Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid

by Carina A. Bennett, Dante S. Lauretta, Brian May

Bennu, named for the ancient Egyptian phoenix, was the chosen destination of OSIRIS-REx, NASA's premier mission of asteroid exploration, launched in 2016. Study of the asteroid is important in safeguarding the future of planet Earth, but Bennu is also a time capsule from the dawn of our Solar System, holding secrets over four-and-a-half billion years old about the origin of life and Earth as a habitable planet.

In 2020 the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816551766
• ISBN13: 9780816551767
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.4" x 12.4"