hole than a solid surface.
“The craft would have sunk to Bennu if it didn’t fire its thrusters to retreat immediately after picking up dust and rock from the asteroid’s surface,” NASA said.
NASA explains that the particles that make up Bennu’s exterior are very loose and bound to each other. This made if someone stepped on Bennu, they would feel a slight resistance, as if walking into a plastic ball pit, similar to a children’s playground.
Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona and investigator OSIRIS-Rex Dante Lauretta said his team expected Bennu’s surface to be quite stiff, like touching a pile of gravel. There is a little dust flying. However, what he found was different.
The surface is soft and flows like a liquid. “We also don’t know much about this type of asteroid,” said OSIRIS-REx scientist and director of research at the Center National de la Recherche Scientifique at the Côte d’Azur Observatory in Nice.
Reported Mashable, Monday (11/7/2022), Michel admitted that his party was only in the early stages of understanding about Bennu because the results found were very opposite from what they had expected. Despite Bennu’s soft and smooth nature, it is one of the most dangerous asteroids known today.
Because, if it collided with the earth, Bennu would cause disturbance in all continents of the planet. Fortunately, NASA estimates the collision is very unlikely, 1 in 2,700 between the years 2175 and 2199.
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